The Linden Method Review

Charles Linden suffered from anxiety since childhood. As he grew older, his symptoms worsened until he was unable to hold down a job or even leave the house. He was treated by a range of doctors and psychologists but to no avail. To gain some relief he used a cocktail of medications but to be effective the dosage was continually needing to be increased.

He was determined to overcome the phobias that he had developed, and as he had given up on the medical fraternity, he devoted himself to researching for his own cure. He found methods that worked for him and managed to slowly withdraw his medication and return to a normal life. He has documented his methods of recovery in this book - The Linden method.

On his website, Charles Linden gives a guarantee that his program will cure panic attacks, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder or agoraphobia. He claims to have helped over one hundred thousand people with his method.

At first I was skeptical, as he advises his readers to stop researching their conditions and to only follow the information in his book. But after considering how one tends to buy every new book on the market and only half read it before moving onto the next, I realized an anxiety sufferer often doesn’t follow through with one method. He assures the reader that all they need to know is within his book. It may also stop readers becoming more selfobsessed, spending hours on the internet, researching their symptoms.

Another point that I had to grapple with, was that he advocates distraction as part of the treatment. This bothered me, as I prefer to be aware and mindful of my emotions. But on reflection, I understand that someone who has become so introspective that they are unable to function normally, may need ‘distraction’ to bring them out of their world, back to reality. This kind of diversion may help to retrain the brain to behave without its habitual anxiety.

The book focuses on the subconscious habit of anxiety and how to create new healthy habits. He provides support with guided visualization meditations on audio mp3. This felt a bit strange at first, especially since I am nervous of any kind of hypnosis. But I found the visualizations both empowering and calming. He also provides tracks explaining general anxiety disorder, diversion techniques and phobias

In his book, he describes his own experiences in detail, providing a good insight into the mind of an anxiety sufferer. He experienced panic attacks since his childhood, which developed later into serious agoraphobia, OCD and general anxiety. It gives the reader a feeling of the hopelessness and desperation that one feels. It is excellent for people who are going through these kinds of experiences to read that they are not alone, and their symptoms have been shared by others.As well as realizing that people have recovered fully, so there is hope. His wife also writes of how she coped during the years that she supported him. It is clear that she suffered greatly and had to find strength to continue helping Charles. This may prove very useful to anyone caring for a victim of these conditions.

There is strong encouragement to break any dependency on medications and health practitioners. He maps out a detailed program for withdrawing benzodiazepines. There is support provided and explanations regarding what one might expect when going through withdrawal.

Specific symptoms are discussed and explained, which is so important because when one understands that the sensations are harmless, one stops feeling fearful. Tips are given on what one might do when having a panic attack and general advice is given regarding relaxation methods. A lot of emphasis is put on breathing and diet, which I found particularly useful.

A chapter is written on childhood anxiety. This could be very useful to parents who notice a child’s strange behavior of withdrawal or fear. Charles Linden suffered from anxiety as a child, and is a parent now, so writes from his experience.

As a last measure of support, carers and anxiety sufferers are able to contact the Linden Method support team. One can either phone or email the team. This would allow one to get personalized advice, to fit one’s own situation, without any conflicting views that may be given by other health practitioners who are not affiliated with the team. This level of responsibility taken by Charles Linden makes me feel that he really does care that his readers recover fully.

I recommend this method to anyone who suffers from a high level of anxiety, panic attacks, agoraphobia or obsessive compulsive disorder.
If these conditions have changed the way you behave and interact in your life, I believe this is a good way of reprogramming your brain to behave normally again.

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