Professional Documents
Culture Documents
1. Introduction
2. Your needs provided for
3. Scientific research and our science
4. How the notion that there is something wrong with you shapes
your recovery
5. Is anxiety Disorder a mental illness?
6. How effective is The Linden Method?
7. How The Linden Method works
8. The anxiety disorders
9. Generalized Anxiety Disorder
10. Panic Disorder
11. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder – OCD
12. Pure O
13. Agoraphobia
14. Social Anxiety Disorder
15. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder – PTSD
16. Phobias
17. School Phobia
18. Monophobia
19. Stress
20. Anxiety medication
21. Conclusion
22. Why buy The Linden Method
23. What do medical and other health professionals say about The
Linden Method?
24. References
25. Contact
1
Introduction to this book and my programme
PLEASE READ THIS:
I urge you to read this book thoroughly from beginning to end… it’s not long.
Only then will you understand anxiety conditions FULLY and only then will
you be able to remove your unwanted anxiety and all the symptoms it
produces.
PLEASE DON’T skim through this book – you WILL miss vital information.
Over 12 years of practice helping over 125,000 anxiety sufferers from around
the world to recover, myself and my team have compiled a database of
information about the true nature of anxiety conditions and this book is a
synopsis of that information.
As an organization, we have most probably helped more people to recover
than any other resource, treatment center or psychotherapy practice in the
world. In terms of symptoms, there is nothing we haven’t heard! Believe me
when I tell you that anxiety disorders can produce some weird and extreme
symptoms, thoughts and sensations but, without exception, they are all
completely harmless.
In this book, I will dispel the rumors, myths and misunderstandings and give
you the benefit of all our experience showing other sufferers how to recover
permanently and with speed.
It’s all very well for doctors and psychologists to tell you that anxiety
conditions are incurable and that ‘management’ and ‘coping strategies’ can
be implemented which will, at best, make life tolerable… it’s such a
nonsense.
If anxiety isn’t curable, how did I, for one, delete my panic attacks, OCD,
agoraphobia and every single symptom without drugs or psychotherapy IN
DAYS?
Furthermore, how then, did I get thousands of people worldwide well again
quickly and convince them to create testimonial emails, videos and audio
recordings, detailing their recoveries?
I was told by a director of a government health organization that they had a
policy of ‘managing their cases’, that their statistics and targets would be
distorted IF they could cure anxiety disorders; this was after I cured a number
of their ‘lost cause’ cases.
Anxiety management is NOT AN OPTION – I won’t tolerate it, my staff
won’t tolerate it and you shouldn’t either, especially when you know that a
cure exists.
I assure you wholeheartedly that a cure does exist and we have been using
it for over 12 years to cure tens of thousands of clients from around the world.
First of all let me give you a potted history of The Linden Method and centers
and a little more information about how our practice developed from very
humble beginnings to be the most respected anxiety elimination programme
in the world.
2
YOUR needs provided for
"I benefit enormously from being involved in the running of The Centers and
in the early days, I was the support staff, media relations, accounting, order
processing and every other role!
Now that we have helped tens of thousands of ex clients, there is no way I
could do that, which is why I have hand picked an incredible group of people
who assist me to maintain the level of service I would expect from myself...
the best!
I do receive many hundreds of emails and letters from Linden Method
members but I haven't been on the 'front line' for some time; if I had, I would
never get any work done. But lately, I have been playing a more active role in
contact with clients in order to judge what it is you need and want from my
programmes and also to discover ways to improve how I communicate with
you.
I try to distil techniques and instruction down to its simplest form so that there
is no ambiguity in the message... I want you to FULLY understand every
instruction and concept fully so that you can benefit as effectively and fully
from my material as possible – that way, recovery is always guaranteed!
You see, it is all too easy to 'skim' through material, misunderstanding it and
then applying inaccurate principals that reap zero benefits – FOCUS is key to
recovery and simple to do... you just have to follow our lead.
Many of my clients approach us believing that they are being 'victimized' by
some sort of outside force. Anxiety sufferers suggest that their anxiety has
been caused by external influences that are 'attacking them' or 'happening to
them' in a way which takes away their own control, whether it be stressors,
anxiety itself or maybe just 'life'. These people come to me asking for me to
'wave a magic wand' and remove these external influences.
The question I always ask is - do these people believe that they are being
victimized by these circumstances or do they see themselves as the creator
of them?
If you believe you are a victim... what message are you sending to your
subconscious? That you are at the mercy of everything you experience; that
you are helpless; that you have no control of your 'self'. And what you THINK
– ALWAYS becomes reality! We are what we think!
When you resign yourself to being helpless and powerless, you completely
remove your ability to create change – because everything becomes
hopeless!
EVEN when it isn't!
At this stage, you 'switch off' your mind to the options available to you and
very soon slip into behaviors that can't ever produce recovery. Do you
understand how this works?
Then you start searching for blame. You blame your job, your marriage, a
bereavement, stress, your parents... in fact anything and anyone but the true
cause. You then feel victimized and weak.
IF you decide to go for psychotherapy, the practitioner will focus on blame,
bringing up past experiences, analyzing them. This isn’t productive. I wish I
had ten cents for every session my clients have wasted in psychotherapy; I
have never in 12 years, had a positive CURATIVE outcome reported.
The difference between anxiety sufferers who recover quickly and those who
don't is that those who recover quickly understand that giving blame to
external influences is futile and that they are 'masters of their own destiny'.
The ones who don't recover quickly are those that feel victimized and weak!
My primary role is to show sufferers that they can quickly take back that
control and 'ownership' of their situation and by doing this, get immediate
relief from their symptoms.
Some clients find it hard to accept that they are in control and use certain key
phrases designed to undermine their 'ownership' of their situation... negative
words like won't and can't and say "I have tried but ..."
Using words like these allows your subconscious mind the opportunity to
present a multitude of objections which reinforce them and immediately
constructs a 'road block' which stops you from using your intellect to 'problem
solve'. You immediately disempower the options that are open to you when
you use negative, defeatist language like this.
I believe that 'can't' is never an option until you try… and using the word 'try'
is a way to prepare yourself for failure. Successful people never use the word
tried do they? Why? Because they succeeded! Failure should be a concept
that no one ever focuses on, even when it seems that failure has
'happened'... why? Because 'failure' presents you with an opportunity for a
fresh start... another attempt!
So, if you focus on the final, positive outcomes and use positive words like
'when I have...' and 'I have succeeded in...' instead of 'I tried...' because when
you use negative words, you prepare your brain to discover a way to fail!
You may feel that you don't behave in this way but if you are at the mercy of
your anxiety and feel 'helpless' to find a way out, you are! Just for a moment,
try to imagine that you are 100% in control. What would you be saying now?
"What can I do to..?" "How can I..?" You would be asking questions designed
to set you up for solutions wouldn't you?
You are now preparing yourself for recovery, BUT, more than that, you are
learning a vital life skill which can be applied to anything you want to achieve
in life!
By taking on board these positive thoughts, you focus your mind on what you
want, rather than what you don't! By doing this you allow your brain to focus
on problem solving to make positive things happen!
I was a victim once... in fact, for many of my early years! But, when I decided
that enough was enough and took back the control, utilized the Method that I
had discovered and made changes that positively affected my existence, my
life changed in days! You can achieve this too, just like me and every single
client we have helped!
Fear is the only thing stopping you from recovering. And why are you
frightened? Probably because something has caused you to experience
something that frightened you, raising your anxiety levels artificially – this
raised anxiety then influences absolutely everything you do; you feel as if you
are potentially in danger every minute of every day and your behaviors are
'safety seeking' at all times.
This is why what we do is so effective – why it produces results that no other
anxiety programme, psychological practice or medication can even come
close to.
Our programme reassures you from the start, undermining your core fears
and prepares you for anything the world might throw at you.
The Linden Method provides you with the tools to take back control without
fear, to become the 'master of your own destiny' to undermine and remove
your fears completely and to become who you REALLY want to be rather
than focusing on the things you don't want!
You will become stronger, more able, more focused and more challenged by
life – producing the outcomes that you could only dream about previously and
this WILL happen, that I promise you.
How do I know?
Because it is the predominant experience of every one of our clients!
Charles Linden
CEO The Linden Centers International
http://www.thelindenmethod.co.uk
3
Scientific Research & Our Science
I believe it is vital, if you are to benefit from the research in this book, for you
to have faith in our science, experience and knowledge.
This chapter explains why our technique is so effective and highlights the
research carried out by international leaders in the field of Research
Psychology. Coupled with these conclusive scientific findings, myself and my
staff are on the ‘front line’, talking to tens of thousands of sufferers every
year, gathering data about their experiences, their symptoms and their
recoveries so that YOU can benefit.
(A revolution in neuroscience: reprogramming the subconscious mind)
Science has focused on brain function more than any other aspect of human
life for centuries and we would be lying if we claimed to understand the
intricacies of how the brain works; some things we understand, others we
don't have any clue about.
The brain is, simply put, plumbing. It consists of an incredible number of pipe-
work systems which are pruned away and added to in order to store or render
obsolete memories, behaviors and learning. The physical size of our heads
means that physical neural pathways of learning cannot be infinite so the
brain makes a decision which to keep and which to erase.
We are the products of our environments and every second we are alive
causes constant and infinite changes to occur in our minds. Neural pathways
are built and pruned as our life experiences grow.
Subconscious decisions are made whether to retain or discard learning… we
don't even have to become involved consciously with this decision making
process, it all happens outside of our consciousness, deep within our brains.
We presume that we are totally in control with every aspect of our lives and
bodies, but, the truth is that we are not. Sure, we can decide what we do and
where we go, but we are never in command of what happens 'behind the
scenes' in the subconscious mind… or are we?
Your anxiety disorder has been caused by an initial catalyst which provided
you with a 'fight or flight' response and this was consciously evident… you
may remember it. Once you made the conscious connection between this
anxious reaction and your perception of fear and danger… from this point on,
your subconscious mind started doing all the decision making for you.
Your subconscious mind decided to rewire your brain to create a connection
between your high anxiety and your perception of that behavior and once you
reacted with fear of the fear, neural pathways began 'knitting' new behaviors
into your subconscious mind… autonomic behaviors of fear.
This behavior is called Operant Conditioning, a process discovered and
studied by Burrhus Frederic Skinner. Skinner was an American psychologist
who pioneered research and advocated behaviorism, which concentrates on
understanding how behavior is the manifestation of environmental history
with regard to the experience of consequences.
In a nutshell, Skinner showed how carrying out certain behaviors followed by
a reinforcing stimuli would 'etch' that behavior into the mind as neural
pathways of memory and habit are constructed.
We all learn by repetition. Look back to when you learned to drive, read,
write, play the piano etc. You did so by creating a constant process of
learning. Had you received a driving lesson once every six months, your brain
would have made the decision soon after lesson 1 that, because you hadn’t
repeated the ‘driving habit’, it wasn’t behavior you needed to retain, so it
would ‘prune’ those neural pathways of learning. The next time you had a
lesson, you would need to ‘re-learn’ those behaviors again.
You learn to drive by having a lesson and practicing with short intervals in
between, which send a clear message to your subconscious mind – “This is
learning you need to retain because it is something I am going to be doing
regularly, so it must be important”.
Now think about how, through the cycle of fear you experience, you have
PRACTICED being anxious!
But, there is a slight difference.
The emotion of fear, anxiety, is adaptable.
What do I mean by this?
As we move through life, from one environment to another, we move between
safe and not so safe environments. One minute we could be curled up in bed,
the next in war torn Afghanistan.
Our anxiety levels adjust to be ‘appropriate’ in each location and when we
move from a threatening place back to a none-threatening place our anxiety
levels SHOULD drop. But when you develop an anxiety condition, the level
doesn’t drop because instead of your mind reading your environment and
finding a threat, it reads your anxiety symptoms… your fear is perpetuated
by the symptoms of your fear.
Can this be stopped?
Oh yes and quickly!
What is the Amygdala and what does it have to do with YOUR anxiety?
The Amygdalae are actually a pair of organs in the brain. They perform an
integral role in the production, processing and storage of emotional reactions.
I liken the Amygdala to the body's anxiety thermostat. Thermostats typically
control temperature, but the Amygdalae, (they are actually a pair of organs)
regulate anxiety emotion in humans.
When confronted with something which
could represent a danger, the sensory
organs (eyes, ears, nose, mouth, skin) send
nerve impulses to the Amygdalae in order to
have it make a split second decision as to
whether the anxiety reaction, often called the
'fight or flight response' would be
appropriate. It is like a ‘risk assessment of
your environment.
Once the decision is made to react with
anxiety, a surge of adrenalin causes a raft of
physiological changes within the body and mind, which prepares us for either
fighting or fleeing from the danger present.
As I explained previously, in humans, the amygdalae perform primary roles in
the formation and storage of memories associated with emotional events.
Research indicates that, during fear conditioning, sensory stimuli reach the
amygdalae, where they form associations with memories of the stimuli. The
association between the anxious catalyst and the anxiety reaction causes the
memory to become fixed in the brain.
Experiments have shown that administration of stress hormones to mice
immediately after they learn something enhances their retention of that
behavior when they are tested two days later.
This means that if you experience an event and react with anxiety, that
connection becomes ingrained into the mind much more effectively…
this is what causes an anxiety disorder.
The amygdalae, especially the basolateral nuclei, are involved in mediating
the effects of emotional arousal on the strength of the memory for the event,
as shown by many laboratories including that of James McGaugh.
James L. McGaugh, Ph.D., is an American neurobiologist working in the field
of learning and memory. He is currently a professor at the University of
California, Irvine.
McGaugh’s laboratories have trained animals on a variety of learning tasks
and found that drugs injected into the amygdala after training affect the
animals' subsequent retention of the task.
These tasks include basic classical conditioning tasks such as inhibitory
avoidance, where a rat learns to associate a mild foot-shock with a particular
compartment of an apparatus, and more complex tasks such as spatial or
cued water maze, where a rat learns to swim to a platform to escape the
water.
If a drug that activates the amygdalae is injected into the amygdalae, the
animals had better memory for the training in the task. If a drug that
deactivates the amygdalae is injected, the animals had impaired memory for
the task.
So, now you will understand that the Amygdalae play a vital role in the
formation and perpetuation of anxiety conditions.
That being the case, we can say that by changing the reaction of the
Amygdalae in anxiety disorder, we can eliminate the inappropriate anxious
reaction.
The Amygdalae only respond to sensory input, which means that any cure
MUST, without question, de-programme the anxious response in the
Amygdalae and replace it with a more appropriate response by
reprogramming that response through behavior.
So reversing the process, which causes the formation of an anxiety disorder
in the Amygdalae, will also render obsolete and destroy the stored, anxious
response.
It will CURE YOU!
But how can this be done effectively?
How?
In the EXACT same way that your anxiety condition was 'learned' in the first
place.
Through a constantly executed group of simple rules, the sensory organs can
be manipulated to send messages to the Amygdalae, which remove the
anxious reaction completely.
Which FORCE the amygdalae to ‘believe’ that you are safe. This causes the
amygdalae to ‘turn down’ your anxiety level to ‘normal’. Fast!
THIS IS THE CURE FOR ANXIETY DISORDER
Let's look at other techniques for anxiety management/elimination and
compare them with this scientifically proven method.
Therapy – Therapy exposes the original catalyst for the anxiety as the 'cause'
and discusses ways to address that event through talking about it. This only
serves to reinforce the anxious habit in the Amygdala by consciously
'reminding' the subconscious mind that it is anxious and by making the initial
catalyst constantly conscious. Ludicrous that anyone could ever think this
would be productive
Medication – medication is chemical. Chemical changes which enter via the
bloodstream or short lived, untargeted and inappropriate. How can
medication reach the specific neural pathways in the brain and amygdala,
selecting them amongst billions of others accurately and somehow,
presumably with the help of a miracle, eliminate those and only those
behaviors? Describing this as a possibility is ludicrous, I am sure you will
agree.
The solution
Direct Amygdala reprogramming – as explained above. Targets the
Amygdalae directly. Reverses the formation of the anxiety response and
replaces the inappropriate anxious response with appropriate responses to
permanently eliminate anxiety, panic, phobias and obsessive behaviors and
all of the physical and psychological manifestations of those conditions.
4
How the Notion That There is Something 'wrong' with
You Shapes Your Recovery
You may have been told repeatedly that you have an anxiety disorder by
medics, psychologists or other medical professionals, but do you believe this
to be absolutely true?
It's easy to say that you have anxiety but believing it wholeheartedly is
another matter altogether!
Beliefs are a vital part of the flight or fight response, as they are formed by
the coming together of sensory input, intellect and creativity... but why?
In the fight or flight response, a group of vital bodily changes respond in order
to prepare us for making, sometimes life saving, decisions and taking action
in a split second. This response is designed as part of the internal defense
mechanism designed to react appropriately and quickly when a threat is
present.
Imagine this scenario. You are driving along a secluded lane at night time
and you are confronted by a burning car on its roof with people inside
screaming for help. You have very little time to put your conscious mind into
gear so your subconscious mind takes over.
First of all it activates the flight or fight response and adrenalin is released.
Your heart speeds up, your sensory organs become more sensitive, blood is
diverted to your muscles to carry oxygen and water to them, ready for
activity... your mouth goes dry, your digestion slows and you go into
'emergency mode'.
In an instant your body is ready for action and your mind follows suit. In these
situations, your subconscious can't rely on your slower conscious mind to
cope alone so it starts 'problem solving', 'risk assessing' and calculating the
most effective course of action possible.
Anxious, Weird & Inappropriate Thoughts
Part of the Flight or Fight response is to produce 'what if' thought processes,
creating mental scenarios based on the worst case outcome in order to
calculate risk.
Those thought processes ask, "What if I get to the car and it explodes? What
if I can't lift the passenger out? What if the car tips over onto me?" All of this
'scenario building' assessing risk before the decisions are made.
This scenario assumes that REAL risk is present.
Now, transpose this same level of anxious response into your current life.
You have high levels of anxiety where NO REAL threat is present! But the
'problem solving' 'scenario building' continues... it has to; it is part of the flight
or fight mechanism!
But, now there is no problem to be solved so these 'what if' thought
processes work on the issues presented to it in your daily life, so it asks
questions like:
* What if there is something 'wrong' with me the medics are 'missing'?
* What if I have a serious disease?
* What if I lose consciousness?
* What if I go mad?
* What if I die?
* What if something happens to a family member?
* What if I harm someone I love?
* What if I am gay?
*What if I do this inappropriate thing (aggressive, sexual) to that person?
* What if I... blah, blah, blah...
Do you see where this is going?
Every thought you have had since you have been anxious, has been the
product of inappropriate 'what if thoughts' building anxiety fueled scenarios in
your mind.
Does this make sense?
I have had clients say:
* I sometimes think about killing my kids
* I sometimes think I am gay
* I sometimes think about killing myself
* I sometimes think about incest with my mother/father
All these ‘subconscious, anxious scenarios’ are produced by the Fight or
Flight respond, eagerly seeking out and questioning anything it can get its
teeth into... creating 'what ifs' in your subconscious.
So, when you start to think that 'perhaps there is something else wrong with
me'... tell yourself that those thought processes are simply the product of the
Fight or Flight response, disregard them in your decision making and move
forward with positivity, KNOWING that you can become anxiety free again.
5
Is anxiety disorder a mental illness?
No, it certainly is NOT!
Anxiety disorder is NOT a mental illness, it is a behavioral condition, there is
a very BIG difference.
Mental illnesses are clinical conditions which have a 'biological' basis (caused
by chemical imbalance), anxiety disorders are caused by a 'resetting' of the
'baseline' anxiety level; this happens through reinforcing the anxiety disorder
by repetitive anxious behavior as previously explained.
There is NO other cause for anxiety disorders, FACT!
All of the symptoms you experience are caused by mal-adjusted reactions in
the brain causing your mind and body to react with an inappropriate level of
anxiety.
Doctors pigeon-hole their patients by naming their conditions and, because
there is no pigeon-hole for anxiety as such, they label their patients as
'mentally ill', 'neurotic' or as 'hypochondriacs' - They are wrong!
TRUE mental illness is very specific and can't be treated through behavioral
treatments alone - they require medicinal treatments also.
Anxiety disorder does not require any medicinal intervention, which is why
psychologists have been treating anxiety disorders with psychotherapy for
decades; it just falls short of providing a complete solution.
So, if anxiety disorder isn't a mental illness, what can be done to correct it?
The Linden Method addresses that issue directly, tackling the problem at the
root cause, in the exact place where the anxious decisions are made. This is
done without medicine, without medical treatment and without long-winded
therapy programmes. The Linden Method is so simple to understand and
implement and has already treated tens of thousands of people in the last 2
years alone (this is when we introduced the latest version of the Linden
Method.)
Sarah Coates, my friend and in-house psychologist, left her job as a
psychologist after working with me to cure her anxiety disorder completely
after just a few weeks. She too had been categorized as having a mental
illness and was sure that it was wrong.
She became disillusioned with what the psychology profession could achieve
with anxious patients and since joining me in her quest to help people
become well again, has now realized just how misguided psychology really is.
Sarah's quest to find a way of helping people has been realized, she now
helps people become well again and gets so much from receiving the emails
of gratitude from our clients.
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How effective is The Linden Method?
These statistics were gathered over three months August-November.
1,117 people completed our survey.
The results are very telling but most agreed that medication and conventional
talking therapies had been ineffective in isolation. Of course, we wanted to
discover more accurate statistics about The Linden Center's programmes, so
we included searching questions about The Linden Method specifically.
Of the total people asked about aspects of anxiety elimination, the responses
we received were as follows:
16% said they had used The Linden Method.
Q1 -
96.7% said that they had experienced total anxiety elimination using The
Linden Method
2.3% said they had not complied with The Linden Method
Q2 -
82% said they had used medication for their anxiety disorder
77% believed that medication had been completely ineffective at reducing
their anxiety levels
Q3 -
64% said they had tried talking therapies
59% said that the talking therapy had not been effective at reducing their
anxiety
Q4 -
71% said they experienced panic attacks
67% said they experienced obsessive thoughts and behaviors
56% said they experienced depersonalisation and derealisation
61% believe that food plays a part in their anxiety condition
Q5 -
Asked about The Linden Method support specialists:
41% said they had used the support specialist email and telephone contact
59% said they had no need to use the support in order to recover
35% said that their support was invaluable
6% said they were very supportive
Q6 -
Asked about verbal recommendations of The Linden Method to other
sufferers
43% said they do not know any other sufferers
37% said they have already recommended the programme to others
18% said they will be telling others about The Linden Method
2% said they would want to help others through becoming involved as a
Linden Method Specialist
Q7 -
56% said they had tried more than one other anxiety programme
47% said they had not worked
5% said they had helped a little
4% said they had helped a lot
56% said they had not received the level of support offered by The Linden
Center
63% said they believed the alternative programmes to have been run by
unqualified people
82% said they had been disappointed with aftercare
77% said they had not been aware of a refund guarantee from the other
programme suppliers
7
How The Linden Method Works
I have had so many people call or write to ask me exactly how The Linden
Method works, that I have decided to explain just why what we do at The
Linden Centers is different.
John Broadus Watson was an American Psychologist who established the
Psychological School of Behaviorism. Watson believed that he could take
twelve healthy infants and by applying behavioral changes, could 'design'
people to be how he wanted them to be.
Watson stated that emotions such as fear could be conditioned using
behavioral techniques. He took a small child (11 months) called 'Little Albert'
and conditioned him to become fearful of random objects: a rabbit, a dog and
(believe it or not) some wool! Watson presented these objects and at the
same time, made a loud noise.
The experiment worked and Little Albert became conditioned to respond with
fear when presented with the objects alone. He had conditioned anxiety and
this sent shockwaves through the psychological community that had, until
then, believed that fear, was pre-programmed in the subconscious (Sigmund
Freud).
As unethical as this experiment was, it proved that fear responses could be
raised by fear conditioning and that anxiety disorders can be created and
eliminated given the correct treatment.
Around the same time, another behavioral psychologist was doing similar
work elsewhere in the US.
Burrhus Frederic Skinner was an American psychologist who pioneered
research and advocated behaviorism which concentrates on understanding
how behaviour is the manifestation of environmental history with regard to the
experience of consequences.
Skinner also proposed the use of behaviour modification, much like Watson,
he believed that a person could have their experience of life modified by
behaviors. Skinner developed the theories behind operant conditioning as a
way of engineering society, happiness and people's experiences of their lives.
Skinner believed that any experience backed up by a consequence would
become imprinted on a person's psyche; the experience of anxiety disorder
sufferers would back this up; repeated stimulation of the Amygdala through
anxious behaviour would reinforce and imprint those behaviors as a form of
'habit' into the subconscious mind.
Conversely, by using behavior modification as discovered and pioneered by
Watson and Skinner, the reversal of the formation of 'anxious habit' is also
possible.
In a nutshell what both of these eminent and incredibly forward thinking
scientists discovered is that it is very possible and actually very normal for an
individual to 'programme' their subconscious minds.
The Linden Method provides anxiety sufferers with a 'roadmap' of how to do
this without going through long-winded psychotherapy and without using
drugs that never produce CURATIVE results.
What I show you is a 'mother nature given' process... a normal, expected,
natural process that ALL recovered anxiety sufferers MUST have used to
become anxiety free.
Why do I emphasize must?
I use this analogy:
I have a bucket and one day I put it down on a nail. It creates a hole. I see the
water running out of the bucket and I start looking for a solution to the
problem.
I think about the solution and come up with:
Solution 1 - I make the water thicker so it doesn't run through the hole so
fast.
Solution 2 – I ignore the hole and keep running backwards and forwards
refilling the bucket.
Solution 3 – I put a piece of some material over the whole to hide the hole
and temporarily fix the problem but it keeps breaking through, so you keep
replacing it.
Solution 4 – I mend the bucket by replacing the missing piece.
Which would be the best solution?
Well of course, it's number 4.
So, what does this have to do with The Linden Method?
Solution 1 is drug intervention – it may provide temporary relief from some of
the symptoms but it doesn't cure the problem.
Solution 2 is just allowing the anxiety to dominate your life – modifying your
behaviors and tiring you out.
Solution 3 is therapy – during your session it makes sense and you may think
you have got it, but you leave and before long feel depleted and frustrated –
in addition, you waste so much time and money blocking the hole!
So, what is solution 4?
It's THE solution! It's the full fix! The total reversal and elimination of the
bundle of learned behavior in the brain!
The difference between other Methods and The Linden Method is that The
Linden Method brings together a group of simple techniques that undermine
and eliminate anxiety completely... it's not a quick fix, a cover up, a 'band aid'
it actually undoes the formation of anxiety conditions completely!
How does it do this?
It destroys anxious neural pathways and replaces them with non anxious
ones! Like removing a smoking habit or a nail biting habit or any learned
behavior. Through seamless continuity of the Linden Method structure...
which is simple, the brain 'reorganizes itself'...
...until a new structure has been created that behaves in a completely non-
anxious way.
The brain requires communication and equilibrium between the two
hemispheres and when communication is effective, the brain becomes more
creative, more organized, more able to learn effectively and the effect on your
life can be incredible.
When you recover using The Linden Method, which outlines and guides you
through the ONLY way to erase anxiety, your mind will respond... your
anxiety, which has 'fine tuned' your brain during your anxiety disorder will
fade away but your brain will divert all of the changes made to your
subconscious mind to make you more productive in every area of your life.
Making these changes creates an effect which scientists call 'whole brain
thinking'.
Whole brain thinking enables creativity increases, intuition, increased ability
to learn, social skills and increased intelligence. My IQ went up by 5 points
during my anxiety disorder!
Traditional anxiety elimination method such as CBT (never medication!), are
supposed to create these changes but the problem is that methods such as
CBT are usually an event... a once or twice a week session at best. But
talking therapies also involve a number of very 'counter-productive' devices
which serve only to remind the sufferer that they have high anxiety. A TRUE
solution which uses these scientific devices, like those discovered by Skinner
and Watson, is a PROCESS and not just a once a week event!
Continuity of support is required to create and maintain these changes.
Continuity is the watchword. The clear, concise, simple and structured
process outlined in The Method is the ONLY way to achieve these changes
effectively and our system has been designed to provide the targeted
structure that is vital to recovery. It is the ONLY method available in the world
that is proven to work in absolutely every single case.
You may think that this sounds incredible. Yes, I agree, it is incredible. You
may think it sounds fictitious. I agree it does but trust me this is science fact.
There's no secret about how The Linden Method works... no secret at all.
* I provide the solution to you in a set of structured rules.
* I provide a group of supportive 'first aid' fixes to use during recovery.
* I provide words of inspiration.
* I provide information that offers answers to so many questions.
* I provide structure.
* I provide seamless support, reassurance and guidance.
Symptoms of Stress
Stress normally manifests itself as a range of quite distinct symptoms such as
insomnia, headaches or migraine, muscle aches, mood swings, digestive
problems, anxiety, morbid thoughts, panic attacks or depressive thoughts for
example.
It is common for stress sufferers to experience panic attacks, anxiety and
phobias. Having developed these conditions, the stress sufferer can
experience a wide range of both physical and psychological thoughts and
sensations, often misdiagnosed by medical practitioners in isolation.
Many stress sufferers experience a small group of symptoms which can be
misdiagnosed by doctors who, regrettably, do not take a look at the larger
picture surrounding the development of the stress symptoms by the sufferer.
In isolation, these stress symptoms are often mistreated by practitioners.
Addressed quickly, stress symptoms, anxiety and panic attacks can be
eradicated quickly and permanently given the correct treatment methodology.
Types of Stress
Stress can be caused by a wide range of stressors or catalysts. Stress often
occurs during periods of work pressure, after bereavement, divorce, moving
house or other stress inducing life situations.
Some stressors are easier to eliminate than others. Work practice stress can
be eliminated by adjusting your work practice but life issues such as abuse,
divorce or other personal problems can give rise to situations which are not
so simple to overcome.
Stress and Anxiety
The Link between stress and anxiety is strong; in fact the majority of stress
sufferers who visit their doctor are diagnosed with anxiety. Stress and anxiety
account for more days off work than any other condition.
Causes of Stress
Stress is caused by perception, not fact. If you perceive your task at hand or
situation as threatening or overwhelming, your reaction to it will also be
negative.
If the stressful situation is perceived as a welcome challenge or something for
which you are prepared, the pressure of the task at hand will not manifest
itself negatively and you will not develop any of the symptoms of stress. This
explains why some people thrive on stress and others suffer at its mercy.
Drugs / Medication
There are no medicinal cures for stress. Stress, as mentioned earlier, is
caused by an inappropriate perception of the task at hand; no drug exists
which can alleviate the problem. Once stress conditions are formed, some
doctors will try to remove them using drugs, but this is untargeted and
inappropriate treatment.
Stress conditions can only be successfully treated using behavioral
techniques, administered by professional, qualified and experienced support
specialists.
Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy can assist in undermining stress related conditions, but is
sporadic, inaccessible and takes a lot of valuable time to administer.
Psychotherapy is used mostly to identify and discuss the source of mental
illnesses. Stress is not a mental illness.
Alternative Therapies
Alternative therapies can offer stress sufferers some respite during their
condition, but are far from curative. Coupled with other mechanisms,
alternative therapies can be very useful, especially when used alongside
massage, yoga or meditation for example.
References:
1. Amygdala - Definitions from Dictionary.com
2. University of Idaho College of Science (2004). "amygdala".
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Anxiety Medication
The Truth About Anxiety Medications Will Surprise You
First of all let me assure you that if you are taking anxiety medication now, or
have taken anxiety medication in the past, it won't harm you or you recovery.
It would be wrong to suggest that any of the commonly prescribed anxiety
medications were completely useless, however, many were developed as
anti-depressants, sedatives and for other conditions and as such, have very
little therapeutic impact on anxiety conditions, if any at all.
You see, the part of the brain responsible for the development and
perpetuation of an anxiety condition is not 'reached' by anxiety medications in
order to have any curative affect. No anxiety medication can erase the
anxious behavior and reaction which causes these conditions and until it is
possible to do so, there will only be one solution. NO anxiety medication will
ever be developed that can accurately pinpoint the EXACT neural pathways
in the brain responsible for an anxiety disorder and selectively (and
accurately) erase them. Anxiety medication just isn't that targeted.
The section of the brain responsible for anxiety disorders is influenced solely
by behavior and while anxiety medications can be beneficial in true, clinical
depressive disorders, anxiety medications have only superficial impact on
anxiety conditions. Often, sufferers say the 'soporific' affect of anti-
depressants and other commonly prescribed anxiety medications can 'knock
the edge' of their anxiety, BUT this has no curative affect - so as soon as the
anxiety medication is reduced or stopped, the anxiety floods back.
Similarly, tranquilizers will allow a sufferer to experience temporary relief from
some of the more acute symptoms, but these, like other anxiety medication
does not 'solve the problem'.
Both anti-depressants and sedatives can also cause added side affects which
may be interpreted by the sufferer as a worsening of their condition and may
even cause added anxiety in some cases. The side effects of anxiety
medication can be as bad as the anxiety itself and many sufferers experience
withdrawal problems and 'rebound anxiety' when they cease their pills.
You see, doctors are mostly limited by time and subsequently prescribe
anxiety medication instead of discussing other options first.
Most of our clients come to us having tried anxiety medication first because it
is perceived by many to be the ONLY simple, accessible option available.
Many clients come to us while still taking anxiety medication. This has no
affect on the curative affect of the TRUE anxiety elimination method - whether
you are currently taking anxiety medication or not is irrelevant, by
implementing the advice outlined in our programme, you will soon be at a
point where you can stop taking anxiety medication with minimal withdrawal.
BUT,
how could anyone ever think that medication could cure an anxiety disorder?
The notion is unbelievable!
Why?
Anxiety reactions are created in the subconscious mind, you know that. They
are stored as neural pathways of learning. Those neural pathways are
unidentifiable… they’re not numbered or indexed so it is impossible to look at
one and know what it’s for.
So how could anyone ever suggest that a medication could be developed that
travels through the digestive tract into the blood stream, travels to the brain
directly, then finds the exact area of the brain where the memories are stored
and selects the correct neural pathways out of millions and ONLY renders
those obsolete in order to erase the inappropriate anxiety. AND all that,
without damaging or compromising other brain function or areas.
Not only does that sound impossible, it is impossible… now and in the future
to my mind!
Current ‘anxiety medication’ is inappropriate, untargeted and curatively
useless!
Would you take a pill to stop a ‘nose picking’ habit? No, of course not!
There is ONLY one cure for anxiety disorders! The exact same process
that EVERY recovered anxiety sufferer has used.
The exact same process we will show you.
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Conclusion
Whether you decide to buy The Linden Method programme has to be your
decision… it is my job to simply tell you what we know having helped so
many thousands of clients to recover and allow you the benefit of being able
to make an informed decision. Don’t forget that we are always available for
support or advice.
Ok, here is my truth to EVERY anxiety, panic, OCD, agoraphobia, social
phobia and PTSD sufferer.
1. You can and WILL be cured… not managed, CURED!
2. I won’t tolerate doctors and psychologists who try to tell you that you
are incurable. My psychologists, counselors and Linden Method
specialists are committed to moving you forwards to FULL and
PERMANENT recovery
3. You are NOT ILL! Not mentally or physically
4. Your anxiety can be switched off, almost instantaneously
5. You will be stronger, more capable and more fulfilled when you are
recovered
6. You will be able to rebuild yourself and your life
7. You will have clarity of mind, inner strength and peaceful thoughts and
feelings. No more panic attacks or even mild anxiety!
8. You will be able to stop constantly checking how you are feeling or what
symptoms you can find – typical of anxiety and panic attacks sufferers
9. You will stop waking up every morning with anxious thoughts or panic
and questioning "how do I feel?" before you have even started your day
10. You can bring back the good years, feel ten years younger and recover
the time you have been losing to anxiety, worry, obsession and panic
11. You will become great company for your loved ones again, enjoy
ordinary daily pleasures once more and feel like you have a second
chance at life
12. You’ll be able to feel the rich flow of time from now on, as opposed to
passing long dull years like a zombie, your senses numbed by anxiety
and panic attacks
13. You can become physically fit and feel good in your body again
14. Instead of spending energy on daily stress and defensive living (have
you considered how much energy it takes you to "cope"?), you pursue
goals and activities that bring you fulfillment
15. You’ll become a helper instead of a burden, and the inspiration of those
close to you.
Just to reiterate:
The emotion of fear is unique – UNLIKE the other human emotions, it is
adaptable – it has to change as we move between safe and threatening
situations in life. One minute we could be in a 'war torn' zone, the next in a
pretty meadow... if our anxiety levels weren't adaptable, we would feel AS
fearful with bullets whistling past our ears as when we are picking daisies!
This sounds simple doesn't it?
Well that's because it is!
After high anxiety develops, the anxiety control center (the amygdala)
THINKS that it is behaving normally even though you KNOW consciously that
something is wrong.
Anxiety and panic FEEL threatening and when you first experience it, it is
shocking, disturbing and frightening... the resultant fear creates a 'cycle of
fear' which dominates everything in your life and is constantly there.
You become less active, you don't DO as much as you did before... your
world becomes smaller, dominated by and dictated to, by your anxiety.
Many people then take medication to escape the feelings, many become
housebound... situations and solutions which are simply unacceptable and
unsuccessful.
What our simple programme does is create the 'Environment for Change' that
causes your anxiety control center to believe that you are SAFE.
Quickly then, the decision is made by the control center to 'RESET' itself back
down to an anxiety level which is appropriate to your surroundings – not the
perceived threat you are experiencing. (Your symptoms).
If you are sat at home feeling anxious NOW – You KNOW that you shouldn't
feel scared and have to suffer all of the spin off thoughts and sensations but
your mind doesn't know.
What I am saying to you is that I can show you how to very quickly become
calm wherever you are.
Scientific research supports my discovery
In December 2000, the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health released a
summary of research into the causes, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of
anxiety disorders.
According to this report, more than 19 million adult Americans from age 18 to
54 suffer from one or more of the following anxiety disorders:
• Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), exaggerated worry and tension
over everyday events and decisions
• Panic Disorder, in which feelings of extreme fear and dread strike
unexpectedly and repeatedly for no apparent reason, accompanied by
intense physical symptoms
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), characterized by intrusive,
unwanted, repetitive thoughts and rituals performed out of a feeling of
urgent need
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), a reaction to a terrifying event
that keeps returning in the form of frightening, intrusive memories and
brings on hyper vigilance and deadening of normal emotions
• Phobias (including Specific Phobia), a fear of an object or situation, and
social phobia, a fear of extreme embarrassment
The NIMH then summarized the scientific research findings as follows:
Studies in animals and humans have focused on pinpointing the specific
brain areas and circuits involved in anxiety and fear, which underlie anxiety
disorders. Fear, an emotion that evolved to deal with danger, causes an
automatic, rapid protective response that occurs without the need for
conscious thought. It has been found that the body's fear response is
coordinated by a small structure deep inside the brain, called the Amygdala.
These brain findings point the way to new approaches, [to develop therapies
for anxiety disorders] so that the "act now, think later" response can be
interrupted.
The Linden Method IS THAT therapy! We have been using it for over 12
years to achieve 100% anxiety elimination!
What is The Linden Method?
The Linden Method is:
• the ONLY medically and psychologist recommended anxiety
programme
• the ONLY anxiety programme supported by qualified support specialists
• the ONLY anxiety programme with a 12 year history of curative
treatment
• the ONLY anxiety programme recommended by government
organizations
• the ONLY programme with thousands of verifiable testimonials
• the ONLY programme which addresses OCD, PTSD, Social phobia and
agoraphobia
• the ONLY anxiety programme to offer 'real world' resources, staff,
treatment centers, products and support
• the ONLY anxiety elimination programme to provide a 12 month
satisfaction GUARANTEE
• the ONLY programme to identify the conclusive, permanent cure for
anxiety conditions
Ian Northcott
"The Linden Method doesn't dwell on giving blame or
looking for reasons, it simply gives you the answers you
need right now to defeat your anxiety and return quickly to
lasting wellness, anxiety free."
Ian Northcott, BA (Hons) DHyp MHF FASC MHS MHRS
MANLP
Sylvia Dickens
"I reviewed The Linden Method as a former panic anxiety
sufferer and as a journalist who has studied the topic in-
depth. My experience with the Canadian Mental Health
Association made me even more aware of just how
widespread panic and anxiety are across the country and
around the globe. Charles shows you how to make the
transition from your usual support systems, like doctors
and medications, to self-support. Replace your old life,
burdened by anxiety and all of its symptoms, to become
anxiety and panic-free."
Sylvia Dickens- book.titles.ca
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Being anxiety free is already preprogrammed into you, all you have to do is
learn how to flick the switch from anxiety ON to anxiety OFF and that’s where
we come in.
I cannot say strongly enough just how convinced I am that what we offer is
the world’s only conclusive and guaranteed, scientific, medically
recommended programme of recovery. What we have is very special and I
only want you to benefit like the tens of thousands of other sufferers we have
cured.
Our commitment to your recover is paramount to my staff and I.
Take care.
Charles
Charles Linden BA Hons.
CEO The Linden Centers International
UK Site – http://www.thelindenmethod.co.uk
US Site – http://www.panic-anxiety.com
International Site – http://www.stopworry.com
UK Toll Free - 0870 4370298
USA - Toll Free 1-866-998-0523
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About Dr. Romulo Valdez
Romulo Valdez, Jr., Ph.D. is one of America's leading psychologists who is
very highly qualified and has extensive experience working with children,
adolescents and adult suffering from anxiety and depression particularly
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder.
Dr. Valdez obtained his undergraduate degree at the University of Vermont
earning a B.A. in Religion with minor in Psychology. His M.A. degree in
Clinical Psychology is from Central Michigan University. His Ph.D. was from
Michigan State University where his major emphasis was on Counseling
Psychology. He minored in Developmental Psychology and Statistics and
Research Design.
Dr. Valdez did his clinical training under the very best professors in the field
at the Department of Psychiatry at both Dartmouth Medical School and
Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Valdez has worked in a variety of settings including inpatient hospital
units, outpatient clinics and he was also the psychologist at the Phillips
Exeter Academy.
Dr. Valdez has held a past academic post at Dartmouth Medical School,
Department of Psychiatry. He was an integral member of an NIMH (National
Institute of Mental Health) research project at the University of Pennsylvania,
Psychotherapy Research Center, studying the treatment of crack cocaine
addicts. More recently, he has worked with the Center for Psychological
Trauma at Dartmouth Medical School, Department of Psychiatry.
Currently, Dr. Valdez consults for various agencies and hospitals that do work
with children and adolescents and war veterans suffering from a variety of
psychiatric disorders, particularly Post-traumatic Stress Disorder.
Dr. Valdez is a longtime member in good standing with the American
Psychological Association and the National Register of Health Service
Providers in Psychology. He is also a Fellow with the New Hampshire
Psychological Association.