The Linden Method. A review by a one-time agoraphobic and panic disorder sufferer.

How it all began

I began suffering from panic attacks and anxiety disorder in 1985. My first attack came whilst I was driving to see my friends and family and left me with a driving phobia. During the following few weeks, after experiencing more panic attacks whilst commuting to work on the train, I developed a travel phobia. Unfortunately for me though, it didn’t stop there. Eventually, in 2002, after many years of trying to fight it, I became agoraphobic and afraid to leave my home.

After that first attack, I went to see the family doctor. When I asked what could be done, he told me that there was no cure and that it was a part of my makeup. His words made me feel like a freak. He prescribed some tranquilizers and sent me on my way. I didn’t like the way the drugs made me feel and they seemed to do nothing to relieve the chronic anxiety I was feeling so I stopped taking them and set out in search of a cure.

How I and tried and failed to find a cure

At last! Something that looked like it may work

Now, I’ve heard that life is sometimes like this. It gives you what you need, right at the point that you're ready for it. One Friday afternoon I was searching for some stuff on the Internet when I literally stumbled across The Linden Method website. I gave it a very thorough checkout and when I read the section where Charles Linden talked about his own initial panic experience, it sounded so similar to mine that I’ll swear, tears came to my eyes. That being said, I was profoundly skeptical of trying anything new. As I said earlier, I’d had far too many bad experiences in the past and I really couldn’t face yet another disappointing result or, more to the point, something that would once again, make my life even worse.

I toyed with the idea of buying the course for several hours. I came back to the website and read everything one more time, just to make doubly sure that I wasn’t getting myself into any trouble. In the end, after re-reading about both the twelve-month money back guarantee and the twelve-month personal support agreement, I anxiously clicked the order button.

On the order page, there were two formats available for delivery of the materials. The first, cheaper, option is to download the materials straight to your computer, the second is to have them shipped to your home in printed/CD format. I opted for the first. Not that I’m cheap, I just wanted the goods right there and then.

After I’d finished downloading everything, which takes a while, there’s a lot of stuff in the course, I settled back and started to study.

Now, one of the first things I noticed was that some of the course didn’t apply to me. For example, there’s a section on coming off your medication, which I did read through just to make sure that I wasn’t missing anything.

Finally! Success

As I progressed through the course, I got to the part where Charles explained to me EXACTLY what the feelings that I was experiencing were and as soon as I’d read that, it was like I’d had a ten ton weight lifted from my shoulders. And better yet, when I eventually came back down to earth, I could literally feel my anxiety slipping away.

If that were all that I’d achieved by doing The Linden Method, I would have been more than satisfied. But, unbeknown to me at the time, there was more to come. There’s an audio file that deals specifically with panic attacks and how to stop them dead in their tracks. This one only takes a few minutes to listen to but, by the time I’d finished it, yet another ten ton weight had been lifted from my shoulders and I just knew that I’d never have another panic attack; ever. And to this day I never have.

Since that Friday afternoon, my life just isn’t the same anymore. It’s totally turned around. Where all I had to look forward to was another day filled with anxiety and pain, now, my love of life has been restored and I feel just the way I did prior to that first panic encounter, if not even better. And to tell you the truth, it’s almost impossible for me to remember just how painful those anxiety-laden times were for me.

If you or your loved one has to face what I had to face each and every day, I just can’t recommend The Linden Method highly enough.