Just curious--has anyone tried the Linden Method for anxiety? I tried it 20 years ago when I was in WD and honestly it didn't really help much. But it was very popular. I'm just curious if its still popular. Thanks

Ive have not heard of it. Be interesting to see if anyone else has.

Correct me if i’m wrong but the method is “stay so absolutely busy that you have no time to be anxious”

Works for conscious tripping of the stress response and very helpful in redirecting that part, which a lot of people might find helpful.

Wont help with WD though unless you’re trying to pass time till you heal and you somehow have the mental and physical fortitude to go through with rigorous scheduling and packing stuff into every day constantly.

4 hours ago, Talltreescoldseas said:

Wont help with WD though unless you’re trying to pass time till you heal

This is key for everyone in WD, distraction is so important. Plus learning to accept rather than chase fixes that often lead to more harm.

@cheeky and @Talltreescoldseas Yes, distraction is the method's primary approach. When I enrolled back in the day, I got a CD (remember those) with the founder's personal story. He took benzos as treatment for anxiety and then hit tolerance. He spent months in his room alone with his thoughts until he went for a walk in his backyard garden. He noticed how nice the flowers looked and started taking photos of them. Then he noticed that his anxiety decreased while he was taking pictures. From there he went out more and found more ways to distract himself. I'm sure the methods and practices have changed since I did it, but his core approach is distraction.

6 hours ago, Chippy said:

This is key for everyone in WD, distraction is so important. Plus learning to accept rather than chase fixes that often lead to more harm.

Sorry yeah i meant like directly easing things. I use distraction primarily as well. Work, work, work haha

14 minutes ago, Talltreescoldseas said:

Work, work, work haha

Standard Chippy behaviour though right!

11 minutes ago, Chippy said:

Standard Chippy behaviour though right!

I’ll stop when i’m dead lol

All the skills none of the pay! Shoulda been a plumber or something haha

7 hours ago, mstimc60 said:

@cheeky and @Talltreescoldseas Yes, distraction is the method's primary approach. When I enrolled back in the day, I got a CD (remember those) with the founder's personal story. He took benzos as treatment for anxiety and then hit tolerance. He spent months in his room alone with his thoughts until he went for a walk in his backyard garden. He noticed how nice the flowers looked and started taking photos of them. Then he noticed that his anxiety decreased while he was taking pictures. From there he went out more and found more ways to distract himself. I'm sure the methods and practices have changed since I did it, but his core approach is distraction.

@mstimc60 as much as it's hard I go to work as I find that the distraction helps . The crazy thing is when I have my day off I'm always s mess . There definitely is something to this .

10 minutes ago, cheeky said:

@mstimc60 as much as it's hard I go to work as I find that the distraction helps . The crazy thing is when I have my day off I'm always s mess . There definitely is something to this .

That was my story as well. Work forced me to focus on something other than my fears and WD. And it gave me a sense of control over at least a small part of my life.

12 hours ago, mstimc60 said:

That was my story as well. Work forced me to focus on something other than my fears and WD. And it gave me a sense of control over at least a small part of my life.

@mstimc60 I appreciate you coming back here and helping all of us , listening to someone who's been through it and survived gives us hope .

Thankyou 🌸

2 hours ago, cheeky said:

@mstimc60 I appreciate you coming back here and helping all of us , listening to someone who's been through it and survived gives us hope .

Thankyou 🌸

Its the least I can do. I don't think anyone who hasn't been through this can truly understand it, so its important for people like me to share our experience.

7 hours ago, mstimc60 said:

Its the least I can do. I don't think anyone who hasn't been through this can truly understand it, so its important for people like me to share our experience.

❤️💕🌸