MidWest Center for Anxiety and Depression

[GMan86]

Has anyone ever seen an infomercial with Lucinda Bassett for anxiety and depression?

[pinky5]

Yes,

I bought the program and thought it was very helpfull.

Rachel

[GMan86]

I am thinking about buying it. They have all of these people on the infomercial saying how it "CHANGED" their lives. Do you think it had that much of an impact on your life with anxiety and depression? How much does it cost?

[pinky5]

GMan.

I would say that it really did have a big impact on me. It made me understand a lot of my behaviors and how they relate to anxiety and depression. It's funny, but I was thinking about getting it out of my drawer and doing the whole program again. and then I saw your post. It did cost quite a bit, a few hundred as I remember, but you pay for it monthly and you can send it back if you're not happy with it. I considered it money well spent, just like therapy.

One thing that I learned from this program is assertive verses aggressive behavior. That was a big help to me, as I would not stick up for myself in a calm way, but would just let things build and then explode at people. It taught me a new way to be.
There was lots of valuable things that the program taught me, probably more than I even remember now, because it was about 4 years ago that I bought it.

Rachel     

[NightOwl]

I need to learn that.  lol  I push a lot of people away by getting mad and reacting from it and it's always over the stupidest things, it seems.  Well usually.  YET then other times I let gfs walk all over me.  And even family actually.

[GMan86]

I have a problem where I let things bottle up inside instead of standing up for myself in a calm way. I am going to see about ordering this program then. Thanks for the advice Rachel. Your the best.

[pinky5]

GMan,

You're welcome. Hope you like it as much as I did.

GMan & NightOwl,

The habit of standing up for yourself in a calm way is quite a change of behavior, but once you can do it, your anxiety really starts to go down in a lot of situations, because you don't have to guard against people's behavior and events constantly.
When I got to the part of the program about the assertive verses aggressive behavior, I could have been their poster child for what not to do. I really believed that my intense anger was necessary to deal with people, but then I realized that it was actually making my behavior way over the top. I used to either seethe silently against people or explode, there was no middle ground.  Anxiety just feeds off these extremes. If you can just stand up for yourself immediately when something happens that isn't OK with you, it never has to get to the super drama. I did find it a little hard to let go of the drama and overreacting, it was just a part of who I had become. Change can be hard, but also great.

Rachel