I am a disciple of Claire Weekes. Her 'Self help for your nerves' is my bible.

[Jeff1943]

Anxiety is reaching epidemic proportions in the world. Life is much more demanding and complex and the traditional support systems of family, religion, community and work place have weakened.

The power of big pharmaceutical companies has seen to it that the medical world responds to anxiety primarily with chemical cures. They're helpful, they help us cope when under pressure but they don't offer recovery. Talking therapies can be very helpful but they're under resourced in a medical world devoted primarily to physical illness.

When Doctor Claire Weekes wrote her life-changing book 'Self help for your nerves' (re-titled 'Hope and help for your nerves' in the United States) there were only barbituates that made you sleepy and benzodiazepams were only just being introduced. So her first book back in the 1960s was an immediate hit: it offered a cure for anxiety that worked no matter how long and how badly you have suffered.

It was written in a society very different from today, a few people criticise her books because of this. But the Holy Bible was written 2000 years ago and the Noble Qu'uaran 1400 years ago and nobody holds that against them.

Claire Weekes took the trouble to explain to us how constant worry, stress, overwork, toxic relationships, grief, shame and disappointment can cause our nervous system to becone over-sensitised. She describes all the symptoms that this causes, many of them almost identical to physical illness. Anxiety takes many forms but it is always still anxiety.

She then went ahead and explains her cure contained in six words 'Face - Accept - Float - Let time pass.' Simple to understand but requiring persistance and practice. No quick-fix - but it works and has helped millions across the world to recover and reclaim their lives. And yet in professional medical and psychiatric circles her name is only vaguely known.

Surely it is time for the medical profession to cease its neglect and to examine Weekes' method and base their therapies upon them? They could well start their examination by reading the 350+ reader reviews of her first book on amazon.co.uk and the 550+ reader reviews on amazon.com.

Claire Weekes' Acceptance therapy will continue to restore people's peace of mind despite the neglect. Perhaps after all, the strength of her method is contained in the first two words of her first book.

"Self help".

[ZOO7]

Need to read more from her. Sounds inspiring 🙏

[Dkdfree]

You are so right!!! I feel just as you do,and she has been a godsend to me in this daily struggle. Medical profession is educated in pushing pills,thats what they know. There is money to be made,thats the bottom line. If we all stay sick,its to their benefit. I suggest her to all that will listen. ⭐

[Sleeplessme]

Had wondered where you had been. Excellent post as always Jeff. Thank you.

[begentle51]

Jeff, reading your posts a few years ago made me buy this book. It has helped to change my life, I still get anxious but now I have tools to help me overcome it. Thanks to you I found a way 🤗 Definitely more needs to be done, a way to help other than just medication xx

[Jeff1943 in reply to begentle51]

begentle51, that's wonderful to hear. So many blighted lives for the want of reading a book.

[Tinkynutbug]

So very very true sir!!!!I have her books and tapes i’d forgotten about them will dust them off. After many years I still struggle with taking my bp even at home i’ve just about given up had therapy sessions psychologist wants me to meditate lol easier said than done.

God bless you

Leticia

[Jeff1943 in reply to Tinkynutbug]

A little dusting may bring a worthwhile reward. The thing to remember is that reading the book and discovering how anxiety works and how to get rid of it will not bring recovery. Only after a long period of practicing Acceptance and Facing do we regain our quiet mind.

[CarlJames]

She was a Saint, Jeff. I suffered for decades, tried just about every treatment and approach under the sun without success. It was a program based on her teachings that finally worked for me.

It is indeed self-help. You still have to put in the work, but oh, is it ever worth it!! I cannot describe how much my life transformed as a result. I thank her every single day.

Thanks for posting this.

[Jeff1943 in reply to CarlJames]

That's excellent news, Carl. Thank you for sharing the news of how it transformed you with us.

[Daveacr1959]

I am a you tube subscriber to this dare program. Based on her work I believe?

[designguy in reply to Daveacr1959]

yes, the DARE Anxiety book and program is based on and he credits Claire Weekes work.

[Jeff1943 in reply to Daveacr1959]

So I believe, Dave. Many modern self-help writers have based their advice on Claire's teachings and have further developed it with good effect.

[bergh]

Thank you as always for your useful and invaluable advice. You help so much with your sound and down to earth information.