Out of the 33 accounts with a clear outcome; 1 more don’t say how it went.
How it went
Did it last?
- 2 of 34 said the benefit wore off.
- 6 of 34 needed to keep doing it to stay well.
Read from what people wrote. A story that ends without a follow-up counts as lasting, so treat these as minimums.
| Outcome described | Accounts | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Full recovery | 23 | 70% |
| Near-full | 3 | 9% |
| Substantial | 7 | 21% |
| Partial | 0 | 0% |
| Relapsed | 0 | 0% |
| No benefit | 0 | 0% |
| Outcome unclear | 1 | — |
By how ill people were
| Severity at worst | How it went | n | Recovered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 3 | 67% | |
| Severe | 18 | 89% | |
| Very severe | 6 | 83% |
7 accounts don’t say how ill the person was.
Who published these accounts
50% of these accounts are on pages that sell this treatment or a program around it. Those pages publish their successes; compare the independent row.
Specific treatments in these accounts
- TreatmentHow it wentRecoveredFaded
- Lightning Process33 accounts
78% 6%
- CBT and psychotherapy5 accounts
80% 20%
- Brain retraining programs (DNRS, Gupta, ANS Rewire, Primal Trust)4 accounts
75% 0%
- Meditation, yoga, breathwork3 accounts
100% 0%
Within the accounts on this page. Grey numbers rest on fewer than 10 accounts.
Side effects and harms people mentioned
Found by scanning the summaries for side-effect language, so this list is incomplete and may include a mention that isn’t about Lightning Process itself. Read the story before drawing conclusions.
- Made symptoms worse
She attributes the change to recognising "destructive patterns" of anticipatory anxiety about worsening — "the anticipation that I would get worse in itself made me worse" — stressing that LP "is not a miracle cure" but demands ongoing work to change those patterns.
All 34 accounts
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I'm 100% Healthy After Long COVID
Credits the Lightning Process. Eleanor was ill 4mo with severe long COVID and is described as fully recovered. Maintained wellness five years; cross-posted elsewhere.
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Hope Rooted in Biology: What Helped Us Recover from ME/CFS and Long Covid
Credits Lightning Process and visualization. Eleanor was ill 1 year (onset Mar 2020) with long COVID and is described as fully recovered. Recovered in 6 months.
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114: 75,000+ People Recovered—Here's How It Works (Dr. Phil Parker)
Credits Lightning Process. Phil had ME/CFS and is listed among the recovery accounts. Lightning Process founder, expert not patient.
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This Is How I Recovered From Long Covid
Credits the Lightning Process and CBT or psychological work. Gill Deacon was ill 20mo with severe long COVID and is described as fully recovered. Promotes a $1,900 Lightning Process workshop by name.
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Celebrating 1 Year on From the LP Course
Credits the Lightning Process. Hannah had ME/CFS and reports a substantial improvement. Completed a 1.5km swim one year after the course.
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Can Brain Retraining Help Me Recover From Long Covid?
Credits the Lightning Process and brain retraining. Amy was ill 18mo with severe long COVID and reports a substantial improvement. Independent magazine profile of a Recovery Norway subject.
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Monnica
Credits the Lightning Process and brain retraining. Monnica was ill 2y with severe long COVID and is described as almost fully recovered. Describes herself at the 90% end.
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From Long Covid to London Marathon
Credits brain retraining and the Lightning Process. Rachel was ill 15mo with severe long COVID and is described as fully recovered. Went on to run the London Marathon.
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Overcoming CFS Relapses: Rebuilding and Shifting Perspectives
Credits the Lightning Process, mickel therapy and CBT or psychological work. Katy was ill 10y with severe ME/CFS and reports a substantial improvement. Says recovery is not permanent without maintained habits.
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I'm 100% Healthy After Long Covid
Credits the Lightning Process. Eleanor was ill 4mo with severe long COVID and is described as fully recovered. Maintained wellness five years per the account.
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It was a great revelation and relief to discover that I had the power to heal myself
Began following Nicole Sachs' free "Healing Yourself" videos and her paid "Freedom from Chronic Pain" course, alongside Dr Howard Schubiner's "Unlearn Your Pain" resources, substituting "pain" for "symptoms" as he worked through them from late October 2022,…
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How the Lightning Process helped my ME/CFS
Credits the Lightning Process. Natalie had moderate ME/CFS and reports a substantial improvement. 3-day Lightning Process training; posted on a company blog.
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I am back to myself – fun with family and friends, working in a full-time job that I love!
Took a three-day online Lightning Process course over Zoom, at a cost of £800, after her GP suspected ME/CFS and suggested she might need a wheelchair, and then did the course's mental exercises "around 100 times a day for the first four months." Her Long…
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Instead of feeling guilty and tired out, I feel confident to live my life – I know how to manage my emotions better
Took an online Lightning Process course in November 2021, after a hospital ME/CFS clinic attended for "a couple of years," an unnamed alternative therapy and counselling had not produced a breakthrough. She had cycled through "crash and burn" episodes of…
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I had long Covid. I have fully recovered
In May, Rachel Whitfield did a three-day Lightning Process training course for long COVID that began with a mild case testing positive in December, followed by boom-bust cycles of "crippling fatigue, covid toes, covid strangle throat, burning back, anxiety,…
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Rachel Whitfield
She used rest, pacing via the spoon-theory method of small weekly activity increases, sleep aids followed by mindfulness-based sleep acceptance, meditation, a hot tub, a COVID-recovery yoga group, and breathing-retraining physiotherapy with a practitioner…
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Journey Out of Long Covid: Living a Fantastic Life Again
Credits the Lightning Process. Marion was ill 15mo with severe long COVID and is described as fully recovered. PoTS resolved in 48 hours; resumed choirs and gardening.
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Eight years of sickness is history. My son once again has a mother, my husband has a wife, and I've got a life!
Lotte attended a three-day Lightning Process course with practitioner Live Landmark, learning "basic neurology and about the functioning of the brain" and using the method several times a day, after eight years of ME/CFS requiring 12-18 hours of rest daily…
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My whole world and understanding of things had been turned upside down, in the best way possible
Alex did a three-day home-visit Lightning Process course with practitioner Kathy Kent, based on Phil Parker's method, after roughly three years of ME/CFS that left him room-bound for about a year, able to reach the bathroom only once a day at his worst, and…
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I was a mother with ME and two children sick with ME – There is hope!
Anette completed a three-day Lightning Process course in November 2017 after 13 years of ME/CFS during which she was bedbound 15-20 hours a day with severe pain, cognitive impairment and sound/light sensitivity. Her son (ill 7 years) and daughter Viktoria…
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The best thing I have done is to say: no way will I accept my daughter will suffer
Aftur, the then-14-year-old daughter in this account, had four weeks of intravenous antibiotics, a biopath-prescribed supplement regimen taken three to four times daily, a strict no-sugar, no-carbohydrate diet, and acupuncture, before doing a 3-day Lightning…
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I had a shower stool and a wheelchair, but today I am proud and extremely happy to say that I have recovered
Recovered through a Lightning Process course in August 2018, signing up after a conversation with someone who had recovered via LP overcame her earlier scepticism from what she'd read online. She had collapsed completely at Easter 2017, some time after a…
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I was once one of the most severely ill people in Norway: How I recovered from ME
Recovered using the Lightning Process, taught at home over three days by a female LP instructor after Høvern had read English media reports of LP recoveries and the method reached Norway around 2008. She had been ill since a musical overexertion in 1998,…
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For me it became vital to think that I was well, to say I was well
Recovered using the Lightning Process, taught over two days in her soundproofed bedroom on 11-13 December 2007 by an LP coach who had herself recovered from bedridden ME, after her mother heard about the method and her doctor recommended it having seen other…
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This illness will last for a long time. And why is that? Because I am already prepared to die – inside
Attended a one-on-one Lightning Process course over four days (22-25 April 2014) in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, England, with trainer Heather Thomas, after her mother had already tried acupuncture, natural pills, syrups, oils, restricted diets and herbs…
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At that moment it was absolutely essential that I was there
Took a three-day Lightning Process course at home in Norway at the end of May 2008, taught by two LP trainers, with her husband supporting her through it. She had been severely ill with ME/CFS for about nine years, the last two of them bedridden in a…
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Fibromyalgia/CFS Recovery Story: Berit Frivold
Credits the Lightning Process. Berit was ill 13y with moderate ME/CFS and is described as fully recovered. Later became a Lightning Process practitioner herself.
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Long Covid - Neuroplastic and Mind-Body Resources
Credits brain retraining and the Lightning Process. Molly had long COVID and is described as fully recovered. Combined DNRS and Lightning Process; 80% then full by 8 weeks.
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The Joy of Being Well
Credits the Lightning Process. James had ME/CFS and reports a substantial improvement. Listed under the CFS/ME tag archive.
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Change Is Possible for Those With CFS
Credits the Lightning Process. Alastair had ME/CFS and reports a substantial improvement. Listed under the CFS/ME tag archive.
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My Long Covid Solution: I Feel Like a Different Person
Credits the Lightning Process. Charlotte was ill 7mo with severe long COVID and is described as almost fully recovered. Driving, cooking, socialising within 7 weeks post-course.
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Rachel Whitfield, UK
Credits the Lightning Process. Rachel was ill 5mo with severe long COVID and is described as fully recovered. Listed date is a template artifact.
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The Lightning Process - His Last-Ditch Effort for M.E.
Simon's recovery centered on the Lightning Process, alongside earlier CBT and a general multivitamin, mineral and vitamin C regimen; beyond noting it teaches relaxation techniques and is more than self-hypnosis, the page gives no detail on the Lightning…
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I am writing this to give other people hope: yes, it is possible to recover
Credits the Lightning Process. An unnamed patient was ill 13mo with severe ME/CFS and is described as fully recovered. 13-year-old girl, bedbound; published by LP itself.