Long COVID with physical and mental struggle, somewhat better after therapy and opening up
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- Not stated
- Last post
- Aug 2021
In their words
- Now: Somewhat better
the biggest steps forward in the whole recovery have been getting a therapist ... The physical symptoms are super tough too
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Summary
A person with long COVID described physical symptoms and a mental struggle that they said was way tougher than the physical side. The biggest steps forward in their recovery, they wrote in August 2021, were getting a therapist and finally talking to those close to them about how badly they had been struggling mentally.
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What they tried
What they credit
Their words about each treatment
- a therapist · Helped
the biggest steps forward in the whole recovery have been getting a therapist
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Approaches: CBT & mindset
Their path
They say too little about how ill they were at each step to draw it on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened | After |
|---|---|---|
| — | long COVID with physical symptoms and a mental struggleThe physical symptoms are super tough too, but for me the mental side is way tougher.In context ↗ | |
| 2021-08-02 | therapy and opening up to others were the biggest steps forwardthe biggest steps forward in the whole recovery have been getting a therapistIn context ↗ | CBT and psychotherapy |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Anxiety & low mood
talking to those close to me about how bad I was struggling mentally
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