ME/CFS
Outcome unclear
Stuck in bed for weeks with ME/CFS; body scans and sketching eased anxiety
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Last post
- Apr 2026
In their words
- Condition: ME/CFS
when i was stuck in bed for weeks i got into these guided body scan meditations on youtube
In context ↗ - At worst: Severe
when i was stuck in bed for weeks
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Summary
A Reddit user in r/cfs described being stuck in bed for weeks during an earlier medical ordeal, saying the mental side was almost worse than the physical. Guided body-scan meditations, brief breathing exercises and sketching helped ease the anxiety. They said healing was not linear and that some days can feel like being back at square one.
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What they tried
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- meditation · Helped
what helped me was starting really small with meditation - like literally just 2-3 minutes of breathing exercises when the anxiety would spike
In context ↗ - guided body scan meditations · Helped
when i was stuck in bed for weeks i got into these guided body scan meditations on youtube, they're perfect cause you don't need to move at all and they help you reconnect with your body in a gentler way
In context ↗ - sketching · Helped
also found that creative stuff really saved me mentally - started sketching again even if it was just doodling on scraps of paper from my nightstand
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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 | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | stuck in bed for weekswhen i was stuck in bed for weeks i got into these guided body scan meditationsIn context ↗ | Severe | |
| — | small meditations and sketching eased the anxietywhat helped me was starting really small with meditation - like literally just 2-3 minutes of breathing exercises when the anxiety would spikeIn context ↗ | Not stated | Meditation, yoga, breathwork |
| 2026-04-12 | still healing, not linearhealing isn't linear and some days you'll feel like you're back at square oneIn context ↗ | Not stated |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Anxiety & low mood
2-3 minutes of breathing exercises when the anxiety would spike
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