My Long Covid Recovery Story
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill for
- 1.67 years
- Published
- Jun 2023
Summary
Roberto's recovery centered on polyvagal-theory nervous-system regulation exercises, whose specifics aren't detailed, combined with psychological work addressing childhood trauma and perfectionism patterns he linked to his illness. He had been hospitalized with COVID and then suffered Long COVID for one year and eight months, unable to walk normally, digest food, or think clearly, with trembling hands and a heart rate reaching 150 bpm on standing. Within three days of starting the polyvagal work his brain fog lifted for the first time in 20 months, and within three months he considered himself fully recovered, back to full-time work, the gym and running. No relapse is mentioned; he says he ended up with a better life than before, not just a return to his old baseline.
Read it in their words
positivelycovid.org — a recovery advocacy site.
What they credit
Credits Trauma & somatic work, Vagus nerve stimulation, Trauma work (EFT, EMDR, TRE), Vagus nerve stimulation.
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