ME/CFS, somewhat better after therapy focused on anxiety, still many hard days
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- Not stated
- Last post
- May 2026
In their words
- Condition: ME/CFS
I’ve been doing a similar course of therapy, focused on anxiety treatment, and it just so happened to raise my baseline substantially.
In context ↗ - Now: Somewhat better
it just so happened to raise my baseline substantially. I still have lots of hard days and wouldn’t consider myself “recovered”
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Summary
Summit 21497 said a course of therapy focused on anxiety treatment raised their baseline substantially, though they still had many hard days and did not consider themselves recovered. They felt more confident than ever that they were on their way there.
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- a similar course of therapy, focused on anxiety treatment · Helped a lot
I’ve been doing a similar course of therapy, focused on anxiety treatment, and it just so happened to raise my baseline substantially.
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Approaches: CBT & mindset
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