I am no longer afraid of symptoms, or a few days of tiredness, because I know it will pass!
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill for
- 1.5 years
- Published
- Oct 2021
Summary
She took a Lightning Process course in January 2016, after going on sick leave in April 2015 with severe fatigue that doctors could not explain and that left her unable to leave home, see friends, exercise or cook; she says even "brushing my teeth felt like a marathon." On the course she learned about neural pathways and practiced redirecting her attention away from symptoms, including saying "Stop!" aloud and challenging her belief that certain activities would trigger symptoms. She returned to work part-time in March 2016, began full-time nursing studies that August, and now works full-time as an emergency-ward nurse doing night shifts. She describes the recovery process as "two steps forward and one back, but the general direction was always forward," and says she still notices symptoms once or twice a year but they no longer bother her. She continues to use the technique of redirecting her focus away from symptoms rather than fearing them.
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