Thank you, Dan, such crucial thoughts! Yes, absolutely, despair was my turning point. I was at the deepest point in my illness, absolute despair: totally bedridden and not able to even tolerate the quiet presence of my family in the flat. The circle of hope and despair was not bearable any longer. I was looking for something other than hope, something that would carry me through, no matter where the path was leading to. I chose confidence: The trust that this illness will pass as everything does (sooner or later), and that I will be able to find the way to make my life better again. It appeared more sustainable and powerful than the concept of hope to me. I didn't have this trust in the beginning, but I learned it through building up and cultivating (inside, everyday, mindfully) until I could feel it. This definitively helped the door opening slowly for the possibility of healing. I was confident that when the right conditions came together my healing would start. And it did. I'm on my way now (walking and talking again, using neuroplasticity, rewiring and somatic experiencing), only weeks away from the point of despair. Building trust was fundamental. And I know that trust will take me through all dips ahead on the way, too. For me, trust is such a powerful force, it opens a wide safe space and it can embrace and deal with both hope and despair.

@Inge508

2 жыл бұрын

What a powerful and hope- giving comment! Thanks for posting it! All the best on your healing journey !🙏❤️‍🩹

My hope circled around becoming stable after 3 years of CF that doctors said was caused by Hashimotos hypothyroidism. I’m stable now and my CF is full blown. I had hope that my titration down from klonopin would help my CF. I thought I could tell my brain to rewire itself with visualization and that would bring back my lost energy. Now I listen to all the utube channels that discuss CFS for answers because my anxiety is raging as my CFS shows no recovery.

"Looking at your relationship with these emotions" - well said, Dan and so helpful.

I am in the middle of your book CFS Unravelled and I'm just amazed at how accurate you are! Well done! I wish to share my story with you in a video once I recover fully. You are truly the one any PECs should check to understand CFS. Fortunately, I speak and understand english well enough to have access to CFS information from english speaking countries. Here is France, there is a total lack of recognition and support for CFS. Think that there are only 6-7 doctors in charge of CFS accross the whole country.. I also wish I could translate your materials for French community once I get better !

Hope has always been good for me. I have major chronic depression and, of course, people are always concerned about suicidal thoughts. However, I could never do that because I always have hope that things will get better. If I took my own life, I wouldn't be here to enjoy when the "better" came. Despair sounds too scary. Like standing too close to the edge of a cliff. What if the ground gives way ~ one doesn't have control over such a possibility!!

Thank you so much. A great chat much appreciated.

Very good message, thank you❤️

Important message, makes a lot of sense ❤

Your videos are much appreciated Dan. I have the least stress I've ever had in my life (other than the stress of the illness). I am the most free of stress and committments that I've ever been in terms of general life stresses. Yet remain stuck in the illness. I need something to use, a tool, a technique, something, to shift things and start the ball rolling into wellbeing and recovery. Meditation doesn't quite cut it. Rewiring is great for symptoms that come and to but for symptoms that remain constant and generally feeling unwell, it doesn't seem to be a tool that can be used effectively. I need something to use, something to hold on to, a technique to generate wellbeing and shift the stagnant ongoing state of illness. Does anyone have any suggestions??

I was turned onto the anti-inflammation diet, and it has cured my fibro/CFS, as well as my fatty liver, and I've lost about 80 lbs total, but 50 lbs since I've been on it... It's also reducing the chronic inflammation from my psoriatic and osteo arthritis, and reducing my psoriasis! Now my only issues are lack of muscle from 20 years of being sedentary because of so much pain, bone problems in my neck, 2 100% blockages in coronary arteries (taking K2 for those), and oxygenation at 93% due to a lung operation for a massive abscess in my right lung (an empyema)... I need now to learn how to get up go, after not doing that for so long.

@Fresh-qc3zn

2 жыл бұрын

Wow that's amazing progress. So pleased for you. As Dan says, keep going, don't get to comfortable in what you've achieved so far, keep going until you reach full health. Can I ask what anti-inflammation diet you used? Do you have a link or can you direct me to the protocol you usedm

Perseverance and praying to Jesus helps me get through every day.