The symptoms often made me feel stressed and worried, as I saw them as a sign that something was wrong with my body
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Published
- Feb 2019
Summary
An anonymous woman in her 30s credits a Lightning Process course with Live Landmark, taken after reading one of Landmark's books, following years of worsening exercise-triggered symptoms that eventually cut her functioning by around half; she avoided a formal ME/CFS diagnosis. The course taught her that the brain could get stuck in reinforcing "patterns of exhaustion" and trained her to shift attention away from symptoms and negative stress. She reports her quality of life is now considerably better, with far more positive feelings than before, and that she can run, dance and do yoga. No specific timeframe is given for how long she was unwell. The story mentions no relapse or ongoing maintenance requirement.
Read it in their words
recoverynorway.org — a recovery advocacy site.
What they credit
Credits Lightning Process, Meditation, yoga, breathwork.
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