Six Things I Did NOT Do to Heal
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill for
- 2 years
- Published
- May 2026
Summary
Credits trauma and somatic work and JournalSpeak. Ariel was ill 2y with severe long COVID and reports a substantial improvement. Rejected diets, supplements and GET; symptoms mostly gone.
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What they credit
Credits Brain retraining, Diet, Supplements, Trauma & somatic work, Sarno / TMS / somatic tracking / JournalSpeak, Trauma work (EFT, EMDR, TRE).
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