Leon Williams
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill for
- 2 years
- Published
- Mar 2023
Summary
Leon Williams recovered using a mind-body/neuroplasticity approach rooted in Dr. John Sarno's Tension Myositis Syndrome (TMS) framework, practicing somatic tracking meditation, expressive writing, breathwork and general meditation, with gardening as a calming daily activity; no drugs or supplements are mentioned. Following a routine COVID-19 infection he was severely disabled for about two years, unable to work or care for his children without crashing, and suffering POTS, severe brain fog, crushing fatigue, headaches, chest pain, rashes and light/sound sensitivity, feeling he "could faint at any moment." Six months after discovering the mind-body/neuroplasticity approach he returned to work, resumed running (including a 5K), could pick up his kids again, met friends at the pub, and returned to performing on stage. The account reports no relapse and describes no ongoing symptom-management routine beyond the mind-body practices credited for his recovery; no maintenance requirement is stated.
Read it in their words
longcovidcured.com — a recovery advocacy site.
What they credit
Credits Alternative therapies, Brain retraining, Trauma & somatic work, Brain retraining programs (DNRS, Gupta, ANS Rewire, Primal Trust), Meditation, yoga, breathwork, Sarno / TMS / somatic tracking / JournalSpeak.
Symptoms mentioned
Symptoms: Brain fog, Headaches & migraine, Heart symptoms & palpitations, Light & noise sensitivity, POTS & dysautonomia, Pain & fibromyalgia.
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