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Neurolinguistic programming (NLP)

8 people describe trying Neurolinguistic programming (NLP) (6 with ME/CFS, 2 with long COVID).

63%
recovered fully or nearly
5 of 8
12%
improved (substantial or partial)
1 of 8
0%
relapsed
0 of 8
25%
no benefit
2 of 8

How it went

Did it last?

  • 2 of 8 said the benefit wore off.
  • No one said they needed to keep it up to stay well.

Read from what people wrote. A story that ends without a follow-up counts as lasting, so treat these as minimums.

Outcome describedAccountsShare
Full recovery562%
Near-full00%
Substantial112%
Partial00%
Relapsed00%
No benefit225%

Only 8 accounts. Treat these percentages as anecdotes, not rates.

By how ill people were

Severity at worstHow it wentnRecovered
Severe540%
Very severe3100%

0 accounts don’t say how ill the person was.

All 8 accounts

  • Battling ME/CFS: a decade-long recovery

    Substantial ME/CFS SevereIll 10 years the-recovery-hub.org Aug 2024

    Credits NLP, EFT and diet. Amir was ill 10y with severe ME/CFS and reports a substantial improvement. Now coaches others professionally.

  • After one year and 10 days I realized that I was done with COVID! The mind-body connection was the final piece in my healing

    Full recovery Long COVID Very severeIll 1 year recoverynorway.org Feb 2022

    Combined neurofeedback, a concussion protocol, a five-hour session with an NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) practitioner, EMDR, shiatsu, meditation and journaling as part of a broader mind-body approach to her illness. She had more than 18 Long COVID…

  • I had long Covid. I have fully recovered

    Full recovery Long COVID SevereIll 8 months recoverynorway.org Oct 2021

    In May, Rachel Whitfield did a three-day Lightning Process training course for long COVID that began with a mild case testing positive in December, followed by boom-bust cycles of "crippling fatigue, covid toes, covid strangle throat, burning back, anxiety,…

  • Amygdala Retraining Program Improves Symptoms and Biology in Fibromyalgia

    Full recovery ME/CFS Very severeIll 10 years healthrising.org Jun 2021

    The Gupta Program, also referred to as Amygdala and Insula Retraining, using NLP-based techniques to rewire the brain's threat response, done 100 percent for 6 months. She had ME/CFS since 2008 and fibromyalgia since 2010, and by 2018 was completely bedbound…

  • Trial By Error: Joan McParland's Lightning Process Experience

    No benefit ME/CFS SevereIll 10 yearsEffect faded virology.ws Aug 2019

    She took a three-day Lightning Process course (10am-2pm daily, costing GBP880), an NLP-based technique using standing on paper circles, affirmations, and rhymes, after ten years of severe ME/CFS. Participants, including her, were instructed to tell…

  • The illness experience, and the tools I learnt, made me an Olympic athlete

    Full recovery ME/CFS Very severeIll 3 years recoverynorway.org Jan 2019

    Recovered through a three-day Lightning Process course in December 2009 with her father, taught by two newly licensed instructors from the new Norwegian company Aktiv Prosess, after nothing else had helped — not a GP who told her to exercise through the…

  • My Brain Retraining Story

    No benefit ME/CFS SevereIll 6 yearsEffect faded anaharriswrites.com Sep 2018

    She practiced the Gupta Programme's limbic retraining for several months, including daily 20-minute breathing meditation, NLP-style hand motions, and "soften and flow" visualization. She had been severely ill with ME/CFS for about six years, housebound and…

  • Hitting Rock Bottom Leads To Turnaround for Dan

    Full recovery ME/CFS SevereIll 6.5 years healthrising.org Aug 2015

    Dan developed ME/CFS after a chickenpox vaccination during an intensely stressful period, and over six and a half mostly homebound years suffered extreme fatigue, bouts of fever, cardiac issues and brain fog. He attributes his recovery to addressing…