Words matter in nervous system regulation. They are one of the many pieces of this puzzle.
Dr. Sarah Myhill has studied and helped many patients with chronic illnesses including ME/CFS. Raelan Agle interviewed her here. She has a ton of information in that video and this episode is a summary. Dr. Myhill’s websiteLong COVID study
How fight/flight/freeze are working toward and within ME/CFS from a lay person perspective.
My body automatically kicks into fight/flight/freeze a mind blowing number of times a day. These are the stages from Awareness to Practice that requires my brain to take another road for the same trigger. If you aren’t familiar with fight/flight/freeze or need a refresher. Check out these videos. Irene Lyon- functional freeze
My improvements in quality of life are turning into healing. Here is my most recent progress including a big victory.
Another tool I learned from Raelan Agle is keeping a list of the thinnest to bigger improvements that you notice. This also has been so helpful.
Bookending is a tool I learned from Raelan Agle which has helped me expand what I could do now and then as I work to expand overall.
This is the launch for Season3. It was time for a new start as my healing journey continues. I’m excited to share with you.
This is a summary of foundational knowings and practices in my healing journey as I close Season2 and announce Season3.
My history turned into my timeline for developing ME/CFS. COVID happened to be the catalyst to plunge me into full blown chronic illness. For others it’s glandular fever, an unknown virus, a toxin, an intensely stressful event.
Life is throwing curve balls and testing all that I’ve learned in managing ME/CFS. What it showed me is important.
New challenges to improvement and healing show up often and even at 70-80% recovered. What I’ve learned…
Hope is in my top 3 of most important pieces of the whole for improving my quality of life and progressing in my healing. My top 3 are:*Processing intense feelings*Pacing*Finding HopeThese include so many other things but they are the overarching concepts that I need in place to make this work. The great thing about them is that I can do pieces of them and find some sort of progress while I continue to figure things out.
This is one of my hacks to change my perspective so I use the little energy that I have much more efficiently. I’d love to hear from you! Reach out to me on Instagram @search4healing or on email at search4healing@gmail.com.
Pacing seems simple but it’s complex and very hard. But I would argue very much worth the effort. Recovery stories—Raelan Agle, CFSUnraveled
Intense feelings are everywhere when you are sick with Long COVID/MECFS. How can you release them to help you pace.
We have a lot of bad and wry challenging days with Long COVID/MECFS. A LOT. There are things that help to take the edge off or distract me from them to help maintain a level of hope through them. This episodes talks about some tricks I learned.