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
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/fligh
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.
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 overarchi
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 [email protected].
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
Over time listening to my body during a crash gave me more and more information to help pace, avoiding crashes and finding the sweet spot to bounce boundaries resulting in a shorter crash and ability to do a little bit more before a crash. Bou
Many or most of us consult our doctors on pain management and receive a prescription or recommendation for over the counter doses. I follow this as well but that takes the edge off the pain. I found 3 things that further assist in reducing it.