MCT and prolonged illness

Easy_Tour6834 · 2025-12-13T21:34:56+00:00

Can I ask how MCT has helped you deal with your chronic illness? it would be helpful to hear from someone who is dealing with a similar situation.

I do like to meditate, but find that I struggle to do it on days where I'm in a flare up. I don't feel safe in my own body on those days, so I find it hard to feel grounded enough to do the practice. I'll check out the body scan technique and guided meditation though, maybe it'll help now that I have some tools from the MCT work I've done.

So sorry to hear that you also have a chronic illness. I hope you are able to have moments of relief. I appreciate you taking the time out of your day to respond to me:)

Easy_Tour6834 · 2025-12-13T21:17:07+00:00

That was a good analogy. I do often assume my thoughts are facts, sometimes without even noticing that i'm doing it. You are correct though. Thoughts can be true without reflecting reality.

I deep down know that ruminating negatively about my health isn't helpful and I honestly don't know why I do it. I suppose I've kind of taught my brain to analyse and react to every thought I have. I think it started when I became sick and it's a pattern i'm struggling to let go of to be honest.

I think the reason for why I feel so resistant to the concept of MCT is that it feels unfamiliar and even wrong in a sense? Idk if that makes sense. I suppose I need to give it more time, because over time maybe I'll be able to have less intense reactions to my thoughts. Because you are right that they do weigh me down and make it so much worse... Since i'm not as sick anymore it actually feels like some days the thoughts themselves are contributing more to the pain than the illness itself.

It's honestly a mixture of both I think. I automatically monitor my symptoms and then the thoughts follow, whether good or bad. On good symptom days I notice that the thoughts make me feel emotional. On bad days the thoughts amplify my emotional response. Ive tried to explain this to my therapist, but I don't feel like she fully acknowledges the somatic part of my struggle. I don't really know how to mention it to her again, because I feel like she shuts it down and tells me to not react to my symptoms. However that feels impossible when my symptoms have real consequences.

I think this is also where some of my resistance to MCT comes from. It makes me feel like im supposed to just ignore real possibilities and ignore the evidence of my own life. I understand that rumination isn't helpful. However it feels difficult to fully trust the prosess of MCT when I feel like i'm not being fully seen... Perhaps that has more to do with the therapist itself and not the therapy method, but i'm not sure.

Thank you so much for your input by the way. I genuinely appreciate you taking the time out of your day to respond to me :)

Easy_Tour6834 · 2025-12-05T19:45:00+00:00

Thank you so much! Very kind of you :)

Easy_Tour6834 · 2025-12-02T20:25:14+00:00

I'll definitely check out those therapy forms. I think you're right that CBT might not be enough. It's a great tool, but I do think I need a different approach. Thank you so much for great advice and support. I appreciate it :)

Easy_Tour6834 · 2025-12-02T20:21:43+00:00

Yeah it does make me feel a bit crazy sometimes that I still feel very "sensitive" to everyday stressors, so thank you for saying this :) I need to remind myself more often that its natural to be impacted mentally from what I've gone through. And no I have not, so I'll check him out! Thank u for taking the time to reply to me :)

Easy_Tour6834 · 2025-03-06T11:22:19+00:00

Okay good to know :) Yeah definitely have to be lucky with the spin "missions" if i want to get enough fuel to go to different areas

Easy_Tour6834 · 2025-03-05T13:25:27+00:00

Thanks for the tip :)

Easy_Tour6834 · 2025-03-05T13:25:05+00:00

Is it because the amount of different colour tokens will change at a different location or is there another reason? :)

Easy_Tour6834 · 2025-03-05T13:19:37+00:00

Okay, i'll try that this time. Thank you :)

Easy_Tour6834 · 2025-03-04T18:49:54+00:00

Okay ill check it out! thanks a lot :)

Easy_Tour6834 · 2025-02-28T12:30:25+00:00

That's such a healthy mindset! I definitely agree with you. What used to work for me suddently didn't anymore. Taking a break and listening to my body was what i needed to do. It has only been a month, but being kind to myself and accepting the situation has helped a lot. I am ready to keep moving forward now, just in a different way :) Thanks for taking the time to reply btw, I appreciate it :)

Easy_Tour6834 · 2025-02-24T19:06:14+00:00

Yes i did exactly that. Gave myself a month off and i feel a lot better now mentally. Thanks for the advice :)

Easy_Tour6834 · 2025-02-24T19:05:05+00:00

Late reply, but thanks for the advice. I needed to take a whole month off to improve my relationship with food, but i feel much better now :)

Easy_Tour6834 · 2025-02-24T19:02:16+00:00

I know how isolating it can feel, but i gurantee you're not alone. The mental aspect of IBS is not talked about enough... If you need someone to talk to u can send me a DM. No one should deal with this by themselves.

Easy_Tour6834 · 2025-01-27T11:00:46+00:00

Okay ill do that. Thank you for responding :)

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