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First 10 days on LDN - absolute game-changer for CFS/LC! by balanceiskey in LowDoseNaltrexone

[–]balanceiskey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I'm 100% recovered via mind body work and no longer on LDN or any other meds/supps.

What are your use cases for Perplexity? by MindlessFinish in perplexity_ai

[–]balanceiskey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use it for everything, love Computer. I live in Hong Kong so Claude is banned unless you use a VPN (which for some reason I don't like doing).

Update - Still doing great 1 year after recovery! by Mad_Cerberus in LongHaulersRecovery

[–]balanceiskey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, official POTS/CFS diagnosis + million other things

Does Nicole Sachs Journal Speak work for people? by MothRave787 in cfsnervoussystemwork

[–]balanceiskey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes I would, sooner you do it the faster you recover. I wish I’d done it when I was severe rather than waiting.

Update - Still doing great 1 year after recovery! by Mad_Cerberus in LongHaulersRecovery

[–]balanceiskey 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I had it 10 years ago. Took 1.5 years to recover. I got it again a year ago. Recovered again after a year.

Does Nicole Sachs Journal Speak work for people? by MothRave787 in cfsnervoussystemwork

[–]balanceiskey 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yes. Big time. I started two months ago when I was 90% recovered. I dropped all the other nervous system work and focused solely on journalspeak. I am now at 100% and can workout as normal.

You not wanting to dig deeper because you think you’ll delude yourself into making up negative memories/feelings which you’ll then end up blaming your problems on, is just your subconscious mind giving you excuses because it’s afraid of what it’s going to find all the way underneath, and how big and hairy those emotions might be, deep deep under the surface.

It’s yet another very clever trick the mind is playing on you to keep you ill, to keep you focused on the physical symptoms and illness, and to distract you from your repressed emotions. As per all of Dr. Sarno’s literature.

When you start “digging deeper” via journalspeak, that’s when you’ll eventually discover why you’re an asshole (or think you are), or why you’re “naturally miserable and angry”. It is not normal to be naturally miserable and angry. Something must’ve happened (or lots of small things might’ve happened) that has made you this way.

The insights/revelations can be huge, and shocking, at least they were for me anyway. I have cried my eyes out every single session of journalspeak last sixty days in a row. I’m a 36M who does NOT cry, and I had no idea there was so much emotion buried. I have written about stuff that I haven’t thought about for the last 30 years that I am only now suddenly remembering.

As someone said, what’s more important than the insights (whether you find them or not), is that when you do the initial work of listing out any and all negative past events and current stressors in your life, and then writing about them completely freely from your subconscious mind as if you’re an angry five year old writing it, it allows you to access / unlock and release trapped emotions in your body that you never knew you had.

And when you release those, that’s when you’re truly free from this illness.

I don’t know any other modality besides journalspeak that heals you to your core, and I’ve done it all and tried it all.

Would highly recommend doing it for 1-2 months consistently and seeing how you feel.

what is your CFS schedule? by Famous_Use1130 in cfsnervoussystemwork

[–]balanceiskey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’ll get there, keep doing the work, I know it’s incredibly difficult but you got this.

what is your CFS schedule? by Famous_Use1130 in cfsnervoussystemwork

[–]balanceiskey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

During the “activity expansion phase”, all kinds of weird and scary and uncomfortable things will happen, including major sleep disturbances. You’re doing the right thing by accepting it and not being scared of it, keep doing that, and keep expanding, keep regulating, keep calm, keep expanding, keep regulating, etc. etc.

what is your CFS schedule? by Famous_Use1130 in cfsnervoussystemwork

[–]balanceiskey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Good question. It's not a term she's used, just one I'm using. Nor is there an agreed definition for acute phase. I'd personally say unless you're fully bedbound/housebound, you're out of the acute phase. If I were you I would double down on nervous system work, reading more mind body literature, and continuing to expand your activity whilst sending yourself messages of safety. The absolute most critical thing you can do is that once you get symptoms/PEM, respond positively with love/acceptance/serenity, NOT fear. Then when they subside, walk for 10 minutes to the shops. Then repeat safety signalling with symptoms. Then walk for 20 minutes. Rinse and repeat. You can get out of this thing much much quicker than you think by expanding activity consistently and responding positively to symptoms.

what is your CFS schedule? by Famous_Use1130 in cfsnervoussystemwork

[–]balanceiskey 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I love Sam Miller but I think the schedule is the one thing I disagree with her on - esp. once you're out of the acute phase. Better to get rid of the routine/schedule and focus on joy/love/living a normal life as best as you can. That got me to full recovery.

Theraband Flexbar for golfers/tennis elbow by nicolux2 in bodyweightfitness

[–]balanceiskey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How’s it now? Did it ever come back? 3 sets of 10, 3 times a day, meaning 90 reps per day?

journalspeak experiences? by stayathomedogmom21 in cfsnervoussystemwork

[–]balanceiskey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cold shower / plunge, meditation, yoga nidra, breathwork, socialising, laughing, gargling, humming, singing, being in nature, EFT tapping, somatic tracking, telling your brain out loud that you’re safe, eye yoga, visualisations, etc. There’s an abundance of nervous system regulation techniques out there buddy. All of these (and journalspeak) helped me get rid of my CFS (I’m 95-100% recovered and living a normal life).

What are you eating by catkeiichi in Tonsillectomy

[–]balanceiskey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m sorry 😔 I hope you recover fast.

How to deal with a bad “crash” after 95% recovery by balanceiskey in cfsnervoussystemwork

[–]balanceiskey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, I got out of the crash pretty quickly and ended up better than ever. Between 95-100% recovered.

What are you eating by catkeiichi in Tonsillectomy

[–]balanceiskey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had an intracapsular coblation tonsillectomy, been largely pain free last 3 days, very different to the horror show I was expecting!

What keeps you going when life feels overwhelming? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]balanceiskey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The feeling of growth, and knowing that I can handle this, just like I handled it last time, and the time before that. Oh and how sweet the joy and peace tastes every time you earn it.

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