Chronic Fatigue Survivor's Blog

A blog about my experience recovering from Chronic Fatigue

Browsing Posts published in February, 2010

I got an email today from a reader of this blog who could relate to my story. They asked how I was, whether parental conflict issues from childhood were common in CFS, and said they were having trouble thinking of the Gupta Programme as a 100% cure. Here's my response: Thanks for your message. I'm [...]

I find myself getting really sleepy around 4 or 5pm, and got into the habit of having a lie down and a brief snooze. Trouble is, I generally wake up a half hour later feeling really shattered... much worse than before I had the lie down. I also tend to have a lot of trouble [...]

I feel ok today. Woke up and did soften-and-flow and the positive visualisation. I feel stuffed in the head and tired as usual, but pretty up-beat. Hey, it's a weekend and the sun is shining. You gotta love that. I've had a heap of highs and lows this week. Been feeling quite tense, though nowhere [...]

Yesterday I woke up a bit headachey. I was due to do lunch with my parents and a second cousin. Perhaps the thought of lunch with my parents brought the headache on; they've been the main root cause of stress in my life. It may be all psychosomatic, but that doesn't make it just go [...]

Of all the weird-ass treatment approaches to Chronic Fatigue, joining an acting class sounds the weirdest. But if it worked for my mate, I thought "What have I got to lose?". I've done some basic acting in community musical theatre in the past and quite enjoyed it; I only gave it up after I became [...]

Well it's bizarre and interesting times. I'm getting mixed messages about how to approach life. I recently read Radical Honesty by Brad Blanton, and was quite blown away. The chapter on dealing with anger was particularly enlightening. I was left with the impression that I have to actually start telling people that I resent them [...]

Mood swings

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I find I get really big mood swings with this thing. They're always triggered by some experience, like an interaction with someone else or getting negative feedback in some way. I went to a workshop in Saturday which was all about who we are and the sort of energy we give to the world. I [...]