This is my Consequences and Benefits exercise from The Advanced ME/CFS Recovery Programme with Ashok Gupta:
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Left Path
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Right Path
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The negative consequences of staying ill are:
- Feel terrible
- Life sucks
- Can’t do what I want to do
- Can’t go dancing
- Hard to socialize with friends
- Hard to meet new people
- Lacking motivation
- Can’t do the musicals that I want to
- Hard to get career kick-started
- Waste a lot of time in bed
- Feel weak & terrible after exercise
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The benefits of getting better are:
- Get to feel good
- Enjoy life
- Do what I want
- Go dancing
- Socialize when I feel like it
- Meet new people, women, etc
- More motivation
- Feel motivated & inspired again
- Be able to do musicals again
- Can pursue my new career wholeheartedly
- Go back to the gym/exercise again
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The benefits of staying ill are:
- Good excuse
- Can put off things that might cause upset
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The drawbacks of getting better are:
- Will put more pressure on myself again
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