Feeling permanently cold is a common experience with ME/CFS, fibromyalgia and other chronic exhaustive conditions. Strangely, cold water swimming is often recommended as a form of therapy. So what is the relationship between our symptoms and temperature and how can understanding this help us to heal?
What can you do when you are watching a loved one suffering who won't let you help?
Do you hate your body, the pain and other symptoms it puts you through, and its failure to perform? What if your body is not letting you down? What if your symptoms are simply your body's way of trying to draw your attention to what needs to change in your life? What if you started loving yourself and listening to what your body has to say?
Do you forget to drink during the day? Getting better hydrated is vital to begin reducing some of your symptoms and putting your body in the best possible state for healing.
Do you ever get frightened that life has passed you by? That you are old before your time, and that this is all life will ever be? I did.
Being outdoors is healing on so many levels. It's not just about pretty views and fresh air. Did you know there's hard science behind the 'feel good' factor'?
If food has become a chore or a nightmare, it really helps to approach it from a more curious and playful perspective and focusing on enjoyment rather than discipline.
Over the past few weeks, the shops have been bursting with aisles of chocolate Easter eggs, and, whether or not we celebrate Easter, the temptation to reach out for the comfort and pleasure chocolate offers can be particularly hard right now when it is so visible and abundant.
“The key to life is balance, especially if you are on a ledge.”
(Demetri Martin)
The experience of chronic exhaustion is so often one of numbness: dislocation from our emotions, our needs and our bodies. We can lose the music in our souls that makes us want to dance and sing. Deliberately reconnecting with the music we love can be a powerful healing tool.
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