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10/14/2016 3:25:03 PM | Welcome, Siani: First thing, first: it's okay, totally sane and very natural to be frightened of this affliction. But, the stress that fear places on our systems physically and mentally can make symptoms worse, so it is best to try to have a 'de-stressing protocol' to work with the physical and supplemental protocol. I have a lot of anxiety - my husband calls me the Official Family Worry-Wort - I actually just talked to Mel a day ago about being afraid of different things, (Thank you, Mel!) so I do know how you feel. However, it truly gets better week by week. Once you begin focusing on doing the daily routine of what your body needs to heal in the form of nutrition, protocol, exercise, rest and peace, the routine nature of doing all of those things daily helps your mind overcome the fear. The routine of striving toward health replaces the fear. One of the best ways to combat fear is to give our senses something else to feast on. I have a Spotify playlist of music that I use for both meditation and to restore calm when I feel anxious or overwhelmed. I have other playlists that are upbeat and playful. Shows or movies that are funny or inspirational can also help when you just need to tune the world out a bit. The other thing I try to do daily is to practice a moment of gratitude for all of the things that are going right in my life at the moment. Being grateful helps pull one out of the depths of despairing over ailments and into the light of being glad for the best things in our lives. In conjunction with taking care of oneself physically, I believe gratitude, prayer and meditation all serve to advance healing dramatically. It's just about finding what form of mindfulness works for you personally. I noticed you also mentioned that none of your family or friends believes you. I am lucky because my husband and son support me 100% in this and believe me. My stepson just thinks I am 'under the weather.' But, do you know what we tell everyone else? We know people will be skeptical and non believers, so we say that I am struggling with an autoimmune illness that we are still trying to identify the root cause of. If they ask further questions we tell them I still have testing to be done and we will keep them in the loop when we know anything. You don't have to explain anything else and if others aren't going to believe you anyway than you do not owe them any sort of explanation. In fact, explaining more just causes more stress for you and you have much bigger fish to fry, my dear - like healing :) Stay here and talk to Mel and read all of the other wise voices herein on the forum. I promise it will get better. Sending you warmth and best wishes for healing and peace - Ms. V. |
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