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https://recoveryinternational.org/ (Home - Recovery International) Dr. Abraham Low, whose wisdom is quoted in this thread, began this organization in the 1930s. There are local groups all over the US and in several other countries. They help treat each other with common sense and common language...

I have come to believe that the perceived goal of Recovery changes as time goes by. There is no question that in the beginning the neurolinguistic reprogramming is essential because it replaces fearful or “temperamental” language with hopeful thoughts and actions. This step is critical because...

Wow! This is pure gold. I have been lurking around here for a few weeks and still feel like I’m a little lost at the Smithsonian with all the different forums, subforums, treatment plans and chats. I don’t think much of that is useful to someone who needs to find a plain-spoken voice of reasoned...

Thanks to those of you who posted the free resources offered by Dr. Joe. That’s just the type of thing I came looking for here in hopes of helping my son regain his full faculties. Public forums aren’t my thing anymore, so I won’t be posting publicly again. Please send me direct messages if I...

All I can say in response to that is I’m humbled and gratified that you took the time to say thank you. Glad you made the decision to go with your daughter as well. I’m delivering my baby girl to college this fall if Covid allows. Can’t imagine not being there, since she’s attending the same...

At the time my leg went numb I suspected I was in the middle of a nervous collapse, but the symptoms made me suspicious of something else. I was wrong about that and every other symptom I let get my attention and stayed in a state of alarm. Sounds like you've been dealing with this for a very...

Apologies. I've never heard of such from flu. Are you bothered by symptoms other than your legs? Before my back pain started, I had a numbness in my left leg near my hip that lasted a good while. I had so many symptoms it really is difficult to remember them all. I had a brain MRI only after I...

"Haunted" you? Do you mean buried a suspicion deep in your brain that your lungs are permanently damaged? So all of your visits to the doctor are related to your lungs? Do you see how absurd this is? Listen to your neurologist. There are people who love you who want you back.

I second that recommendation. Do something for someone else. The man who has no shoes stops feeling sorry for himself when he meets a man who has no feet.

Only seek information that points you in the direction of living a normal, pain-and-other-symptom-free life. Eschew all others. There are many more malingerers out there and here than people who have found their way back to full living. I strongly advise corresponding only with cured or nearly...

Ah Eskimo, Thanks for engaging. I was so drawn to this thread, I suppose, because you appear to be a skeptical sort. It reminded me of myself. If you have read even once my posts on the old forum, you're well aware that I attempted to mount Rocinante and joust all the TMS windmills on the...

Tgirl, thanks for the update. If all of your tests came back normal, what do you believe is causing your symptoms? All my tests came back normal as well. I didn't believe it when people told me I was perfectly healthy because I felt so bad every minute of every day. But that is 100%...

Dr. Low advocated attacking your symptoms (all of them are just stress symptoms magnified), one at a time to lesson their hold on your attention. Fatigue was the most common. He gives a brilliant talk about what was known in his time as "neurasthenia" being a made-up label that harms patients...

Very kind of you, tgirl. Life is short. Let's get better and live it. May I ask how you are doing?

Nothing I can add to what has been stated here so please, believe what is being said is true and believe us when we advise you that you are safe to resume all activities. No surprise that you got an uptick in symptoms. You're cured the minute you believe you are. Your symptoms can't do anything...