About Karen CrippsDo you believe in a thing called YOU?
Imagine if you could have the same level of self belief as a successful sports person. Sports people at the top of their game know that the physical training is only part of the story, that being psychologically fit can set them apart from their competitors. And part of this is their unfaltering belief that they WILL win.
Belief can get knocked by the twists and turns of life
When we are young, self belief seems easier. The world is exciting and everything is possible. We haven’t been jaded by the twists and turns of life. When I was at university I believed if I worked hard I could do whatever I put my mind too. Several years on – okay nearly 20! – life feels very different.
Life experience is wonderful and brings with it the joy of wisdom. But how do we balance this with making sure that limiting beliefs don’t sneak in and hold us back? Mortgages, children, knock backs at work, illness, routines, etc etc can all mean our dreams can become tainted by a feeling of limitation.
The power of belief in recovery
I have been living with a chronic illness – for which there is no conventional treatment – for the last 6 years, so the power of belief has taken a whole new place in my life.
I am recovering from M.E. It is a physical illness but I strongly believe that there is a psychological component to recovery from all illnesses. Harnessing the power of belief that you will get better is an important part of keeping your body open to healing.
It’s not easy to keep the faith over such a long period of time but essentially I have: Partly because the alternative is just too awful to think about; partly because my natural disposition is to be positive; and partly because I have read over and over again that people who do get better from M.E. have always maintained hope and belief in recovery.
If I truly believe I will get better, I filter for information that supports this and vice versa. A person who believes they will never recover is inevitably drawn to information that supports this belief. I don’t allow myself to read articles about all the unknowns about this illness, how there are no medical answers, about how difficult it is to recover. People do get better from M.E. and I choose to focus on their stories. This inspires me to carry on doing everything in my power to get well.
I have been significantly better recently and I have no doubt that the power of belief has played a key part in this. I am not saying it is as simple as thinking yourself better but rather that you can’t separate the mind and the body. The power of placebo medicine proves this to us over and over again.
Beliefs change everything
And of course, illness is just one example of how influential beliefs are. They are important in all areas of our lives from the big to the seemingly small.
Just take a moment to think about your own beliefs. Your beliefs change everything: They change how you behave; what you are open to; how you treat yourself; what you go after in life; what you eat; what you wear.
Before I started writing this article I thought I can’t write for Change Your Thoughts. This blog is in a different league to mine. I have only been blogging a few months. I have a few hundred followers. And as we all know Steven has rather a lot more! Then I thought why not? What’s stopping me? Just because I am new in this arena does not mean I am not good enough. And here we are. Nothing changed apart from my belief in myself. This is a small example but it illustrates the principle perfectly.
Clearly belief is not the one ticket answer to personal success and happiness but it must be part of it. If you believe you can do something you actively seek to make that happen – consciously and subconsciously. And if you can supplement this with surrounding yourself by people who believe in you, well, there will be no stopping you! (I know I did my best work when I had a boss who had so much belief in my skills I felt I could take on the world.)
Getting some young people’s magic
Ultimately, I want to try and recapture some of that belief I had when I was younger, the belief I see in young people I come into contact with. I was picking up a coffee yesterday from my regular place and chatting with the Baristas – both young and both just starting University. They are full of optimism and excitement about life. And maybe some of this is naive. But nevertheless I wouldn’t mind some of what they’ve got. I don’t want to become that person whose dreams become smaller because I am getting older.
I was chatting with husband about this topic and asked him how he thought I could replicate the enthusiasm and self belief of a young person. He said ‘Stick your head in the sand and have gung ho optimism!’ Maybe this is one step too far but there is definitely something to be learnt from those not yet jaded by life.
So I am off to pick up a coffee and some young people’s magic!
Would love to hear your thoughts on how your self belief has impacted your life.
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Hi Karen,
ME is a terrible thing to suffer with. My ex had it for 6 years and I saw the hard changes both physically and mentally. She did go into remission but wasn’t prepared to make changes to her lifestyle.
It’s very true that the only way out is through positive belief in both yourself and that you will recover. One thing that might help you in your quest for health is to look into the possibility of Candida.
Without belief we have no hope and without hope then we have no foundation for faith.
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Hi Andre
Thank you so much for your kind words and understanding. Yes M.E. certainly has its moments! My life is unrecognisable to what it was 6 years ago. But I am one of the lucky ones (some people are bed or house bound for many years) and I have had glimpses at ‘normal’ life.
Those glimpses have played a huge part in helping me keep going. I can’t imagine how tough it would be without some degree of hope.
Every night I go to bed and think tomorrow could be the day, the day M.E. and I go our separate ways. It hasn’t happened yet but that won’t stop me having the same hopes as I get into bed tonight! x
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Hey Karen, welcome to the exclusive club of CYT Authors
You totally deserve to be here and your writing is a testament to that.
Beliefs is one of my favourite topics. I love how you have given us examples of how belief can change the way you think and feel about yourself and how it can help with your physical body as well as your mental body.
Thank you for connecting with me Karen and I wish you every success in the world and I know the CYT readers will give you a very warm welcome.
Ooh. I like the idea of being in an exclusive club.
Thank you for the warm welcome. And your belief in my writing is another wonderful example of how amazing it is when people believe in us. Just those few words has given me a lovely ego boost!
Unfortunately, I have been in a bit of a dip health-wise since I wrote this. So I am going to enjoy thinking about the power of belief for a couple of days. It could be just the re focus I need.
Yes, I am using you and your readers for therapy. Hope that’s okay! x
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Hello,
Fantastic lesson, thank’s for all.
One day, may be, I shall be writing in this site too.
I have created a concept I call “Positive Subliminal Pictures” in order to become more happy, more healthy, more wealthy, more courageous, more confident…
I want to offer this method to everybody, freely.
For the moment, you can have a look on my website for some samples:
look for Bernard MORIN virtual gallery.
Hi Bernard
Thank you so much for taking the time to share your thoughts.
Your concept of ‘Positive Subliminal Pictures’ sounds fascinating. I have used pictures and affirmations around my room (when the going has been particularly tough) as a source of inspiration, so I can see how this would be really powerful. I am sure people will be really interested to hear about your project.
Karen
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Karen,
Self-belief is such an important part in us fully being all this IS possible. And I believe that this “self belief” can affect our health, too. So, this is so good to read – and just feel the “good” that you are feeling in your life – even in the face of illness. What a true testament to the power of belief!
Thanks so much for sharing a part of your story here in this space….
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Hi Lance
Thank you for your wonderful words of encouragement. Yes, I am always searching for the good. This can be really hard on days when I feel very unwell. But I try and have the approach: how can I make this a good day? (As it’s the only one I’ll be getting!) Then on days when I don’t feel so bad I find that I have this appreciation for things in life that I never had before. This is very much a silver lining of the whole experience.
I feel very uplifted by your comment. Thank you…x
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Good work Karen and keep writing, be positive and inspire others. Like you I’ve only started blogging and I too am working on my self belief to get rid of limiting beliefs of what I can or cannot do, and to adopt empowering ones to help achieve my life purpose and goals.
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Hi Lawrence. Thank you. I will do my best!
I love writing. I enjoy the process of having an idea then bringing it to life with words. And as for the whole blogging experience – well, there is a lot of inspiration out there (and on here of course..)
Good luck with finding those empowering beliefs so you can achieve your goals. If you hang out on CYT for a while I’m sure you will find other posts on ditching those self limiting beliefs – and I hear there are some great guest blogging opportunities too!
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Karen,
I’m so glad to hear that you won’t allow your dreams to slip away. We need our dreams to push on. Without them life can feel rather hollow, which I have no doubt you’re aware. Never give up and never give in – you never know what wonderful thing awaits you around the corner.
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Hi Angela. Thank you for the lovely words.
Yes, this gal needs her dreams! Being ill has give me a whole new perspective of the world. Yes there are moments when I hate M.E. but there are moments when I am so grateful for what I have learnt and the different experiences I have had because of it. And one of those moments is starting blogging and writing. I have a new passion and new dreams which may never have been round my corner before.
I hope you have many wonderful things waiting for you too…x
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Karen, how lovely to find you here….I’ve never commented here before and it took you to pull me out
ME is a hard ride at times and I think today I needed to read something exactly like this, from you…..Thank you so much for inspiring so beautifully, like you always do…
I’m feeling better already, I’m going tog et out of bed and go get myself some young energy too
Hi Neeta
It’s lovely to see you here too. Steven will be so impressed that I have managed to pull you out!
Yes, M.E. can be REALLY hard. It’s great to hear that this post has given you a little lift. Writing this post and then reading all these encouraging comments has given me a lift too. There is a lot of love at CYT. I might come and hang out here again (if I get asked back!)
I hope you get some young people’s energy very soon….xx
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hello karen
how are you?
i hope you are feeling much better
it was great to read this and you are a true source of inspiration to many people.
i subscribe to the school of thought which suggests that our beliefs condition our thoughts, way of life, behaviour, moral highground….. at the same time it improves our health, builds our esteem/confidence, optimism…
thanks for sharing this article
take care and enjoy the rest of the day
Hi Ayo
Fancy seeing you here!
Today is a good day thank you. All this talking about the power of belief combined with an incredibly uplifting hypnotherapy session have reminded me that I will come out of this dip, because I have done it before and I CAN do it again! (I only wrote this article a few weeks ago and I was much better then so it just shows you how temporary my current situation is.)
I like your belief school of thought; it really is amazing how many areas of our lives they impact. Which, of course, means that there are lots of opportunities to make changes in our lives if we keep nurturing that self belief.
Thank you for the wise words Ayo. I am adding them to my mental filing cabinet of why I need to keep working on my belief in recovery (combined with the other practical tools I have for managing the M.E.: Like some serious sofa time!)
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You are a powerful spirit, Karen. It is important to know that we must turn a state of believing into a state of faith for it to become real. Faith is the awesomely powerful state of knowing. It requires no substantiation, no explanation, no rational thinking, no references from the past. It calls upon the interactive forces of creation to shape and form substance. We must turn our beliefs into faith to realize the aspirations and aims that we yearn to experience.
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Hi Rob
Thank you so much for this. I have never really thought about the difference between belief and faith before so this is really interesting to me. I think there are probably times when I have had to have faith in recovery (rather than belief) because of all the unknowns around M.E. and the fact that there is no conventional cure or treatment.
This comment has given me a lot to think about. And this is what I love about blogging – the opportunity to challenge and grow your own thinking. I am off to make sure I have faith in recovery!
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Hi Karen. Your post is very inspirational. I definitely wholeheartedly in mind over matter. What we think about comes about. If you spent all day focusing on the negative possibilities of ME, you would be drawn to the negatives. However, you’ve chosen a path that aligns with your desires. You choosing to live a better life than what someone else with ME might live. You’re choosing better health by keeping a positive outlook. I admire you for that and I’m sure many others will be positively influenced by your courage. Thanks for sharing your story. And thanks to Steven for posting it here.
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Hi Nea
Thank you for the lovely words. I do try and make the most of my situation. And it is not all bad. I have days when I feel okayish (I am really lucky, some people with M.E. are bed bound or housebound) so there is still plenty of joy in my life.
Obviously positive thinking is not a miracle cure for a physical illness but I do believe it has played a part in keeping me as well as possible. (And in keeping me sane!) My approach has brought many things into my life – such as yoga, meditation, hypnotherapy, NLP – which have provided wonderful ways of keeping my mind as calm as possible and nurturing my belief in recovery. And I believe when we are as stress free as possible we have a better chance of healing. Being open to these types of approaches has made a huge differences to my health.
And yes, thank you Steven for posting this article!
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Dear Karen, my wonderful twitter friend!! It is so good to see you here! This is a powerful post. One I relate to strongly. When I went into the Australian rainforest many years ago, I was seriously ill. I walked away from all doctors and decided that part of my healing was believing in myself. I am not saying this everyone’s path. I am just saying that it was a HUGE part of mine. I did heal myself more than ever imagined.
This post is important for me right now, as it’s something I am feeling a lot lately. Wanting to strongly believe in myself in even deeper and more authentic ways. I’m experiencing a strong return to my truest self lately, no matter what others may or may not like about me. Really learning to listen to my heart even more.
I really applaud your powerful attitude and have so enjoyed your buoyant, loving and generous spirit on twitter. Always LOVE to see you. Hugs, Robin
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Hi Robin
You are even more lovely on here than on Twitter, if that is at all possible!
That is an amazing story of healing (and one for me to keep on my radar whenever the doubts sneak in.)
One of the things that I have found really powerful is hypnotherapy. I started using it (makes it sound like a drug!) about a year or so ago as I was worried that after being ill for so long I was becoming fearful about ‘normal’ life and that this could be holding me back. Sometimes it is really hard to look inside ourselves and ask how we could be contributing to our own situations. But it was one of the best moves I have ever made for my health. We are such complicated beings and I have found that by trying to understand myself more (the good and the bad) that I am able to work with myself rather than against myself. And that by trying to work through fear I have more energy for positive experiences.
And I love your perspective on authenticity, which is also something I have been thinking a lot about lately. My approach to recovery is not for everyone but it is right for me. Your comment has helped me clarify a couple of internal battles I am having at the moment.
You are such a wonderful ‘Cheer Leader’ Robin. Thank you for taking me under your (very lovely) Twitter wing. You are a ray of sunshine…x
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Hello Karen,
it has many amazing healing properties. It will heal a cut on your skin faster than polysporan. 
I suffered through a depression that lasted a few years. What you beleive is paramount to survival of this disease. I was fortunately blessed with a friend who asked me to give up negativity cold turkey. I was surprised how it was easy in my own head and much harder in conversation with others. Along with exploring and researching a positive attitude I was given by this same friend a bottle of Mangosteen Juice. It reduces inflammation naturally without the side effects of drugs, it helps you feel better naturally without killing your personality and wit and right away I could concentrate and had more energy. Only 4 ounces a day, and I was able to come off the drugs that had stolen my sense of humour and made me sleep my life away. I have been free for 4 years.
I wish you all the best in a long and happy life.
Sincerely yours,
Vanessa
Hi Vanessa
Thank you for taking the time to share such an open and honest experience. I had a bout of depression when I was younger so I have some insight into how awful it is. How wonderful that you had a friend who you trusted enough to take that bold step with.
Well done to you for turning such a difficult situation around. I am sure the return of your energy and sense of humour was a very welcome relief.
I wish you all the best too Vanessa…x
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Hi Karen,
I have followed you here from Sofa and the City! What you have to say about self belief is really interesting. I was one of those people who never expected to go to University and so when I did go I struggled with my self belief. Over the years I have had to really challenge my limiting beliefs and have at times felt like a bit of an imposter in my own life – ‘who am I to believe I can achieve THIS?’.
So my dreams have actually got bigger as I have got older and I guess my self belief has had to catch up. What is most important to me now is to constantly encourage my children to believe in themselves and to know that the present and the future is in their own hands. I think the seeds of self belief are sown early.
Thank you again for another inspiring and thought provoking read. I hope to catch you here again soon.
R x
Hi Rachael
How lovely to see you here!
Your have done an excellent job of challenging your limiting beliefs. (I think you did an MBA as well as a degree. Pretty impressive for someone who struggled with their self belief..) You are confident, successful and have achieved many great things; so I think those beliefs definitely caught up!
How wonderful that you are passing on the gift of the power of belief to your children. They are going to take on the world – hope you’re ready
It’s always lovely to hear your perspective Rachael. Thank you for visiting me here (one of my favourite blogs..)
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Karen I just wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed your latest blog and how pleased I am you’re branching out to bigger and better things. Faith is enormously important in chronic illness. Although I have had moments of serious fear and doubt, ‘what if I never recover?’, I continue to believe in my recovery and have decided to only read stories of people who HAVE recovered
Hi Alice
Thank you so much for the kind words. Yes, I too have fleeting moments of ‘what if I never recover?’ But I do my best to bat the thoughts away as quickly as they arrive.
I like your strategy to only read recovery stories. That’s got to be a better way of nurturing and supporting a belief in getting well.
I enjoyed writing this post and the comments people are leaving are really inspiring, which I think also supports what we are talking about.
Here’s to RECOVERY!! xx
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Hi Karen,
I so appreciate your thoughts and mindset. Many people, like myself, have overcome incurable diseases and it begins with the choice to get well. It seems small, but to understand the medical science is a ‘closed shop’ which excludes even proven things like chiropractic, is a big realization. It was from that realization that I determined I would not succumb to the surgeries offered which clearly would have left me in a wheelchair. I determined I would look at everything the doctors didn’t know about and evaluate these modalities myself until I found my answers. Revolutionary? For me at the time, yes. In retrospect, it is the first step to overcoming the western diagnoses of “incurable disease” for thousands no longer condemned to the prison of the incurables.
The formula is simple. Evalulate the results of all caregivers. Keep adding new things to the mix, continue to evaluate results, and the listen to those who help you the most. Continue this process until you’ve tried everything traditional and alternative that you can. What most people do is to continue to visit the ‘closed shop’ until they lose hope altogther, give in, and ‘learn to live’ with the disease. It’s a choice to accept a world view we have been quite thoroughly sold.
Anyway, keep plugging and keep believing. I left three ‘incurable diseases’ in my wake. Late stage Ankylosing Spondylitis, Cancer, Multiple Debilitating Allergies, and certain emotional residues from childhood difficulties. Today I’m free! I’d suggest you find people who are winning from incurable diseases and evaluate what they did. Maybe it could help you get free too.
My best
Gary
Hi Gary
Thank you for these wonderful words of encouragement. Your story is amazing and you totally deserve to be free!
Your perspective is just what I need to hear to remind me to keep plugging away. Sometimes it is difficult to choose what to add into the mix next as there are just so many options. But you are right, until I have tried everything the shop is still open!
This is a comment I shall keep and revisit on those days when I am wobbling.
I am really touched that you have take the time to share so much. Thank you for inspiring me..x
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Great post. I love the idea of just ‘Stick your head in the sand and have gung ho optimism!’ There’s something to be said for taking a leap without looking (and worrying) about all of the things that could go wrong.
Hi Katie.
Thank you.
I might take a leap today without looking and see what happens!
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Hi Karen
I just randomly “came upon” your blog as I was browsing tonight on SU … and
I am “sold” on what you say!! The title of your article – “Do you believe in a thing called YOU?” just excited me, because in professional therapy over the last few years I have come to BELIEVE this for my own life, and it’s been LIFE-CHANGING!! In your very first paragraph you speak about being “psychologically fit” and the “unfaltering belief that they WILL win”.
Now, I’m NO athlete and neither do I play sport of any kind!! .. but I love your “play” on words in your descriptions, because I HAVE seen, and am seeing right now “in the PRESENT”, how keeping my heart and mind “psychologically fit” in the truths I believe and the things I tell myself ABOUT myself, are changing my life in a huge way, and how having an “ulfaltering belief” in myself as I’ve discovered the real “me”, buried under layers of “baggage”, my life “as a whole” has become the daily “living out” of WINNING!
I now choose to focus on what “IS” and not on what “ISN’T”, and when I’m going thru a rocky patch, I BELIEVE and I KNOW that I’m not going to stay in that space forever, even tho at the time I don’t know how I’ll ever get out of it!
MY belief in the “me” God created me to be, and this “me” that I’ve discovered, has turned my life the RIGHT SIDE UP .. and I will NEVA be the same again .. in THE most POSITIVE way I know how to say !!!
Hi Estelle
Thank you so much for such an incredible comment. I can feel your excitement for life jumping off the page and I LOVE IT!
The words that really resonate for me are ‘living in the PRESENT’ and ‘focusing on what IS’. I know when I try and apply these two principles, I instantly feel more positive.
I am also drawn to your observation that rocky patches are only ever temporary. I lean on this philosophy a lot when I don’t feel very well and I am plastered to the sofa *This feeling will pass. This feeling will pass. This feeling will pass!*
You keep rocking right side up Estelle…xx
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Hey Karen, I would like to say it is great that you are recovering significantly, all power to you, it is indeed a point to celebrate when people with ME make good progress. I am, however, intrigued that you very recently refer to yourself here and there as ‘moderate’ in terms of ME severity. I would call currently myself moderate (with severe dips) – and after 27 yrs – a fair few of those severe – I am well versed in gradations, though the boundaries are, obviously, not black and white or written in stone. Still, would you not be more accurate in saying you are recovering well, and mild now, though once moderate? As you know I have been dipping into your blog and someone who can do low impact aerobics and seemingly walk/take trams in Helsinki untrammelled is quite honestly not moderate…! You have a robust online presence, that also takes significant energy. It gives a false sense I feel of the disability that moderate ME is. I do understand if you are scared to commit to saying you are mild for fear that you might slip back to moderate, and apologies if this is the case. But you have a lot of energy for a moderate PWME is all I am saying.
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Hi Nasim
The honest answer to your question is I don’t know. I am not that great at the moment and have been in a dip for the last couple of months (I wrote this article a while ago.) The dip is not so severe that I am bed bound but there is an awful lot of sofa time at the moment (and certainly no aerobics – for now.) There is no doubt though that over the last year I have been much better than I have been in the 6 years since I have been unwell. I have had periods this year when I really thought I was heading towards recovery. But as we know that recovery road can be very bumpy.
You are right about the blogging. When I was much more unwell I could not have spent that kind of time on the computer. But sometimes a blog post may be my main activity of my week and the energy for the post and the comments is planned like a military operation!
Light doesn’t feel like a good description of the limitations I have right now. But maybe it was a couple of months ago. (And I hope it will be again very soon!) I haven’t really blogged about my dip in the last few weeks – not to hide it but because other posts have been planned.
The label isn’t really important to me but I understand that it may be to other people. So I will definitely take on board what you have said and try and use a more appropriate description of the gradient of my M.E. in the future.
Thank you for taking the time to comment Nasim. And I understand that you want people to have a clear understanding of how debilitating this illness can be.
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Absolutely, Karen, blogging has to be measured out in spoonfuls of energy, and posts can always be tweaked and left to rest and edited again when one is able, that is the beauty! I guess I meant more you seem quite interactive with your readers and I think that demands energy, I know I could not sustain that level of conversation. But you are probably wrecked afterwards. I just think it is important when talking about ME to bear in mind that there are still many who are *not* informed about the illness, so if they come across someone referring to themselves as moderate but who can at times seems fairly ‘well’, there is a danger that the illness is misrepresented. But your positive attitude is certainly an antidote to the negativity one finds on some ME blogs.
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Ooh it is a minefield blogging about M.E.! As we have talked about before, it is just so difficult to talk about M.E. as one illness when there are so many ‘versions’ of it. I guess also, there are times when I don’t write about the tough days because I don’t want to focus on it (and who wants to read what a Moaning Minnie has to say!) My blog posts are snap shots: thoughts and observations about people and life; my experience of living with ‘this’ illness; about trying to stay positive, with a side helping of humour and fun.
I don’t want to do other people with M.E. a disservice, I really don’t. But it is incredibly difficult to always take into account all the sensitivities around the illness. Believe it or not, I do try to be careful. But as I have so wonderfully demonstrated – on a number of occasions – it’s really hard to not upset people on a subject that is so emotive. I will keep trying to get it right!
Take care Nasim…x
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I think that is the crux, Karen, the different ‘versions’. And those different versions are all down to the different clinical definitions! Many who come under the Oxford/Fukuda Guidelines – the psychiatrists’ criteria – would simply not be given a diagnosis of neuroimmune ME under the Canadian Guidelines or WHO definition. No wonder GPs are confused! That is why those of us who are severely or moderately affected get so upset when we feel the illness we have is being misrepresented. I hope I don’t seem hectoring or like a stuck record but there is just so much at stake here. I understand you don’t want to blog your bad days, that is your prerogative. And ME is a minefield, no doubt. If they would just invest in the proper research and psychiatrists stopped interfering in a neuroimmune illness, we might actually get somewhere. The whole thing is a mess. I thank you for taking my comments on board with good grace. Take care, Karen. NASIM
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Pleasure Nasim. And I wish you continued luck on your recovery road..x
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Hi Karen,
Your post reminds me of a quote that I heard several months ago “Everything happens twice; first on the inside and then on the outside.” I find that some things are easier for me to believe that I can do than others. I think that it has to do with familiarity, but am not totally sure. I am also fairly new to blogging and am working on conquering my limiting beliefs so that I can have more success with it.
Thanks for the article.
Take care
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Hi Lisa
Thank you for taking the time to comment, I really appreciate it.
I love that quote. I agree with you, there are definitely things that are easier to believe in than others. I think for me, this can relate to where I am mentally at the time and therefore what I am drawing on in my mental filing cabinet. When I have good energy, it is so much easier to think of lots of other times when I have felt good too. The evidence seems overwhelming. Then on the reverse, when I have low energy, all the other times that I have experienced low energy flood through my mind. I try and use a combination of NLP and visualisation to break this self limiting cycle: Stop the self limiting thoughts and visualise a time when I have had good energy to help rebuild my confidence and belief.
Good luck with your blog. CYT is a great place to learn about blogging! x
Karen Cripps recently posted..Virtual Inspiration
I would just like to wish you all the luck in overcoming this condition. And I would also like to thank you as reading your article has reminded me that I have overcome a similar condition to the point that I totally forget most of the time that I actually had it!! I was diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome nearly 10 years ago, did all the usual stuff, reading about it, hearing that some people became quite debilitated by it, and allowed myself to ‘suffer’ with it. Then I disovered the Law of Attraction and The Secret. Looking back now, I think I just decided one day that I was not going to spend the rest of my life ‘suffering’ from this condition. I got myself off the medication, following discussion with my GP and just went from there. I have been symptom free now for several years and I genuinely do actually forget I ever had it. I believed in myself, and I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for reminding me that this is entirely possible once you make your mind up. Thank you.
Hi Debbie
Thank you so much for taking the time to share your story – it is really inspiring and uplifting (and has put a huge grin on my face!)
I have read The Secret so I completely understand where you are coming from. Well done to you for overcoming CFS (when so many don’t) and how fantastic that you forget you even had it! Now, that is full recovery!
Interestingly, I don’t see myself as a ‘sufferer’. My life is pretty good but I know if I keep working on recovery it could be even better. I have tried – on several occasions – to just be better. It hasn’t worked totally for me -yet. But I am sure this type of thinking has contributed significantly to the improvements I have made in my health.
I am so touched by your story. Recovery stories are my favourite kind!
Thank you Debbie….xx
Karen recently posted..Green and Black’s is the secret to happiness
I don´t believe myself, all is so difficult, I can´t never I can…What can you do to help me?I mean really change my beliefs,