I think we're starting to become more candid about the mental health aspect to this condition which is helpful, the more we talk about it, the more we normalize it, the less individuals will feel isolated and we can generate less fear as a community. Intense fear for good reasons, breeds psychologcal symptoms, that is normal. Thank you Raelan and Jamie for such a frank and open interview.
Yep and the more we talk about this the more there is a chance that people catch or identify this earlier on and not suffer gaslighting and potentially prevents serious complication s
Very proud of you Jamie. You were so courageous facing your past stressors and fears which were still signalling the danger response. Contine to use your tools to stay emotionally well now as you enjoy and love your life.
I cried listening to your incredible story I have that what if (I am not even recovered yet and I worry if I do recover my body will malfunction again. Although I was worse, I was terrified to go to bed or sleep, to walk up the stairs so I’d stay down the stairs and get others to get me things and hardly go up to pee as the sensation of my heart beat was frightening) I’m so impressed you’ve been through so much! I relate to the adrenaline surges (I used to call an ambulance on a regular basis and visited A&E several times). I used to have them at night when I tried to come off the beta blocker it was not pleasant to say the least. I will be 3 years post covid in January and my symptoms have changed they started as heart palpitations, fatigue and air hunger but now I have nerve pain , crushing heaviness in the body, tingling and numbness. Swallowing issues, neck pain, throat tightness. I also have dizziness most days, brain fog, reflux , heartburn and gastritis type symptoms. I believe I spent the past year and a bit training my self in fear, so I’m working on undoing this which is so difficult as I get pain and sensations from being active but I try to be fearless as I can to retrain that I’m safe. I am not off the beta blocker yet still take a 1/4 but I’m determined to eventually come off. I’m just going to wait until alot of my symptoms are better. I understand not wanting to be on meds I feel my beta blocker made me 1000% worse as I tried to come off it. I know I will get there but such a difficult experience. Take care and good luck with the meds as I’m sure there is a way to taper off. I still have fear but it’s alot better. I no longer believe I’m unwell (other than mind/ body apart from some wobble here and there) although I do get some fear of symptoms at times. I think the chronic nature of the condition is the most difficult because we get to a point where we feel like we can’t go on with these symptoms but I do hope I can get better soon. Thanks for sharing and take care ❤ Yes Raelan fear is everything - I’ve never been more terrified in my life!! But no matter how extreme our symptoms we are not broken ❤
I have same symptoms than you but mine started with lyme disease which is very similar to long COVID. I thought it was just me being so afraid to move. Sorry to hear you are living same.
Congratulations on your recovery, Jamie! So happy for you! Thanks for sharing your story! So sorry for all the hardships you went through, it really sounded absolutely horrendous! I believe you have the tools now to navigate any other situations in the future. It sounds like you were blessed with a very supportive partner. All the best! ❤
@missingjaimiejean This was a particular inspiring story, and right when I needed to see it! Congratulations and I’m so happy for you, Jamie. One question though: You often invoked the idea of thinking “ It’s OK I am safe.” I’m familiar with the Lightning Process (Doing it now). Since the LP employs NLP, they are very focussed on the effect words have on our neurology. For instance, you don’t want to say “ I Want to feel free of PAIN today” Because words like “pain” Invoke the very thing we are trying to get out of and that word actually lights up our pain centres. Along those lines, It’s generally recommended to avoid certain types of words, including wanting to “ Feel safe” because that word suggests threat to your safety. Sort of like saying you want to feel pain-free. Instead, one might reframe to say “ I want to feel confident” Or whatever. So I’m wondering, what are your thoughts On Incorporating “ I am safe” In terms of your experience with the Lightning Process? (Because I’ve also seen that term used quite a bit by other brain retraining, folks)
Yes, my LP practitioner told me not to use safe for that exact reason. After I did the LP I stopped using the term safe - more “you’re ok”. It had been incredibly helpful before that point though!
I also peed in a cup for a while! We should start a club! But seriously, so glad you found your way through the symptoms and are living the life you want now, thank you for sharing your story ❤
What an amazing inspiring journey. ❤Thank you so much for sharing Jamie. It bought up alot of emotions for me hearing what you went through at the beginning with your mental health, i was also suicidal, it was such a hard time. Its no suprise i guess when you think of the trauma of what we went through. I really appreciate you being so open about this. You described it so well as a separation of mind, body and soul! It's so inspiring to know you've come out the other side. Wishing you so much happiness 😊💕 xx
Of all the videos I’ve watched and they all inspire, this resonates the most for me. Thank you so much Raelan and wow, Jamie, so brave to go back through all you suffered. I took the recognition that there is a way out, quite personally but that it doesn’t happen without understanding certain aspects. I’ve been working on my Vegas Nerve with meditation but have also sidestepped to depression meditation as well and together I saw slight improvements over time. This video reiterates that recovery is a possibility and with work can happen. All sorts of other topics that you’ve covered, Raelan, will help with recognising the small changes that need to be believed to reinforce your determination. Specifically, journals, as it’s easy to forget how you were feeling but also where the improvement has happened. Thanks for all the time and work that has and still is going in to provide the little connections and resonating messages that give a boost to everyone trying to recover. ❤ Fringe
You can make it through getting off the drug Jamie !!!! They gave me a drug like that during my long covid journey and I got off during the worst of it and made it t rough the withdrawals - realizing once I was off my mental health was WAY better even though it’s taken years to turn the physical health around . I believe you will feel so good when you get through that last hard part ❤️
❣❣💖💖Beautiful young lady. So open and honest. Jamie you were so tenacious in your search for healing !! Bravo you !! I can relate to her story so much.
Thank you so much for sharing this was REAL shit and anyone who has experienced these illness had very similar or can relate! I myself had long Covid ex Pro athlete so really fucked my mind up being a loser zero lying in bed pissing in a bottle! Thank you for sharing
Another brilliant interview. So authentic and unrelated so much especially to the fear of getting sick! I'm almost fully recovered from long covid after two years and your videos have been so helpful!
Thank you Jamie for sharing your story! Even though I've been working at LC recovery since late 2020 and I am getting much better with these kind of approaches, there is still so much to inspire me from the shorter recovery stories too. Wishing you the best!
Some people find they need a bit more than brain retraining to get full recovery - sometimes Somatics is also needed. There’s also Nicole Sachs Journal Speak too. I wish you well!
Thanks guys. I'm confused? Did all this happen in a year? You got covid may last year? How long were you ill for? They're now calling it "short" long covid and "long" long covid. Everyone make a full recovery from SLC ina few months if it doesnt turn into LLC. I had SLC and almost fully recovered except I did too much physically which gave me LLC/CFS. Do you think you may have had short long covid?
Jamie, if you read this, do you feel like you still have resentment with your mom? When I was getting divorced (and CFS was at it's worst, post-jab) and didn't have anywhere to go, my mom was reluctant to take me in. And once I lived there, she came into my room saying Doug (her husband) wanted me to leave...so he could walk around the house naked 🤦🏼♀️ I don't have kids, but can't fathom having that little of concern for your own daughter. I'm not sure what to do with these feelings.
Raelan, Can you do a video on how to trust your brain? I feel the same. Like my brain and soul have detached and I don’t know what is real sometimes. Does this go away completely or does it just get easier to deal with? Also, can you do a Q and A video where viewers submit questions and you answer them?
Hi I've been going through this like the rest of yall. I want to give you a simple tip. About the fear and stress factor hamster wheel your on. ❤ when your stressed in the negative your body produces a hormone called cortisol the more you stress the more you produce its a revolving door. If you are on this fear adrenaline and cfs and chasing your tail ever since Try my simple tip that is gonna help you lots. 1. Start taking ashwagandha get off that hamster wheel of cortisol and reballnce mind body soul. 2. Start taking shilajit in every coffie you have beat cfs. And of course use decaffeinated coffie One love. Stay away from anything negative and worrys and fear mongering. ❤ inside you is where it all begins
Guys, try hydrogen inhalation therapy! I just treated my grandmothers long covid dementia with this... she slept 12hrs a Day for the first 14 days.. now shes so much better!
She could be my Covid twin. Probably the most relatable guest yet. "Being poisoned" were the exact words I used also to describe my infection for over a year. I could never imagine sitting in a car for 8 hours during a crash either. 10 minutes used to set me off for days. That must have been hell for her. Good lord. Thank you so much for sharing, Jaimie.
I had to take a 12hr flight back to my country as i could no longer work for visa overseas...pure panic and manual breathing pattern breakdown the entire time in the bathroom. Still sick from vax three years later plus MCAS anaphylaxis. Wouldve been better off with covid than vax what a farce.
is it MCAS if youre not getting constant adrenaline and anaphylaxis? Ive eaten nothing but white rice and broccoli for 2yrs after the year before that bedbound with pots and daily anaphylaxis still being told its anxiety. and they still cant acknowledge us. thanks moderna
I'm so confused about how she healed without taking anything to get rid of it. Is she saying that you can heal from long covid simply by calming the nervous system down - and then the body heals itself? So nothing else is needed?
Hello! The theory is that some forms of long Covid is the nervous system getting stuck in a fight or flight state. That’s why the symptoms are so far reaching - because the nervous system is. So therefore when we calm the nervous system, we calm the symptoms.
yeah I hear this and I can believe it although I FEEL completely happy and calm but explain how I can do everything but EAT ANYTHING ...then all symptoms come back..go into anaphylaxis how is that JUST THE NERVOUS SYSTEM that would mean everyone with it could get cured and throw away their epipens.?
@@missingjamiejeanI’m really happy you found something that worked for you. For me though I don’t think positive affirmations is going to cure my long COVID.
Could you please reveal if you had the mRNA vaccine it will help me to make a comparison ? what you have described is EXACTLY down to fine detail what happened to me I got really bad covid in November 2021 but I did not take any Covid vaccines.
If it helps, I had my second Moderna shot about 8 weeks before getting Covid, a close friend never had a vaccine, but got Covid, and another friend never had Covid, but got these symptoms within 24 hours of the mRNA vaccine. All three of us ended up with very similar debilitating symptoms, and have each had many years long recovery from it. I wouldn't let yourself spend too much time on "what if" I had had the vaccine.
@@sparrowcrow I was very sceptical about there being any virus at all,my wife and daughter attended a bonfire party 2021 and became ill then I myself a couple of days after we were very sick for two weeks at home both me and our nice who was also at the party was hospitalised on the same day ! which seemed strange.It took me weeks to recover to come out of the house I made something of a recovery but I was experiencing panc and this weird fear, fast forwards to mid 2023 I started to nose dive mentally and physically and had a big crash over last christmas fight or flight shaking on the bed for around three weeks solid anyway making slow progress from then to now but the anxiety from it all is something else.
@@MachinesOfInterest The anxiety of it IS something else! I have never experienced such strong obsessive, intrusive, looping, and repetitive thoughts before in my life. But as Jamie talked about in the video, have confidence you can heal and it can get better. Although I believed I could get better, I honestly had doubts especially about the cognitive impairment and brain changes because they seemed so severe. But those too are resolving for me through the healing practices which are very similar to what is described in this video.
Omg this is exactly what is happening to me. 😞 I am grateful to have ivermectin now finally and it helps so much, when I can get it. When I don’t get it, the hell in my mind comes right back
Fear has a huge effect on people. HUGE! That's what covid was all about. That was the governments goal. Sadly it worked. If they push fear then they can control us. I'm so glad you survived and you've discovered that fear is the enemy. Turn to Christ. Trust Him that He will see you through. "For God has not given the spirit of fear but of power and love and of a sound mind." 2 Timothy 1:7.
@@akashajones6079That was what majority of people thought; but it made us vulnerable to being manipulated and deceived. Looking back, without the pressure of fear and panic, has enabled many to see the bigger picture and reflect on all the harmful fallout from governments abandoning their established , well thought out emergency plans .
There is this guy from the UK who has a YT channel called ''Vlad Vexler chat''. He has ME/CFS and has made a video, released today, about long covid, being ignored by our politicians. But this guy does nothing to get better and recover, and he also propagate lies about people not being able to recover from me/cfs and long covid, which is totally false. It's sad to see.
@@aleksadupuy Many people here were in much, much worse condition than him, for multiple decades more than him. Everybody who at least honestly and diligently try will get at least some level of improvement.
I love that! It’s what I have experienced as well ❤ @raelan: could you do a video on how to start working again? There are so many hard decisions around that topic and it’s talked about so little. Maybe also in the format of interviews? I really need inspiration for my next step 😇 Thank you for your endeavours!
Yes I would love to hear more about people returning to work. It feels like a massive milestone and feels difficult to imagine breaking back out into the working world where so much is expected of us and there is little understanding of chronic conditions like Long COVID
