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Essential Self-Help Treatments for Chronic Fatigue (CFS/ME) Recovery
Over time I’ve come to see these Six Self-Help Treatments as being the essential building blocks for my recovery from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) / Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME). The great thing is that they are within my control and they don’t require a tonne of money! 1. Manage Sleep Patterns Even a healthy person will most probably find their body slowing down when their sleep patterns are disturbed, eventually they will start to have difficulty thinking clearly and their body … Continue reading
10 Ways to reduce anxiety and depression to manage chronic fatigue (CFS/ME)
Do you get wound up with anxiety or weighed down with depression? I certainly do and I’ve had to find ways to manage it as both anxiety and depression make all of my other CFS/ME symptoms much worse. Anxiety is probably my number one enemy for stoking the CFS/ME fire – and that’s not the fire in my belly unfortunately – it’s the fire that quickly melts my CPU and sends me spinning out of control, looking for a safe … Continue reading
Free Ebook – 10 Ways to Support Family and Friends with CFS/ME/FM
Want to help your family and friends to understand how they can support you through CFS/ME/FM? Or perhaps you would like to know more about how you can support your family member or friend with CFS/ME/FM? 10 Ways to Support Family and Friends with CFS/ME/FM – is a compact ebook that focuses on the challenges of having CFS/ME/FM and how family and friends can help by providing support. It’s certainly not rocket science, it’s just a little ray of light … Continue reading
10 ways I improved my sleep to manage chronic fatigue (CFS/ME)
Have you ever been completely worn out, just want to lie down and sleep, but sleep won’t come? Mind buzzing with a million things, tossing and turning, stress building – no sleep? Crazy as it may seem sleep can be a problem if you have chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) and/or Fibromyalgia. Insomnia is torture! But when you’ve got CFS/ME it feels even more stressful for there is even less chance of you being functional the following day without … Continue reading
Light relief: Thirty something and over it!
I loved this book by Kasey Edwards…..’Thirty something and over it: what happens when you wake up and don’t want to go to work….ever again?’. Classic! Who hasn’t felt like that! I can relate to it from so many moments in the past. Don’t get me wrong I’ve loved many aspects of my jobs, but many times I’ve felt that there had to be more to my life than doing well on the treadmill. I knew whatever the answer was … Continue reading
Meditation, the one-stop-shop for CFS/ME relief
Unfortunately there is no magic cure for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME), how I wish there was, but meditation does offer a one-stop-shop for the relief of a lot of CFS/ME symptoms. It’s one of the ‘best bang-for-buck’ tactics for fighting CFS/ME that I know of, so it’s worth a shot! Daily meditation helps to reduce anxiety, mind chatter and negative emotions, and improve positive emotions, self-esteem, sleep and digestion amongst many things. The main things that meditation … Continue reading
