Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Support Group
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) describes a sense of exhaustion and post-exertion malaise, even when you have gotten enough rest and sleep. The disease is characterized by six months of incapacitating fatigue experienced as profound exhaustion and extremely poor stamina, and problems with concentration and short-term memory. The cause is unknown, but it is a...
I haven't seen this topic discussed here in great depth, so I am just checking in about it.
Would you agree that most people who have this crummy illness have been through some significant trauma or abuse in childhood years? OR that their family members-perhaps generationally have endured traumas of one sort or another -physical or psychological.....
Thanks. I believe i know how the responses will shake out, but just checking. It's certainly true for me..... Lots of physical and emotional abuse as a kid. Lived in fear A LOT..... Not so good on the CNS.....
Would you agree that most people who have this crummy illness have been through some significant trauma or abuse in childhood years? OR that their family members-perhaps generationally have endured traumas of one sort or another -physical or psychological.....
Thanks. I believe i know how the responses will shake out, but just checking. It's certainly true for me..... Lots of physical and emotional abuse as a kid. Lived in fear A LOT..... Not so good on the CNS.....
Wishing you peace and hoping there is love in your life now.
...there is proof on brain development of a child borne into a stress cortisol storm from the mother. In the same way that some children are born with fetal alcohol syndrome. With therapy and extra care these children usually are responsive to positive care by three to six months. But if those children are then left alone in a crib with out that positive stimulation and in turn become the object of abuse by those whose job it was to create wonderful warm fuzzies of a caring family, they are already started on psycho-social adjustment deficiencies and disabilities and respond to stress with a higher degree of social anxiety.
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http://schizophrenia.com/prevention/Stress.child.html
http://www.researchgate.net/publication/270586990_Maternal_mindfulness_during_pregnancy_and_infant_socio-emotional_development_and_temperament_The_mediating_role_of_maternal_anxiety
Here I am, with all of the above and so much more. Those are only 2 lincs , but so many more are easy to find.
I was a crib baby for the first year since my mother had surgery, and stayed in the hospital two weeks longer than I did. When she came out she couldn't lift me and had a 11 month old and 2 boys under 5 at home. As a toddler 18-24 months I was regularly sexually abused...during a time when a child learns trust and mis-trust of people. My uncle started it when he was babysitting so my mother could work.This abuse continued until I was 7, only stopping for that time because I had been hit by a car and had to sleep in the living room, no follow up treatment for fractured knee caps. Since this physical and sexual abuse came at the hands of family, there was no one to trust. The abuse continued again as soon as I was taken out of the living room.... My father a war vet in hospital regularly for psychiatric treatments, then called electro-shock therapy for his own Shell-shock(PTSD). My mother suffered 2 breakdowns before I was 4 yrs old. When he was home he was violent often beating my mother and us children for trivial reasons, It's how my mother went into labor with me. Her stomach kicked upside down, twisting the area by her duodenum, partially blocking off nutrients and backing up bile. She finally gave in and went to the hospital since at that time wives were treated as property of a husband, abuse was not explored by docs, it was a hush-hush subject, especially of military vet families.
AND here is the biggie--- stress increases pain and fatigue in almost everyone...but there is a significant increase for those of us with chronic pain for injury related damage. Then because our brains will free wheel on the the thoughts, it exacerbates the pain.
http://www.practicalpainmanagement.com/pain/cortisol-screening-chronic-pain-patients
Adrenal fatigue, http://vsearch.nlm.nih.gov/vivisimo/cgi-bin/query-meta?v%3Aproject=medlineplus&query=cortisol+and+fatigue&x=7&y=12
http://www.helpguide.org/articles/stress/stress-symptoms-causes-and-effects.htm
On stress and CFE
http://chriskresser.com/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-and-stress-a-new-frontier-for-treatment
I am a patient of a PTSD specialist, studying to become an art therapist to children with similar life complications. Much of my pain and exhaustion is directly affected by stress.
Jewells
Every morning is a new opportunity to have a great day! To find love, to laugh, to pet a puppy, hold a newborn, change bad habits, eat delicious foods, to spend time with friends and to feel good!
I hope you are having a "feel good" day!
PS: If you want a relatively easy to read book about changing your brain, check out "Buddha's Brain." Link below.
http://smile.amazon.com/Buddhas-Brain-Practical-Neuroscience-Happiness-ebook/dp/B003TU29WU/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1425321755&sr=1-1&keywords=buddha%27s+brain
Not to sound simplistic after all the intelligent, thoughtful responses, but discovering ways to really love, honor and cherish ourselves, as we are, is a good place to begin the healing process. It is easy to forget that part (I speak for myself here!) and we need to find any way possible to bring kind, loving people into our lives who will love us as we deserve. As we All deserve.
Thank you again for all your thoughts and knowledge..... This site alone gives me hope! Many blessings to all of you........
I felt very shut down and constricted which continued for many, many years into adulthood. After one particularly bad home experience I retreated deep into my inner world and never felt like I fully came back out. Eastern philosophy and medicine say that the chi needs to flow freely in order to be healthy and whole, and I've often thought that my energy flow was pretty much in knots from being so continually stressed out. Major stresses continued throughout my life keeping me bottled up with my emotions which, I believe, finally took its toll by blowing up into cfs. Part of me believes that in order to be healthy and whole again we have to do things like bodywork, prayer and meditation, yoga, tai-chi, talk/art therapies, living in the present moment, accupressure, etc. to try and get the chi flowing and not be kinked up from old patterns of not knowing how to deal effectively with stress. Then, after taking care of ourselves as best as we can, we might experience an opening inside us to where the chi can flow freely and give us some relief from our symptoms.