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...
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia are triggered by the Hypothalamus overworking the Pituitary and Adrenal Glands, This is why Reverse Therapists refer to these conditions as 'HPA Disorder' referring to the Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal axis.
The reason the Hypothalamus does this is based on a conflict between Bodymind (working mostly through the Emotional Brain, or Limbic system) and Headmind (working through the thinking centres in the Frontal cortex). Bodymind notices that the person is emotionally vulnerable in some way and sends emotions of various kinds to signal that action is required. This could involve taking more time out for oneself, saying 'No' to unreasonable demands, speaking up about personal needs, or doing more things to boost enjoyment and confidence.
But when Headmind interferes with this natural cycle by coming up with worries, predictions of disaster, or thinking that attention to emotional needs is 'bad' or 'selfish' then the person becomes trapped. Bodymind notices that the person is in danger of emotional overload and so it uses the Hypothalamus to switch on an alarm response that produces the symptoms.
The reason the Hypothalamus does this is based on a conflict between Bodymind (working mostly through the Emotional Brain, or Limbic system) and Headmind (working through the thinking centres in the Frontal cortex). Bodymind notices that the person is emotionally vulnerable in some way and sends emotions of various kinds to signal that action is required. This could involve taking more time out for oneself, saying 'No' to unreasonable demands, speaking up about personal needs, or doing more things to boost enjoyment and confidence.
But when Headmind interferes with this natural cycle by coming up with worries, predictions of disaster, or thinking that attention to emotional needs is 'bad' or 'selfish' then the person becomes trapped. Bodymind notices that the person is in danger of emotional overload and so it uses the Hypothalamus to switch on an alarm response that produces the symptoms.
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I have been here before, a long long time ago and now I am back.Forgive me for not just saying what I want to say,even under a triple dose of antidepressants it is still raw and seeping and I am hesitant at revealing it as at least under the bandages around my heart I don,t have to look at how raw and wounded.My child was cleaved from my heart by his own actions. my child of ten,turning eleven...
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theatre and I are there already. I'm having a very berry tea with crackers, cheese and cherry tomatoes and she's having a joint with some beer and we're both on really comfy recliners on thick pile carpet. we need some help with the decor if anyone is around??
This type of therapy just re-inforces the misguided idea that it's "all in your head" and that simple postive thinking exercises can cure us.
I've been down a similar road. It didn't work and I felt totally responsible for my failure to get well. My depression over this was one factor that led me to a suicide attempt.
Sorry, Seweryna but i'm not buying what you are selling.
I asked the first time I met my gay birth sister, "When did you decide you were gay?" She laughed and said, "Probably around the same time you decided you were a heterosexual."
Touche', my brilliant Hollie, touche'!!!
Genes are genes. We don't control them. If we could, we wouldn't have this. And those of us who DID choose to have this might then choose to stop running fevers, or having tremors, tingling/burning. Whoops ... brain fog. I would imagine those who choose this illness might choose, on occasion, to be able to think straight.
Why all the newfangled names and descriptions? Can't we just call a misunderstood and difficult disease a demonic possession or female hysteria like always? I'm trying to keep an open mind, but I'm afraid if I open it any farther, my poor brain (see anatomical chart) will fall right out and take my poor benighted hypothalamus (same chart) with it. (Which, according to this theory, should lead to some pretty interesting new 'danger signals'.)