I have a little question : Do you think it's good to try to live normally when I suffer from chronic insomnia, adrenalfatigueand panic attack? Still training, going for a walk, being active? Because I'm obviously afraid of worsening my case with more and more fatigue and stress and insomnia. But I love this idea you're talking about, of not focusing on your symptoms :) Thank you, you inspire me a lot!
You need to address the insomnia and the panic attacks. There are treatment available for both. It's too long to discuss here. Adrenal fatigue is not a thing - it's a bullshit "alternative medicine" diagnosis - take that as good news :). Increase activity slowly and gently.
@@recoverfromcfs6707 Hello, thank you for your reply. I agree with you for this false diagnosis of adrenal fatigue. For insomnia, I tried all the drug treatments, but nothing very effective ... Since watching your channel (and especially the sleep video), I understand that insomnia is a symptom of my anxiety and blocked emotions. I also understand that I was like you: too much focus on the issue of sleep! Like, "oh my god, how am I sleeping tonight?" or "if I never sleep I will never be cured" ... in short, your videos help me a lot! Thank you ! When you talked to me about addressing my insomnia and panic attacks, you were talking about therapy, right? No drugs?
Drugs are an option too, but should be discussed with a psychiatrist. I would start with therapy. Behavioral therapies, such as exposure therapy, tend to be more efficacious than nonbehavioral therapies for anxiety disorders. Look into CBT.
Whatsup dude. since we're in a pretty similar stage of recovery, i'd like to share my 2 cents as we also share some personality traits that can be a bit overpowering at times. could it be true that you dont allow yourself to be gentle to yourself enough because you think that if you were being a little less strict on the pushing through mindset that that would send a signal to your body of being weak/unsafe? that is the reason i somewhat resist meditation and relaxing sometimes. i think it could be helpful to balance out the pushing and resting in a way that both modes of being feel safe. because i think thats what recovery is about: getting to feel safe and purposeful again, whatever you do. I think the thought pattern that resting equals giving in to your symptoms is blocking a quicker recovery, for me anyways. peace
The rest/push issue might be the hardest one during recovery. I made a video about that. I agree that sometimes we *DO* have to rest, I do it myself. In the example of this video I *WANTED* to workout, but I had a spike in fear of symptoms, so it seemed the right thing was to - not so much push - but ignore the symptoms and do what you want to do regardless of the fear.
But in other circumstances I might feel like I just wanna chill out. And you're right that in those cases it's best to just chill out. We have to learn to tune in to our body/mind to see if we're just fearful or if we truly just need to rest a bit. So I basically agree that we should be okay with *BOTH* options.
I have a little question : Do you think it's good to try to live normally when I suffer from chronic insomnia, adrenalfatigueand panic attack? Still training, going for a walk, being active? Because I'm obviously afraid of worsening my case with more and more fatigue and stress and insomnia. But I love this idea you're talking about, of not focusing on your symptoms :) Thank you, you inspire me a lot!
You need to address the insomnia and the panic attacks. There are treatment available for both. It's too long to discuss here. Adrenal fatigue is not a thing - it's a bullshit "alternative medicine" diagnosis - take that as good news :). Increase activity slowly and gently.
@@recoverfromcfs6707 Hello, thank you for your reply. I agree with you for this false diagnosis of adrenal fatigue. For insomnia, I tried all the drug treatments, but nothing very effective ... Since watching your channel (and especially the sleep video), I understand that insomnia is a symptom of my anxiety and blocked emotions. I also understand that I was like you: too much focus on the issue of sleep! Like, "oh my god, how am I sleeping tonight?" or "if I never sleep I will never be cured" ... in short, your videos help me a lot! Thank you ! When you talked to me about addressing my insomnia and panic attacks, you were talking about therapy, right? No drugs?
Drugs are an option too, but should be discussed with a psychiatrist. I would start with therapy. Behavioral therapies, such as exposure therapy, tend to be more efficacious than nonbehavioral therapies for anxiety disorders. Look into CBT.
I am not sure if drugs can offer a long term solution, but maybe for some people. Therapy is very effective for anxiety.
@@recoverfromcfs6707 ok thx
Whatsup dude. since we're in a pretty similar stage of recovery, i'd like to share my 2 cents as we also share some personality traits that can be a bit overpowering at times. could it be true that you dont allow yourself to be gentle to yourself enough because you think that if you were being a little less strict on the pushing through mindset that that would send a signal to your body of being weak/unsafe? that is the reason i somewhat resist meditation and relaxing sometimes. i think it could be helpful to balance out the pushing and resting in a way that both modes of being feel safe. because i think thats what recovery is about: getting to feel safe and purposeful again, whatever you do. I think the thought pattern that resting equals giving in to your symptoms is blocking a quicker recovery, for me anyways. peace
The rest/push issue might be the hardest one during recovery. I made a video about that. I agree that sometimes we *DO* have to rest, I do it myself. In the example of this video I *WANTED* to workout, but I had a spike in fear of symptoms, so it seemed the right thing was to - not so much push - but ignore the symptoms and do what you want to do regardless of the fear.
But in other circumstances I might feel like I just wanna chill out. And you're right that in those cases it's best to just chill out. We have to learn to tune in to our body/mind to see if we're just fearful or if we truly just need to rest a bit. So I basically agree that we should be okay with *BOTH* options.