A Slow, Healing Recovery Day In The Life | Chronic Fatigue & Fibromyalgia FLARE UP

Happy Sunday lovely people 🤍

Don’t ever feel like your complaining. Chronic illness is very real and very common among us all. I find it comforting to hear of others stories. It makes you feel not alone.

When the dark thoughts come, don't judge them/yourself, just observe them. Let them pass through you instead of sticking to you.

im watching this at 03.14 with a fibro flare up. i never comment on youtube but i wanted to say thank you for sharing, i feel a little less alone now:)❤️

This video made my cry in sympathy. I have the exact same symptoms, sometimes I can function, sometimes I can't and the "am I just making it all up" hit me in the gut so hard! Thank you so much for sharing honey, it's so nice to not feel alone with these struggles. I wish you a better week this week coming 😘😘

Actually Excercise is no longer suggested for CFS. It was for many years but recently doctors have been told not to prescribe this as part of a therapeutic treatment. It can do more harm than good. Sending you love and healing 🙏

You’ve always been so candid about you’re ‘struggles’. Not something we see all the time and it’s definitely helping someone. Hugs and all the best to you ❤️

It took me 12 years before I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia. My own doctor didn’t believe in it and sent me to a psychiatrist. She said I was obsessed with my health. I felt so defeated. Finally I found a doctor who diagnosed me after being in his office for 5 minutes. I have had it for 26 years now and still haven’t found any real relief. Like you said, I try to fight and struggle through every day, but sometimes you just have to give in to it and feel sorry for yourself and give yourself lots of Tender Loving Care. There is nothing wrong with that. Living with chronic pain takes a great deal of strength and energy to get through each and every day. We all deserve to just Let Go once in a while. I find swimming lengths of the pool is the best relief for me. I used to do aqua fitness in the pool, but can’t do that anymore. It just exacerbates my pain. When you get into the water you really don’t feel any pain for a while. The water is so gentle on your body. I hope you get some answers. Take care of yourself. Surround yourself with nice things and things that make you happy. Love and hugs to everyone out there with this awful illness. ❤❤❤

The doctor you mentioned should be ashamed because giving such information is neglectful at best and very harmful at worst. I'm glad you changed GP's. I've got Fibromyalgia and CFS including IBS. I smiled when I saw you do the stretching exercises. Many of us wouldnt dare do that... we would never be able to get up from the floor. Wishing you a good journey as you navigate your life and take care.

It is very hard, you never feel hundred percent everyday is a struggle,always struggling with hundreds of side effects of fibromyalgia it is exhausting,I hope they will find a cure for it one day.Very sad that we have to go through this.

It's 3 in the morning and watching you, I suffer to with Chronic pain, my Husband has just suffered a massive Stroke so sleep for the last 2 weeks has been dreadful, just the exhaustion. So thank you for keeping me company at this awful time of the 🌙night. Bless you 🙏♥

I really loved this video. I suffer from severe endometriosis, and there was definitely a lot of gaslighting in the early days of my diagnosis. Finding the right GP was honestly a life-saver. Nothing ever showed up on scans (although a specialist could see deep endo via an MRI after my first, diagnostic surgery). Endometriosis is an invisible illness too, and sometimes people are amazing about my struggles, but others aren't. I just had surgery from my second surgery, and it has been a very slow, difficult recovery, but I was so lucky to have two top specialists operating on me to excise the disease. It's an incurable disease, but I do have hope now that my future might be a bit brighter. I actually really enjoyed the tea you mentioned in your video about your period during my recovery from surgery. I don't know if you're life me, but flare-ups can be so scary - and I think that a lot of people don't get that, especially when it's something chronic. Chronic pain changes you and it turns up the volume on all pain on the body. I pray that you feel some substantial relief soon. Lots of gentle hugs. xx

Thank you. I was diagnosed one month ago. My family says stuff like you just need to be more active. If you try harder. You have to push yourself. You need to shower more. You need to be more active. When are you gonna make dinner. You need to do the dishes. I am 45. My husband is 50 n my daughter is 27. She has aspbergers. I just found your video. I’m in us. I’m glad I found you. ^Hugs*

Just you going outside and doing yoga is more than I could ever do in a year

I know how you feel, life seems to be more of a struggle when we don't get proper sleep. Hope you feel better soon!

I was lucky to have a great physiotherapist at my GP practice, who back me up and I had a doctor who actually comunicated and thanks to them I got my fibro diagnosis, pets are amazing my wee dog actually knows when and where my pain is, she'll cuddle in to the pain area and cuddles from fur babies always help x

I have fibromyalgia as well and some times i struggle to sleep especially when im in pain n I don't sleep at all due to pain or being sick and watching this made me realise im not alone with chronic pain but it does get hard trying to have a life with this pain because some days i feel like not getting up out of bed at all due to pain.

I have similar symptoms, and my doctor kept trying to tell me for 3 years it was in my head - suggested depression (hadn't mentioned any mental symptoms), and to 'just get a massage'. Blood tests fine, ultrasound scan fine also. I've now finally been diagnosed with Celiac disease, seeing a neurologist (may be nerve related) and booked in for an abdominal CT scan. You know when you're not well and exhausted. So frustrating when doctors keep trying to tell you you're ok and not sending you for tests.

Thank you for bringing this debilitating disease to the forefront, Its very real!

4:06 that moment when Echo came over to test out the mat for you 🥰😍