Category: Long COVID recovery
An unusual approach to diet for long covid recovery
A starting point: Mediterranean Diet I like many people started my recovery with diet changes. My dad switched to a Mediterranean/Blue Zone diet a few years ago and recovered from a serious health condition without other medical interventions. Feeling inspired, I started here. My diet was already fairly healthy. But I swapped out a lot…
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The surprising power of expressive writing for long covid recovery
What is expressive writing? Expressive writing for chronic symptoms is based on Dr. John Sarno’s research in resolving chronic pain and other chronic symptoms. It’s not journalling or writing about your day. It’s about going deep to express and release repressed emotions that are causing you stress. I’ve pieced together how I do expressive writing…
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Most helpful books for long covid recovery
The Way Out: If you were going to read one book, this is the one I’d recommend. But first, you need to understand that chronic pain is caused by the same things as many chronic symptoms, including fatigue and other long covid symptoms. Read my post about mind body medicine for long covid recovery if…
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How CFS recovery stories gave me hope
Recovery is possible When I got long covid, I had never heard of anyone recovering. I had two friends who got it and had not recovered. I heard terrifying stories in the news of people who never got better. When I was later diagnosed with ME/CFS, I was told by my specialist that 5% of…
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