I started counselling which began to reveal I was not so happy-a-chappess as I had previously thought. The depression continued and worsened and I found myself in hospital in a deep, dark pit. It was a massive crisis which took several years to completely integrate and understand.
I slowly recovered my health and the depression lifted, but several years later I was came down with adrenal fatigue and chronic fatigue syndrome: over a period of 9 months I became more and more tired, and no matter how much I rested it didn't seem to get better. One day I walked into work and quit on the spot, I just couldn't go on.
Then the real work of recovery began. For the next 6 years I tried therapy after therapy (I counted up one day, about 140 different therapies) but nothing was really making a difference.
Feeling so ill I thought I might only have a few months to live, I sold my house and set off round the world on a dream trip. I was still searching for answers as I travelled to Egypt, Central America, Europe and USA, crashing en route from time to time with fatigue.
"I have wanted to write to you for a while now and say to you that I am 100% healthy and have not even had a cold since our last session!! Isn't that amazing. People ask me if I think I actually had chronic fatigue as they don't believe that I could have actually had it and recovered completely in such a short period!! Thank you so much, please know that you have helped to change my whole life."
"The most important thing is that I have learnt to say no. I tell people now if I can't do something and I don't even feel guilty. I feel so free now because I'm really free from that guilt of not helping someone and free from that worry of what they will think, and I don't get offended anymore either. Thanks for everything - I appreciate your help in my life!"
"Thanks again Kim for all your help, I am feeling amazing and have not had any symptoms for ages, had a normal cold recently and it actually just feels normal and healthy! Whenever I do have anything like symptoms I just deal with them straight away but know that I am healthy and happy."
"My physical fatigue symptoms completely disappeared early on. My anxiety has reduced immensely. Emotionally, I can now allow myself to feel a range of emotions (even without knowing a specific reason behind them). Apart from the obvious lack of fatigue symptoms giving me physical energy, I am able to talk more frankly and express my thoughts more rather than being afraid of what people think of me."
"Everything has changed for me since therapy. Although I found out about your therapy only a few weeks after my diagnosis things were pretty bad for me and I was very sick both mentally and emotionally. Now I am back to full health, I have had no symptoms for weeks since the end of the course and even after the first season I notice dramatic changes in my health. Now if I do feel any stress, tiredness, emotion or unease I am able to use the techniques that I learnt to identify what is troubling me and deal with things. I understand now that depression is a depression of emotions not a weakness and an inability to cope. I am able to identify emotions and act accordingly so that I remain in a healthy balanced state, this understanding has been very powerful."
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