Breaking the habit of being yourself

My life spiralled into a complete mess from an early age. I struggled with:
-Ever increasing fatigue and muscular pain
-severe anxiety and depression
-brainfog
-developed autoimmune disease
-in a toxic environment and relationship
-addictions to instant gratification (Video games, porn, TV shows)
-got to nearly 16 stone and looked dreadful. I could not even recognise my self.
-demolished self worth and self esteem
-body dysmorphia
the list was endless... my future looked bleak. At rock bottom I prayed to God as I had nothing left. I prayed for guidance and an opportunity to turn this around and it was given to me. From that day forward i dedicated myself to health and spreading the word on the truth. I'm incredibly passionate about health, mental health, relationship health... everything that allows us to live a happier life.
I thank you so much for watching my videos and spreading the word. It means a lot to me. I love hearing your recovery stories and how I've helped! :) Thanks for watching. Subscribe and like, if you like! #anxiety #depression #dopaminedetox #fatigue #healing #addiction #adrenalfatigue #autoimmunediseases #autoimmunehealing #cfs_yt #joedispenza

[@Blhj1]

Wow, this is exactly where I am right now! I recognize everything you say! This helps me so much today :) Also, it makes perfect sense neuroplasticity-wise because we have these ingrained neural pathways that are our "personality", and they will always be there. Only thing we can do is layer on top of them, but it does make sense that we have to practice all the time as to not slip into those old pathways! Some of the important things for me to practice is being "light" and silly and have fun, and being able to do nothing too without stressing about it. But it's so unnatural for me that I have to stay on top of it every day! We can do this - again!! :D

[@jessicam7866]

Great video, I love Joe dizpenza too. Recovery from m.e or any chronic condition is so nuanced and there’s so many things that can pull you back into the old you, I’ve done this a million times where I suddenly have the realisation that I’ve stopped doing a certain thing, such as meditation etc, and it happened because something traumatic happened or just simple stressful and I got stuck in the trauma cycle again and lost myself. It’s good to hear the negative as well as the positive because it’s so relatable and realistic. I’ve got to the ‘I’m done’ stage, especially when it comes to people, relationships are so draining if they’re not reciprocal and it seems so many people with chronic conditions share certain dynamics that happened in childhood and still continue until we break them.

[@kathystoner5239]

I'm glad you address this. It has been interesting. I have been making improvements,( walking 30 minutes a day, doing some chores and a few strength excercises). But also I'm getting out a bit more. I felt like hell a lot of times and I just lived in a bubble. Now that I have started entering the world a bit more I find some patterns come up and some anxiety over seeing people I don't really want to see. Know one ever talks about the reintegration stage and I would love it to be talked about more. I'm not reciverd yet. But hope to be one day soon. Another thing to, is that I thought after 7 1/2 yrs of illness that doing things agsin I would feel such joy with it all that I would love doing thing all the time. Dont get me wrong when I was first able to do some things there was pure joy and I'm still super grateful about being able to do them, but the excitement on certain things has worn off. I do feel the biggest advantage that we have over our old selves is that we see and recognize those patterns.

[@adhdself-love]

Hi. Many people brush off this simple word. 😉

[@Bubblesandcandyfloss]

We heal from chronic illness until we get to the stage where we are happy healthy and content. Then we spend the rest of our lives maintaining that. ❤ great video James. X Nina

[@MPStigs]

I think you should follow your dreams and do coaching and do your current job part time for a start until you earn enough money from coaching to do it full time. Also going back to the basics with mindset is key🙏🏻

[@deion312]

Yeah perfectionism is super common with people who have CFS. I still struggle with perfectionism today

[@sjla2009]

Yeah I read somewhere there is a certain personality that seems to get CFS. You'd have to Google it, but there are tests that have shown it's true.

[@deion312]

@@sjla2009agreed

[@lilarain8211]

Yes we are workaholics and high achievers. This is why it is so harmful when people try and make out we are lazy

[@jirihutecka9020]

Great video. It would be misleading to not showing your struggles to people after you regained your health. It is great for the people to see that it is never ending battle to do your best to be healthy and to have balance in life.. It's not like now I really need to do this and that to recover and after that I am healthy person and so I can do whatever again.. 🙂

[@valentinaruseva7612]

I think the problem is not controlling the stress but how we deal with it. We can do everything right: go to sleep early, eat good food, relax, meditate. But if we don't work on our emotional health and how we relate to the things that are happening in our lives, no amount of avoiding the stress will be enough. There will always be something that stresses us out. It's how we react to it that matters.

[@lilarain8211]

This is where I am at now. I have too much recovery to stay in my little bubble but am stressed being out in the world around people

[@HealthRecovery]

We will get there !!

[@christineyeong]

Really relate to this vid. I’m still stuck at home with a toxic controlling mum. I don’t know how I’ll ever get out of this situation when I’m still relying on parents and boyfriend financially as I’m still not well enough yet to function beyond basic house tasks and some socialising. It’s a catch-22 because I do feel more normal again everytime I’m out of the house and around regular people, but when I do a bit more, the fatigue, brain fog or unsteadiness will rise again the next day or so. My parents still think I should be better by now as it’s been years. They think that just because I can go out and do more somedays that it means I’m better and have no symptoms 🙄

[@HealthRecovery]

I can relate completely. I was the same. I got into the mindset of ‘just for now’ and constantly focused on what’s best for me. I know it’s hard to operate in that zone if you’re used to considering others but it’s necessary for us to move on. Wish you the best !

[@christineyeong]

@@HealthRecoverythanks, yeah it’s so hard to not constantly fall back into social comparison and perfectionism traits. Being stuck in this limbo state for years and wondering how I’ll ever make a living again and get back to a full life again instead of half or less of a life. I also relate to wanting to document my health journey again in vlogs too, but being held back by wanting to be “better” before speaking again. But maybe it is good for staying accountable with healthy habits.

[@janetfairhurst5786]

hey james ,i recovered from your videos maybe 7 and a half years ago ,the vegan diet really changed my life ,i have to also had to reset a couple of times due to life changes ,this year i started to swell up and it came to light that i have an autoimmune kidney dieases called membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis,i have kept close eye on food and sleep but may also slipped into that half full thing again thanks for this video today

[@HealthRecovery]

Interesting, how are things going now?

[@HealthRecovery]

Beans potatoes nuts seeds trigger my albumin loss in urine

[@AM2K2]

All the best mate

[@dommccaffry3802]

Having a family and a full time job is inevitably going to put you on a treadmill that means you will have to compromise your needs to an extent. Hope you and your partner and child will be ok, i send my best wishes.

[@jirihutecka9020]

Exactly. Once you have kid it's no longer just about you. Your mission is now to raise good person and that is some serious effort for like 18 years at least.. That's why I will never have my own. Because I know that I don't have that life energy to do that.. But a lot of people don't think like this. They just have a fun, make kids and don't care if they will be terrible parents..

[@become_yourself]

Hi, how long did you have Pots before it got better?

[@HealthRecovery]

Hard to say mate it’s been so long. I’d say after 3 months it got better month after month

[@skyman5709]

Hey bro, I think you'd be much happier living in a sunny place.

[@HealthRecovery]

God Me too. Get sun maybe 1 month a year here. It’s something I need to seriously consider. I love the sun

[@skyman5709]

@@HealthRecovery I love the sun too, and honestly I just have to have it. There is such a perceptible change in my physiology and psychological outlook on life when the sun is out.

[@become_yourself]

So you think b1 deficiency plays a role in pots recovery?

[@HealthRecovery]

It may do. I believe pots is telling you to stay put and rest as much as possible primarily. Accepting it and not fighting it over time provides results.. along with other lifestyle adjustments

[@TheRoarWithin]

I have POTS too. I’ve seen Eric Berg’s B1 recommendations but I’ve become disheartened over the use of supplements as I used to pour money at them and never really noticed any benefits. Can’t hurt to try one more I suppose.

[@karagumruk7330]

Why can't I watch this?

[@HealthRecovery]

In what way? It won’t load?

[@karagumruk7330]

​@@HealthRecoverynever mind. I can now👍

[@Acquisition1913]

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