HOW DID I GET TO THIS POINT?

[@fumblebee4234]

Thank you for this talk. I know I have had this problem for decades. My life has been one stress after another, both physical and emotional, ever since a car accident that put me in hospital undergoing surgeries for nine months and years to recover from pharma drugs that made me worse. I now refuse pharma drugs and allopathic doctors. I was married to a narsissist which made things so much worse. I have always felt alone because no one else did my suffering, my endless pain was just mine, no one else could understand. This prompts feelings of guilt and worthlessness. Even this last few years of miserable struggle and sickness I have felt alone, no one could understand or help. HOWEVER, here I am, sitting in bed this morning feeling so much better today and listening to you Petra, and knowing I am, in fact, not alone. We are not alone, as we have each other even though worlds apart, this illness or whatever it is brings us closer together in our pain. I look at myself and am so grateful that I still have a beautiful body, as I can see you do as well Petra, that I love and appreciate for hanging in there and being strong and honest.I feel that this last agonising few years has opened the door for me to full healing at last. The good Lord moves in mysterious ways, he led me to your videos and I am healed. Bless you Petra and know you are not alone and you will be healed. You have opened that door for me and I am truly grateful ❤❤❤

[@petra3049]

I love how you write and it is filled with your truth . It is so nice to be able to relate this way. That is right we are not alone because we have each other. You look at yourself and say I am so grateful that I still have a beautiful body. How the body loves this and the mind. It soothes it. We must thank our body because it is always trying to help us. I would say this so often, "thank you body I know you are trying to help me". We all have to go through our journey. It's our own personal path that we take to heal. I am so happy that the door has opened and you have walked through. We are the courageous ones. What a beautiful being you are and I thank you for your beautiful words and sharing here. You too are bringing much healing to this channel so I thank you for this as well.. Lots of love to you... Petra

[@milshopp223]

Omg😢😢 I saw your clip on many symptoms of AF. You describe me and what Im going through at the moment 😢 I didn't know others had experienced it Thank you for these clips

[@petra3049]

Oh yes there are many of us out there who have this. I’m so sorry that you are going through this. We are here to support you as we can all understand what you are going through. Please come here anytime to talk and share how you are . 💖💖

[@pantheongaia]

Thank you so much for this video! I appreciate how open and vulnerable you allowed yourself to be in order to convey how much we need these strategies and also how very similar I think our lives have been. Aside from one story of a man who physically overdid it at the gym (he claimed that was his trigger), the rest largely have issues dealing with emotional or mental stresses and even chemical stress as another commenter stated (pharma). Like you, I had a number of childhood traumas. And while listening to you, I thought to myself what kind of generational traumas might have been passed to me. One side of my family came from the Philippines during the Japanese occupation. My grandfather was born just years after the revolution to oust the Spanish and free the Philippines but while growing up in their younger years, grandparents later had to endure Japanese invasion. That's when they fled to America. They got here just in time for the great dust bowl and my grandmother was such a miser til she left this life. Understandably. My mother is a narcissist and I went no contact back in 2009. I didn't have much of a foundation growing up. Father wasn't in the picture. An example of my mother's overly dramatic tendencies is when she heard the world may end in August 1987 and told my then 12 year old self about it. With no one to turn to and a narc mother who didn't find it necessary to ease my anxiety about what she had told me, I was in extremely high anxiety the day it was supposed to happen. I still don't know where she heard it and didn't bother asking her either then or later in life. Another example - in an old and barely usable car, she said while on a large and busy street and while my sisters and i were strapped into our seats "the engine is gonna blow!" and again didn't bother to quell our fears. We had all witnessed a car break down near our old apartment and then a "boom" as the front end went up in flames. This reminded us of that time but she just wouldn't ease our fears. So we were left wondering why she didn't pull the car over and let us out! Adding to this, I'm pretty sure I'm on the spectrum and I think. A lot. I can mentally fatigue myself easily and often took on projects at work or even hobbies that were consuming way too much energy. I still find myself doing that. And finally the chemical assault. As the other commenter stated, pharmaceuticals have wreaked havoc on my body. That's something I'm not sure will be easy to heal. I'm on two drugs with no easy way off at present. I may find someone willing and able to taper me and hope that is very soon! I think the only thing I didn't do to cause fatigue physical overwork. Apologies for this extremely long post. Just adding my thoughts as to what brought me here. And now learning that the issues are quite similar to others', that gives me a bit more strength to keep going. You're right. We are all in this together. With your videos as reminders, we can heal together. Its lovely to have such an understanding sort of community like it feels in these videos and comments. Once again I thank you for these supportive videos. And I was also told by Drs Lam that I need to keep positive and grateful. Very helpful reminder. Thank you.

[@petra3049]

Thank you so much for sharing with all of us. All I can see is how brave you had to be. You wrote this like it just flowed right out of your mind and heart onto the page. Beautifully written. We see with all that we have gone through how strong we are. Yes, we do have so much in common. We as human beings do have a story. We here all have a story of how we arrived here at this place with AFS. I just want to acknowledge what you have told us. I don't want to insert anything that you must do right at this moment. So many of us just want to share for a moment and be heard instead of you should do this or do that. I am here to just listen to what you have said and take it all in. To understand and to just hold my heart close to yours in our healing together. xoxo Petra

[@user-qn2kz6dt1o]

Stay positive dear , the body will heal

[@cynthiasmith8162]

Thank you Petra for telling your amazing story and tor explaining more about adrenal fatigue. Sending love to you and your Mom, 💕💕

[@krisskross8985]

Wow listening to you speak inspires me. I have a large folder of memories that are weighing me down. It's no wonder I got to this point feeling all those emotions you describe. It is actually a relief to know that little by little I can replace those ugly memories with positive ones. Thank you for being a light in the darkness!

[@petra3049]

Sorry for responding so late. . We must work with the mind constantly. It is such a big piece to calming down our system so we can heal. Let’s get through this one moment at the time. Please check in anytime. 💖💖

[@davidkeel]

Thank you for this talk Petra. I'm sorry to hear about your events early in life. Especially of hearing about your mum suffer of being hit. That's awful for a child to experience. Take care. I hope people can realize the strategies you mention a lot that need to be put into operation by us.

[@petra3049]

Good morning David , I realize that we all have a folder in our brain of memories that are pleasant and unpleasant and I had to open mine to see how I got here specifically. These were just a couple. We all have ours. Many of us have been through so much. When dr Lam said to me it’s lots of stress and also toxic relationships that contribute highly to this illness that’s when I looked closer into myself again not to judge it but to take a closer look into me. I had to understand how my body was now stuck in fight and flight. My body no longer was dancing between parasympathetic and sympathetic like it should it was stuck. All of the strategies I mention is to get you out of this place. This illness made me go deep. Go deep into myself to heal. To figure out what do I have to do to get me out of here. To help my body to understand it is safe vs. feeling it was under constant threat. Please let me know how you are doing . 💖💖Petra.

[@davidkeel]

@@petra3049 Hi Petra. thank you for your helpful reply.. I'm sorry I'm late replying. There's a time difference between us ... I agree with Dr Lam .... I'm no expert but I just know the things that started to help me when I reversed my toxic thinking and taking control of thought patterns like you have told us to do. Just pre Christmas I had a difficult time on holiday.. but the trip was pre planned a year ago so I thought I would be okay by then .. I stayed in a place called Yorkshire with my brother. Although I had a nice time seeing the scenery and doing things I got to be feeling terrible by the end ... I was shaking for five hours on the last night and couldn't sleep much on the holiday. But you know what it's like.. I've improved a lot using the strategies but I didn't expect to be sent flying backwards so hard .. I'm trying to recuperate again now. And glad to be home. I'm glad I have found out that adrenal fatigue has been my major problem because I can work at that now. Thank you again for the videos and the support.. I hope your Christmas was nice and pleasant . David.

[@petra3049]

@@davidkeel how long was the drive to Yorkshire?

[@davidkeel]

@@petra3049 Hi the journey was split in two parts. It's a ten hour journey normally if it wasn't split up. I never used to be able to travel more than a mile before getting unwell.

[@petra3049]

David that is amazing how far that you went. We really can see how we have to watch these sort of things too. It makes you aware that we may make plans and actually have to break them because it is just too much. Unfortunately, we usually have to find out the hard way with this illness. Such high awareness is needed and a total step by step approach. Building and stacking to bring us better outcomes. It was impressive what you did do and I know how you feel now isn't easy. You will rebuild. We will all have to rebuild because we all will suffer the consequences of overdoing things. I know I did.. xoxo Petra

[@donnaechlin5550]

Wow you are so right!!!

[@petra3049]

Good morning Donna, Thank you for listening. Let’s get through this. 💖💖

[@blazey91505]

Thank you for posting..your videos have helped me see bigger pictures of why this might of happened to me..during the healing process..did you have a overwhelming fear of being left alone at home or even when out? It's taken 2 n half years for me to be "alright" being home alone now..I'm still struggling with alot..

[@petra3049]

Yes I did have horrible fear of being left alone as well as when I was going out into the world. This is such a step by step healing journey. Please know you are not alone and most of have had these feelings that is for sure. 💖💖Petra Blaze have you checked out my meditation video? Easy to do. Focusing on the breath.

[@elizabethgalan5590]

Hi petra wishing you a blessed new year tha k you for sharing all this with us i definitely identify with your story you have being a big part ofmy recovery iam working hard for a better me Gracias muchas gracias❤

[@petra3049]

Elizabeth you are so strong. I know how hard you are working to heal. You will get there. Thank you for stopping in to share. I haven’t heard from you in some time. I’m glad you are doing okay. Sending my love to you and a big hug. ❤️❤️

[@lizdowd4788]

Thanks for another wonderful video Petra.

[@petra3049]

Hi Liz- I’m just happy that you find them helpful. Hang in there okay. One step at the time. Lots of love being sent your way. 💖💖

[@user-qn2kz6dt1o]

Petra you are so comforting. Lots of love to you and your mom .

[@petra3049]

Oh I am so sorry that I didn't see this and respond sooner. Thank you so much. Let's keep going okay!! Lots of love to you...

[@Bubblesandcandyfloss]

Love this channel ❤

[@petra3049]

Thank you..Let's get through this! Lots of love.... Petra

[@nasimakhtar7655]

Nice to see you looking well please make vlog about what to eat in a day whay foods did you eat to heal from adrenal fatigue thanks

[@petra3049]

Thank you! I will for sure. I hope you will feel better soon. 💖💖

[@KathrynSomerfield-j5b]

Hi Petra, did you have pain in your feet when you were really sick with this? ❤️

[@petra3049]

@@KathrynSomerfield-j5b feet and legs but my legs were worse

[@mreudeco]

Use EFT to heal yourself

[@petra3049]

I am healed 💖

[@marya.pierce5236]

Petra, again thank you for your wonderful video. Sending love to you and your mother. 🩷There are two questions that I would like to see opened up. 1.) What to eat and when to eat? This is so overwhelming for me. I mostly have eaten on the basis of keeping my blood sugar balanced. But, with extreme fatigue, I struggled to be able to focus on meal planning. Cried a lot! Planning and buying for macro meals, eating at the signal of either hunger or a noticeable dip in blood sugar. And usually not really having the things I needed and so I would reach for whatever. I keep a basket near my bed for overnight hunger. I think I’ve added to the stock value of quaker oats rice cakes! 😄 Rose has said that I am ready to try intermittent fasting with some tweaks, and I find that I’m having to re-discover my true hunger, and not feel that I am upsetting my blood sugar. Anyway, I think it would help everyone to discuss this topic. 2.) the next topic is trying to retrace our steps when we have had a crash. I know we all do that because we want to pinpoint something so we can avoid it again. Did we do too much, did we add some exercises, did we have a negative conversation that was upsetting, did we add a new supplement that we were unsure of, did we not get enough rest, did we find ourselves in a situation where we felt powerless to extract ourselves from, etc.? If you are interested in opening up either of these up, I would be very interested to hear the responses. Much love and gratefulness to you, Petra! By the way, your pictures of your smile, speaks encouragement, because it’s evidence that you have recovered and we can also! 🤗🩷

[@petra3049]

Thank you Marya!💖 Eating is such a important piece and what I find is that it really depends where you are at with your coach because you have one. For me I had to eat a lot and often. My body was so stuck in fight and flight that I was burning food so quickly. For me there was no mention of intermittent fasting. They are always evolving and changing too so they may approach something differently now or I just couldn’t have an approach of intermittent fasting. Everybody is different. Did Rose tell you anything specific on if you should eat often , low glycemic index, have protein , any suggestions at all with food? You should have a discussion with her about foods since she is your coach because she may think something differently then what I had to do. Make sense. Food is an important topic I feel and like I said always best to ck with coach first. Will definitely review Second question. Please take care , 💖💖Petra.

[@marya.pierce5236]

Hi, Petra, yes, Rose and I talked about what to eat all along. Yes, you are right, low, glycemic and eat very often. In the beginning, Justin was my coach and he said no you should not do intermittent fasting yet, but you will be able to do it. I’ve been in the coaching program for about 15 months and prior to that I was following the recommendations from Dr. James L. Wilson, PhD who wrote the book Adrenal Fatigue, so I had made a little progress before beginning with Dr. Lam Coaching. The type of intermittent fasting I will do is not about not eating, it’s about eating three macro meals a day with no snacking in between in order to correct insulin resistance. It actually reminds me of the way I ate at home when I was growing up. you know the way people used to eat. Lol. Then I think it’s the same across the board for everyone dealing with AFS especially if it’s advanced. You have to eat very often to balance blood sugar in order to not stress the adrenal glands more. 🩷

[@petra3049]

What's good about a protein is it releases the sugar slowly over time

[@marya.pierce5236]

Sorry, Petra, I see how my first question sounded. I didn’t mean literally what to eat because it’s very clear “ what to eat” from your coach. But you know how sometimes it’s comforting to share our day in and day out journey. When I said what to eat, I was actually referring to those times when you’ve been too fatigued to plan meals and to have the things in your home that you need. I thought it would give something relatable if anyone wanted to share what they reached for in that type of situation when you know you really need to eat some thing and you needed to keep your blood sugar balanced. Just a more lighthearted conversation. I agree we cannot advise anyone literally on what to eat because that comes from your coach. Just wanted to clarify that. Blessings to you. 🩷

[@petra3049]

@@marya.pierce5236 hi there. Good morning. Oh yes thank you for this - I would always try to grab something that is on the healthy side if you can. So many of you as I understand can’t get out or just don’t have much in the house. You don’t have anyone that can do your shopping or not that often or have to order out. You do the best that you can. You put on top of it you don’t feel well. Some of you too deal with nausea . My mom gets this and I know Cynthia does too. As we see there are factors. Limited financial means. Dietary restrictions because many people have food sensitivities as well stomach issues. Many of you are so hungry like I was and had to eat often so you are grabbing what you have available. Even food consumption is a topic in itself because many of you have food sensitivities and stomach issues. 💖💖. Just an example. My body was so weak that I was told to not eat a banana or avocado because of too much potassium. Everybody is so different.