After having Lyme for 35-40 years (I'm 53 now), I was finally diagnosed about
3 years ago. Like so many other people, I had debilitating symptoms for those 35 years and tried an unbelievable amount of different things to get better. MD's, DO's, naturalpaths, energy healers, literally over 1000 various injections, surgeries, yoga, other exercises, prayer, meditation, medications, blah, blah, blah.
The thing that helped me the most, by far, was studying spiritual awakening. I'm not a religious person anymore, but this is for all people regardless of religious preference. The thing I found most helpful was to accept my condition. This does not mean to give up and not try to get better. It means to accept what life has given you at this moment. There's pain and then there's suffering. Everyone has some type of pain in their lifetime - it's unavoidable. However, suffering is optional. Suffering is telling yourself things like, "OMG I've been sick for 35 years. What if I never get better? Look how many things I've missed in life because of my illness (es). This isn't fair. etc., etc." Once you stop telling yourself those things, the situation becomes bearable. This doesn't mean that I don't have days where I'm not suffering, but I don't do it nearly as often as I used to. I took me 2-3 years to fully understand this.
My favorite teachers are: Adyashanti and Jed McKenna. I also like Eckhart Tolley and Byron Katie. There are other good teachers, just find someone with whom you resonate. People who are in a lot of pain tend to understand these teachings more than most people because we're
open to anything that might help us. Again, this has nothing to do with religion and isn't in conflict with people who are religious.
Post Edited (luvmoose) : 5/3/2015 2:08:36 PM (GMT-6)