Judith's Incredible Journey: From ME/CFS Diagnosis to Full Recovery!

Judith shares her intense journey with ME/CFS (chronic fatigue syndrome) recovery including the areas she found necessary to address in order to fully recover.

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MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO:
📚 Decode Your Fatigue - a book by Alex Howard that offers a concise guide to understanding and overcoming fatigue through personalized recovery strategies -
📚 Finding Freedom - book by Raelan Agle that shares a personal journey of overcoming chronic illness through self-discovery, emotional healing, and brain-body connection

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👉 Instagram: @judith_mclean

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Meet Judith
01:24 - What triggered Judith's ME/CFS
07:09 - How denial hindered her initial recovery attempts
10:56 - Judith's lowest point becomes a turning point
16:00 - Her biggest insight while listening to recovery stories
18:30 - Things Judith cut out and added in
19:25 - The unexpected activity that kickstarted her recovery
21:50 - How joining a brain retraining program helped
23:00 - Releasing the trauma of the illness
26:45 - Why different approaches work so well
32:40 - The values Judith permanently changed
34:25 - Managing stress after full recovery
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REMINDER: This is for information purposes only and nothing I share should be considered medical advice. Please make your own assessment, do your own further research, and consult your trusted healthcare professionals before deciding if anything I talk about here might be right for you.

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[myfamily]

You know im so glad these people have fully recovered, but im so saď that im still here struggling not knowing what to do for the best. I feel so overwhelmed and low in mood

[gregschmelzle]

Raelan
I so appreciate your videos! Even the people that was not sick for very long there are still small takeaways from every video if you look for them! And these keep a person positive and hopeful!

[kathystoner]

Raelan, i love what you said about something that resonates with you. I was thinking today about the fact that something that resonates with you and makes you happy is a big key component. When you are trying a recovery path you dont like, you arent calming the nervos system. On the flip side doing something you resonate with better calms the nervous system down.

[tammyprovost]

I absolutely love the idea of brain-body connection. It's more validating, for sure... Thank you ladies!

[forisma]

After watching, it's still not 100% clear to me how Judith exactly approached her recovery.
I'm guessing that it was based on pacing, and gradually increasing activity while regulating her nervous system by cold therapy and meditation. Seems like she used the brain retraining program to influence her anxious thoughts but didn't do much NLP training like stop technique, or didn't use another brain retraining modalities (like somatic practices) of brain retraining much.
Would be great if Judith could share how she exactly approach brain retraining and how exactly her daily routine look like 🙏

[AKhan-kexg]

Also in n Ireland. Glad you recovered Judith. Just over a year in here. I take cold baths but guess I should bite the bullet and hit the beach. I’m only like 20 minutes from the Irish Sea also.

[wildgardens]

Wait, I'm confused. She had a viral pneumonia with coughing and breathlessness in Oct 2020 and her immediate thought wasn't whether it was covid or take any covid tests? I find that totally mind boggling!! Almost like the pandemic never happened, so strange!

[alias]

I am not sure, when its ok to start with cold baths/ showers. I do fear it could be too much for my nervous system

[arisconstantinidis]

I think your cases are different from the mine, I still suffering from stress and chronic fatigue syndrome, ..

[TheBobbymcd]

keep them this length...the other ones over an hour are too hard to watch

[Truerealism]

Yes Asperger's ADHD OCD just wished I new as.a.xhild

[susannajohnson]

Hi Raelen and Judith, I just watched this video and it was exactly what I needed at this time in my recovery journey ❤ Trying to get in touch with Judith as I live in Belfast but can't find her on Instagram. Any way I can get in touch?

[myfamily]

You know im so glad these people have fully recovered, but im so saď that im still here struggling not knowing what to do for the best. I feel so overwhelmed and low in mood