Beyond Amygdala Retraining - Life coaching!

[CS1]

Im stage where Im using ALL the techniques ove the Gupta Amygdala Programme daily - several times a day!

They will only work when used CONSISTENTLY SEVERAL times a day 2,3, 4,5 TIMES A DAY and MORE.

You may do well on a high Protein diet initially but should be able to re introduce all the foods that you have restricted.

Where AM I NOW?

Im at the stage where I need some life coaching as well as doing the techniques to challenge ME!


If you know any life coaches or have any experiences let me know?



Cheers
CS

[CS1]

Once Ive become more parasympathetic using the AR techniques

The Keys in my recovery seem to be distraction - listening to music, going out socialising, watching films,anything other than thinking about how Im feeeling and it is WORKING!!!


Next up life coaching to set myself up some REAL CHALLENGES!


Regards
CS

[Kiwi]

Hi CS1

I have a psychiatrist who works as my life coach. It's going pretty well right now. Good luck with finding the right thing for you!

Best wishes

Kiwi

[niaholt]

Hi CSI,
I absolutely believe you are on the right path to recovery with your views on exposing yourself. I am experimenting with this myself. Challenging my amygdala big time Did amazing stuff over Easter, cooked for big family for husbands birthday, had visitors next day and day after. Normally would have passed out day one. How am I managing this? Well I have changed my whole approach. 3 wks ago I went for 2 hrs each day for 3 days to a reunion. Result....developed night fright panic attacks and fatigue....Too much exposure for the Amygdala......read it as too fearful or joyous .

Now I have seriously looked at how I related to those people and the world. I realized I become tooo excited, animated and talk without breathing properly. I have now changed this. I stop talking now and listen more.....take lots of deep breaths and watch my breathing....choose to be a bystander instead so the Amygdala does not get overworked. After all I am just "coming out" so cant thrust my nervous system into the mix too quickly. Ashok did say go slowly.

Easter was an experiment where I thought I would challenge the Amygdala and all I can say is I survived fantasticly with no side effects. I still had panic attacks through out this but did lots and lots of AR on them. Somehow I believe I may have started the panic attacks BECAUSE I am exposing myself to something different, outings etc plus thinking up all kinds of weird things to do like camping in forrests etc

Maybe I am getting to the next level now I can leave the house successfully. I believe distraction is the key. I find if I stay in this prison of 11 yrs I think about myself and start laying back on the bed as it has become a habit so I have changed rooms and activities as much as possible to "expose" my amygdala. If I stay with the familiar, I cannot challenge it as my day slips by with not much happening and somtimes not many negative thoughts....just a rut like existence with symptoms.

Put me in "in the world" and the madness starts in the shops, beach etc and I have to do serious AR work. Keeping safe is not the answer for me. My next venture is to go out by myself....another challenge. We will see but today we are buying the tent.!!! Each day I try now to present myself with new challenges. Today I picked up a stranger at the beach...a wonderful gift I gave myself and I had a delightful chat. I will feast off it all day.

[Recovery Soon]

Very insightful:

"I realized I become tooo excited, animated and talk without breathing properly. I have now changed this. I stop talking now and listen more.....take lots of deep breaths and watch my breathing....choose to be a bystander instead so the Amygdala does not get overworked."

Thanks for sharing.

[CS1]

"Hi CS1

I have a psychiatrist who works as my life coach. It's going pretty well right now. Good luck with finding the right thing for you!

Best wishes

Kiwi"



Ive found a relatively cheap Life coach who understands CFS.




Regards
CS

[CS1]

"Hi CSI,
I absolutely believe you are on the right path to recovery with your views on exposing yourself. I am experimenting with this myself. Challenging my amygdala big time Did amazing stuff over Easter, cooked for big family for husbands birthday, had visitors next day and day after. Normally would have passed out day one. How am I managing this? Well I have changed my whole approach. 3 wks ago I went for 2 hrs each day for 3 days to a reunion. Result....developed night fright panic attacks and fatigue....Too much exposure for the Amygdala......read it as too fearful or joyous .

Now I have seriously looked at how I related to those people and the world. I realized I become tooo excited, animated and talk without breathing properly. I have now changed this. I stop talking now and listen more.....take lots of deep breaths and watch my breathing....choose to be a bystander instead so the Amygdala does not get overworked. After all I am just "coming out" so cant thrust my nervous system into the mix too quickly. Ashok did say go slowly.

Easter was an experiment where I thought I would challenge the Amygdala and all I can say is I survived fantasticly with no side effects. I still had panic attacks through out this but did lots and lots of AR on them. Somehow I believe I may have started the panic attacks BECAUSE I am exposing myself to something different, outings etc plus thinking up all kinds of weird things to do like camping in forrests etc

Maybe I am getting to the next level now I can leave the house successfully. I believe distraction is the key. I find if I stay in this prison of 11 yrs I think about myself and start laying back on the bed as it has become a habit so I have changed rooms and activities as much as possible to "expose" my amygdala. If I stay with the familiar, I cannot challenge it as my day slips by with not much happening and somtimes not many negative thoughts....just a rut like existence with symptoms.

Put me in "in the world" and the madness starts in the shops, beach etc and I have to do serious AR work. Keeping safe is not the answer for me. My next venture is to go out by myself....another challenge. We will see but today we are buying the tent.!!! Each day I try now to present myself with new challenges. Today I picked up a stranger at the beach...a wonderful gift I gave myself and I had a delightful chat. I will feast off it all day."



This is just my experience:

You have to be persistent with the AR training as it does WORK!!! - when you feel it working you can start to CHALLENGE your thought process and just by being EXTREMELY positive about everything using visulisation and anything that makes you happy! Hence Im stopping the negative thoughts using AR and adding my OWN POSITIVE thoughts at all other times dugin the day.





Regards
CS

[jennyalynn]

I work as a therapist/coach for people with CFS. Actually I train others how to do it too. If I can be of any help.....
Jenny