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+ Chronic Fatigue - looking for the meaning of symptoms. - Nov 06

Hi John,
I have a question for your newsletter: Chronic Fatigue. Do you have any pointers for what to check or work on with patients with this syndrome?
Best regards,
Eva Kuhl Bornefelt
Central Coast

>>>MY COMMENTS:

That's a great question as always Eva and thanks for asking it.

Talking about chronic fatigue gives me an opportunity to go into the sort of process I go through when I look at any set of symptoms.

I ask myself what is this condition trying to communicate to the person. What is it saying?

Why this condition and not another? Why chronic fatigue and not fibromyalgia or arthritis or irritable bowel?

Of all the conditions this person could have, why do they have this one?

Each set of symptoms add up to a very specific communication.

So don't worry about the physical manifestations?

Not at all. It's very important to deal with them but dealing with them alone won't necessarily solve the problem. Looking at the condition in
this way points you towards the deepest reason for the condition.

You may not know what the deepest reason is but at least you will be looking in the right direction.

Then getting a sense of what the deepest cause of the condition is will inform you how to deal with the physical manifestations.

So let's put it into practice. What is chronic fatigue communicating?

It's a syndrome so it contains lots of different symptoms and few people exhibit all the symptoms all the time.

The main symptom is in the name - fatigue. The person has no energy to do anything. Sometimes they will need to sleep a lot, other people are
tried but can't sleep.

Generally they will have to stop working, stop their hobbies, significantly reduce their social life.

So what does this all add up to?
In short the person's life grinds to a halt.

What is this aspect of the condition communicating?

Stop.

Stop what?

Stop everything.

Why do we communicate, 'stop' to someone?

Generally it's because there is something about what the person is doing that we don't like and we want them to stop doing it.

No kidding Sherlock. Is this what chronic fatigue is communicating?

Generally speaking I've found that it's a main part of the communication.

For example, if a person has a condition that is annoying but doesn't give them too much discomfort, the communication is generally about getting their own attention. 'This is bothering us and we need our attention about it.' But it has a, 'When you can get to it.' sort of vibe.

Whereas Chronic fatigue has a, 'Stop everything and deal with this NOW!' sort of vibe.

So look for what is so important to the person, that when it is in disharmony, they will put their whole lives on hold until it is resolved.

Another thing to consider when treating someone with chronic fatigue is their capacity to stay sick.

Let me explain. The amount of energy required to create chronic fatigue is huge. The people I have treated for chronic fatigue have usually worn
out about 5 or 6 therapists by the time they get to me.

If you are very attached to quick results then maybe you shouldn't take them on because these people have huge endurance. It's a little
paradoxical. Someone with chronic fatigue having huge endurance. But don't be fooled by the lack of energy issues. I have found they have lots of energy for keeping their lives on hold. This is all unsonscious of course. Consciously, the person is desperate to get better.

I have found it most helpful to see my role as facilitating them to discover what the disharmony that is causing them to press the 'Pause' button on their life is. And no I don't necessarily mean having long, probing, regressive, conversations with them about it.

The other useful thing when actually working with their systems is to sit very comfortably in the timeless aspect of our work.
By that I mean, the depth at which we work.
All going well when you work with someone you will be in a very meditative state and in that state, time pauses. We descend into the moment and in
that, it's eternal.

This is a very handy space to be in with a condition that has therapists for breakfast. As you sit with the person and your system entrains with theirs. Your system conveys a quality of timelessness. The subtle communication from your system is, 'I can stay here forever.'

You can't fake this. It has to be real for you. If it's not you need to meditate more until it is.

I have found that when someone with chronic fatigue comes to see me and our systems entrain and their system gets this, 'I can wait forever.'
Quality from mine it gives up on the endurance test and starts to avail of the support to deal with the underlying disharmony.

Follow up from Eva                                May 07

I just thought I'd give you some feedback about the chronic fatigue client I posed a question about in an earlier newsletter.

I treated the person before the newsletter reached me, so didn't have the added help from your insights. I had been treating this woman for other things for a while, when the time came to deal with the chronic fatigue directly. In the space of only 3 weeks the whole issue seems to have been resolved.

It started off with really good communication with the hypothalamus, pituitary and membranes where they were able to correct themselves and stay good.

Next week several past life traumas and associated local restrictions needed to be released after which chakras 1 and 2 were able to start releasing their restrictions. The biggest problem was in the 2nd chakra where lots of damage had been done when the client as a newborn was given drugs to counteract kidney failure.

Those drugs caused damage to the nervous system, which lasted for quite a few years. The result was a very big block in the energy flow in the area.

I'm sure there were other contributing causes for the chronic fatigue starting up 7 years ago, but it wasn't necessary to go into them. After one and a half sessions over 3 days with work only with the 2nd chakra there was a definite endpoint, where her whole body came to peace and I got a very strong communication that that was the end of it.

She didn't jump up and down like a two-year-old right away, but has continued to get stronger and more energetic every week since. She hasn't had any relapses since those treatments in November.

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