For example, I’ll focus on a time when someone did something that made me feel valuable to them or when I did something that was very appreciated by others. If I feel like I am useless or not enough I do a round of DNRS practices with the theme of being appreciated and loved. If I feel stressed and busy I visualize being on vacation, relaxing or going to a spa. For example, if I am feeling lonely, I focus on a memory of having good times with friends or my deep connection with a loved one. One strategy that I use in general with my DNRS practice is inspired from Rick Hanson’s book Hardwiring Happiness, and that is giving myself the opposite feeling, that is – the one I am needing right in the moment. I do a DNRS exercise on my way to work and on my way home from work. I feel good about myself for what I accomplish, and focus only on what I actually did – not what I didn’t do yet. I celebrate every new work-related victory, like completing tasks. Like laughing with colleagues during the lunch break and feeling connected, feeling like I am part of something meaningful. I use my best work-related memories from before I fell ill and I use the new ones I am creating now since I started work again. During my DNRS practice I visualize having fun at work, feeling professional, feeling valued and appreciated by patients and colleagues. I take small moments before, during or after the day to read and add new things to my list “Things I love about my work”. I enjoy a fruit break every day and I laugh at myself in the mirror when I take a trip to the bathroom. Some of the strategies I use is to think of going to work as going to a spa. I can feel my attitude towards work and previous limbic responses change day by day. Instead I’ll think of work as something fun and easy and relaxing that is good for me. I decided that I am not going to think of work as a stressful threat to my health anymore. I use tips I got from retraining friends and I’m participating in a Living DNRS class, and it is going great so far. I just started going back to work and even though I feel that is within my training zone with some margins, I still do the DNRS practices because I know I have some limbic over-firing regarding work since even before I fell ill. The one thing I am still training on (that I just started to train on) is work. One of Jenny’s reflections on how much her life has improved since doing DNRS. I am not only the strongest I have been since I fell ill, I feel like I am stronger than ever before in my life. I am beating the records that I had before my limbic system impairment. I am not counting the “first time I did this since I got sick” anymore. 20 km does not even feel like a long distance to bike anymore, and that would have been far even for my pre-illness self. I am biking everywhere and enjoying the freedom of exercising and going wherever I want, whenever I want, to the fullest. What a complete contrast to the life I am living now – having practiced DNRS for one year – I am as healthy as anyone. I could not stand up long enough to take a shower or leave bed for more than meals. When I started DNRS 1 year ago I was mostly bedridden for 4 years, living with my parents who had to help me with basically everything except personal hygiene. I am not very active on this forum anymore, since I got my full and active life back and I am busy doing all the things normal, healthy people do. She ends by reassuring anyone putting their trust in DNRS that “ …you are on your way to healing and to a completely new life that will be better than you could ever have believed!” She reflects on her many victories and the ways that the DNRS practices continue to improve her life. In her own words (lightly edited for length and clarity) here is the letter Jenny wrote to our community at the one year anniversary of doing DNRS. You can read about the initial five months of her progress in our first article about her journey. Jenny provided updates about her recovery with DNRS in the Global Community Forum. Her symptoms were so severe that she couldn’t leave the house and had to move back in with her parents so they could help care for her. Jenny is a medical doctor who has struggled with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Dysautonomia, and Sensory Sensitivities since 2018.
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