Shattering the 'Incurable' Myth: Mel Abbott's Full Recovery from ME/CFS
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Күн бұрынIn this video, Mel Abbott shares her 11-year-long journey of overcoming ME/CFS and talks about the power of recovery stories to inspire hope and effect change in the community.
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TIME STAMPS:
00:00 🤩 Meet Mel Abbott
00:50 🌪️ The Impact of Doom and Gloom Stories
03:24 ✅ The Best Recovery Hack
03:45 😭 How Severe Was Mel's CFS
06:45 🗣️ What the CFS Specialist Told Her
08:13 👩🏻 What Kept Her Going
10:39 🚫 The #1 Thing Doctors Must Stop
13:00 💪 What Worked for Mel
17:27 🗣️ What She Would Tell Her Younger Self
19:30 🤔 Copying What Works
24:05 ✅ Recovery Doesn't Mean ME/CFS Wasn't Real
27:15 🌱 Building Up a Sense of Safety
29:10 🤔 Is This Approach Enough for Most People?
33:20 🚀 A Shift in Mainstream Medicine
35:45 🤝 How Mel Works with People
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@cinderellawarrior2323 2 ай бұрын
Something else ive noticed in these recovery stories..... most who recover are not financially unable and they have someone to help. I wish someone wld ask me if i needed a cup of tea. 😮
@micheledevilliers3474 24 күн бұрын
You can apply for a sponsorship to Mel's course. Some people who recover from her course pay it forward by sponsoring someone.
@dannyrood1262 2 ай бұрын
I can certainly vouch for Mel and her course, The Switch. I did the course in September 2023, and it has literally changed my life. I can run again, lift weights again, and go about my life like a "normal" person! Thanks again, Mel, and thanks to you, Raelan, for getting her on!
@mattsmith4459 2 ай бұрын
hi danny would you be free to chat?
@dannyrood1262 2 ай бұрын
@@mattsmith4459 sure
@empowertherapies 2 ай бұрын
So happy for you Danny! And thanks for sharing your experience here!
@stevebarlow1959 2 ай бұрын
I'm so touched and moved by the brutal honesty and raw courage from you both in this interview (And Raelan, I'm so so sorry to hear about your mum) For me, it is the transformation of trauma in to triumph after the 'darkest night of the soul' that is so inspirational to many including me. You truly are the gift that keeps on giving!
@empowertherapies 2 ай бұрын
Thanks for your lovely words. At the time, I told no one that I felt so low. Not even my mum or my best friend. It is so many years later that I am speaking out and sharing the painful truth. My mum is at least feeling blessed that it is her love that kept me going...
@anniefriedman2049 Ай бұрын
you're a great interviewing. I've had CFS for 34 years so I'm enjoying recovery videos, thank you Raelan
@micheledevilliers3474 24 күн бұрын
I did Mel's course 1.5 years ago after struggling to recover from ME/CFS for almost 3 years. I had read a lot of literature before doing this, because I was so skeptical: but there is a relationship between the mind and body. 📢 Do not lose a decade before giving this a shot 📢 But you have to be prepared to do the work. After learning to regulate my nervous system by reducing my anxiety, I full recovered - I could walk, exercise, and eat anything without having a crash. It has given me the awareness, energy and capacity to deal with much of what got me sick and stuck in the first-place: maladaptive coping mechanisms from trauma, or what I now call an inability to listen to my body and emotions. I continue to use her course in my daily life, in combination with good nutrition, TRE, inner-child work and exercise.
@RaelanAgle 24 күн бұрын
That's amazing you've found what works for you ❤️❤️ Super inspiring! Thanks so much for sharing, Michele 🌟
@Do-G23 2 ай бұрын
Thank you for these testimonies, it's incredible! I'm French and in France we hear very few interviews with people who recover and very few about brain retraining. All the resources are in English so it's always more challenging!
@empowertherapies 2 ай бұрын
I think it's the same the world over that there are very few recovery stories being shared. This is why Raelan's work is so wonderful and I really applaud what she does! Perhaps there is a need for some interviews to be translated?
@cfsfatiguefree 2 ай бұрын
Thank you for being so vulnerable and sharing what so many of us have experienced.
@empowertherapies 2 ай бұрын
I'm glad that you have appreciated my share. It makes being vulnerable all worthwhile when I read comments like yours ;0)
@Eliokd 2 ай бұрын
Love ur videos, they help us a lot. Very grateful for you❤️
@caitlinleahy5571 2 ай бұрын
I feel seen in this interview. I continue to watch the extremely severe interviews because I feel validated in some respects.
@empowertherapies 2 ай бұрын
Big hugs to you. I'm glad you feel seen. And I'm sorry that you are feeling all those awful feelings that I used to feel. I wish you all the best. Your life will get better!
@sarahk3925 2 ай бұрын
Some hope 🙏 I have severe m.e. i related to everything you said at the beginning of the video. Thank you for sharing this ❤ 🙏
@empowertherapies 2 ай бұрын
I'm glad I shared when I see that it has helped you and given you hope. My heart goes out to you going through such a hell illness. Things will improve!
@jog5289 2 ай бұрын
Wow! Very inspiring. I'm thrilled to see a NZ'der on here. I'm also from NZ! I've been sick for 6 years now, and unfortunately Mel's information didn't filter down to my regular GP Doctor in Whanganui. Doctor couldn't do anything to help me for the first 4 years, and then she referred me to a Doctor who was newly specialising in Chronic Fatigue, but I was already with a NZ Functional & Integrative (F&I) Medical Doctor. The new Doctor's Clinic couldn't tell me what they were offering that was any better than what the F&I Doctor was already offering me, so I didn't persue it. I tried to get support in NZ but there was no home help that the Doctor could tap into, so I reached out to a Respite Care organisation but everyone in the nearest support group were sick and currently not operating. There weren't many options and I haven't met anyone else is NZ with CFS. That's been my experience. Raelan's channel has been a constant source of hope and inspiration. I'm currently doing a Brain Re-training Program, but if I need any further help, I will definitely look into Mel's Course. Thanks so much for coming on Mel, and thank you for the interview, Raelan. Best Wishes to all. 💛🧡💜
@evelinel.9827 2 ай бұрын
The late Dr. John Sarno who has helped hundreds of thousands (maybe millions) out of chronic pain and other chronic symptoms was shunned and even ridiculed by the other doctors at NYU where he practiced.
@empowertherapies 2 ай бұрын
That is very sad to hear, but also comforting to me when I feel so frustrated when I receive negative reactions from support groups when I know that I help so many people. I didn't realise Dr Sarno also got so much flack - he's awesome and has certainly helped a lot of people!
@juliegoff1731 2 ай бұрын
I remember hearing about him
@tomsale5142 2 ай бұрын
@@empowertherapiescursed by big pharma 💰
@lindle333 2 ай бұрын
Very inspiring thank you!
@francescam.6999 Ай бұрын
Oh no Raelan. I am so sorry that you had to go through this and that you lost your mother like this.
@PillePalle-qu8pi Ай бұрын
Hi Mel! Thank you for sharing your Story:) I was wondering what your physical functionality lever was before doing the NLP? Because you still must have the muscle strength to be able to suddenly walk around all day. I never understand how people get from being bedbound all day to suddenly walking around, from this physical point of view.
@legohouse4819 2 ай бұрын
Changinhg slowly in canada.
@wzupppp 2 ай бұрын
So how do you heal old emotions that are stuck in the body?
@legohouse4819 2 ай бұрын
Hi! The way I did it is I bought Dr. Howard Schubiner's book called Unlearn Your Pain (or chronic symptoms of any kind). He has a 28 day process of therapeutic journalling called Emotion Awareness and Expression Therapy. It was amazing. It's all laid out
@tomsale5142 2 ай бұрын
Trouble is they can't all be found but apparently they do t need to be
@gailsebastiao6265 23 күн бұрын
Mel, what did day 1-5 look like when you first started working on your recovery?
@lindle333 2 ай бұрын
I don’t think Mel specifies in this interview but it sounds like she recovered using LP? And then I wonder if she is teaching just the LP or has added some other elements that she finds helpful?
@empowertherapies 2 ай бұрын
The Switch has a small amount of overlap with LP in that they both talk about the role of stress in chronic illness and about illness thinking patterns in the present. The Switch also talks about the role of emotions, both present and past, and it has a whole day dedicated to learning how to listen to body memory to access the original trauma that caused the illness pattern in the first place (which is often not the cause that people were expecting!) and then to release old trauma using The Deep Switch. We also work through lifestyle factors for a whole day (again, no overlap with LP), and have only the briefest overlap on the last day talking about illness beliefs and then we go into Core beliefs, muscle testing for beliefs, accessing Core States, creating a new life that is alignment with your Core State. So there would not be more than 25% overlap between these programmes
@francescam.6999 Ай бұрын
I was in a support group. and there was one guy who got better. and nobody was listening to him. they all talked about new pills and new medicine. so strange. never went back.
@djVania08 2 ай бұрын
Raelan are you deleting any challenging comments? This video had way more comments not long ago.
@RaelanAgle 2 ай бұрын
We had a tech issue and had to re-upload the video, losing all comments 😔
@djVania08 2 ай бұрын
@@RaelanAgle I see...
@hillsofwi 2 ай бұрын
Joe Dispenza is the man who broke his back.
@Thomas-ku8fd 2 ай бұрын
Really long interviews for people with cfs
@empowertherapies 2 ай бұрын
Maybe watch it in short bursts? Or just listen to it instead of watching?
@oliviakahlo1 2 ай бұрын
Maybe people feel gaslit when you speak of recovery, if they’ve not been able to? Even though it’s obviously not what you’re trying to do. I don’t know, it’s just a thought.
@mirandataylor6385 2 ай бұрын
Sure it’s a thought, but it’s not productive or helping you in any way. I take time to grieve my illness, but I’m way past feeling gaslit by someone sharing their recovery story.
@mirandataylor6385 2 ай бұрын
They also addressed what you’re feeling at 11:15.
@oliviakahlo1 2 ай бұрын
@@mirandataylor6385 thanks. I did actually post before listening to the whole thing. 🤭 I agree, we need hope.
@NexusCapital 2 ай бұрын
For me what was infuriating was that I didn’t believe any of them that they had it truly as bad as me. A part of watching recovery stories that changed my mind was I realized how similar all my symptoms were to everyone else and how relatable it was. Then realizing they all had different but ultimately very similar ways out. I went from feeling like I was being blamed for not being well and that I was simply being shown a direction with many different paths up the mountain. Just my personal experience. I’m nearly 100% now.
@oliviakahlo1 2 ай бұрын
@@NexusCapital yes, that seems relatable. I’m really glad to hear you’re doing so much better. 💫
@TimMurphy41 Ай бұрын
Bad mic. Difficult to hear.
@charlesfuchs 2 ай бұрын
I just find it funny, every video is selling something hahahaha
@empowertherapies 2 ай бұрын
You can view it that way, or you can view it that every video is offering solutions to you. If you only heard recovery stories but there was no way to take any action, you'd be no better off
@charlesfuchs 2 ай бұрын
I don't have to view it that way, that is how it is.... all you grifters are using others pain to profit. its sick@@empowertherapies
@legohouse4819 2 ай бұрын
Wow that's cynical.
@legohouse4819 2 ай бұрын
Sorry not the reply. The original comment
@legohouse4819 2 ай бұрын
Sad that is what you took away from this. The ideas are free.
@swyllie30 Ай бұрын
Anybody who gets better in 2 weeks was more scared of getting symptoms and didn’t really have symptoms.
@trixie082 Ай бұрын
I agreed, I think people who manage to improve so fast were stuck in some anxiety cycles. I had both anxiety and long covid adm I know the difference. I cured my self from anxiety years ago, cannot do it with long covid, where there is clear damage on a cellular level in my body.
@klondon6245 2 ай бұрын
I feel like this is giving false hope to people who really suffer from ME. It's a very complicated illness that has many sides to it , that simply can not be treated and healed from in the soace of weeks. I myself have tried a shrink, spiritual healer, and hypnosis . Temporary relief . I've worked with many blood tests and excercuses . Gut health . You name it . I've tried everything in the book and what's not written yet . 25 years of ME and its not improving . I feel like this high success rate she claims and the tieframe is not true.. False hope for people who are so desperate to get better
@empowertherapies 2 ай бұрын
I'm really sad to hear how tough and long your struggle is, and even sadder to hear that it sounds like you have given up hope. However, the fact that you watch these interviews shows me that there is some part of you that is still open to the idea that people with severe ME can get better? I would encourage you to stay open to possibility. You have tried many things but you could never have tried everything that is out there, and what if there was something that was the answer for you? That's how it was for me. Nothing worked. Nothing worked. Nothing worked. But then suddenly, I had the answers that did work for me. It doesn't work for everyone. But it does work for most of the people who come to me. Now that's not a reflection on overall success rates for anyone with ME. My figures are a reflection on success rates of people who first of all voluntarily chose to take part in the programme, and also people who I assessed as likely to be successful in it. I don't accept people into the programme who I don't think are likely to succeed. I don't think it's ethical to take money from people if I don't feel there is a high likelihood of their success. Therefore, if The Switch was administered across the board to 100 people with ME without those two selection criteria, the success figures would be lower. I can promise you that I follow up all my clients for a year and am reporting honest success outcomes of the people who have done my programme. Many of these people had been told they were incurable by doctors, and all of them had tried so many treatments that failed before they came to The Switch. Please stay open to hope...
@Pauline_mrt Ай бұрын
The things you've tried are not addressing the root cause, which is limbic system dysregulation caused by chronic stress/ suppressed emotions. Don't give up. Find a brain retraining coach, get the guidance you need. EFT is also really helpful .
@ezza1236 2 ай бұрын
How is recovery not possible if the 10 percent of people recover lol the people that don’t recover and says it’s not possible are just weak and miserable
@empowertherapies 2 ай бұрын
My experience has been that around 80% of my clients recover, not 10%. The ones who don't recover are never told they are weak and miserable. I feel really sad for the people who don't get their recoveries and I try to help the person problem solve to see what might have got in the way. Sometimes, it's really obvious, but sometimes, it seems they did everything right and it's really strange that they didn't get what they needed. I try to think of other approaches that might also help the person. I never give up on recovery for people. Bodies are designed to be self-healing, so we just need to figure out what's in the way of recovery. The people who won't listen to recovery stories, who block people from sharing recovery stories in support groups and go round saying that people who recovered were clearly never sick in the first place are the ones I have issue with. They are the ones who have unfortunate power at keeping other people stuck in limiting belief patterns and staying sick too. The people who are still seeking answers and trying to recover - all credit to them! They will eventually find a way...
@fliicreates4061 2 ай бұрын
It’s this kind of belief and judgement that makes it difficult for people who are still suffering with this illness to hear about the few who do get better. It’s a very complex condition and there’s no one solution to recovery, if that was the case then yes no one would still be suffering.
@tomsale5142 2 ай бұрын
The problem with CFS me fybromyalgia it's multifactorial causes the name of it is just a name
@tomsale5142 2 ай бұрын
The problem with CFS me fybromyalgia it's multifactorial causes the name of it is just a name
@empowertherapies 2 ай бұрын
@@tomsale5142 that's true Tom. Every person has a different experience. Though having worked with thousands of people now with all these and many more different diagnoses, I have found that there is a very common thread through all my clients - their bodies are stuck in extreme stress responses. How that stress response manifests varies from person to person, but the underlying pattern is very similar. When people calm their body out of this stress response state, the body is amazing at healing itself from any of these 3 diagnoses and from dozens of others. Bodies have fantastic innate healing abilities when in a calm enough state to action their own resources
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