Do You Hold On To Your Fibromyalgia?

I want to talk to you about your thoughts behind having a
chronic illness like fibromyalgia and how getting labeled
with fibromyalgia, having to deal with it daily, and having
everyone tell you there is no cure can set you back.

In my blog I've stated that I don't believe you should
accept that you have fibromyalgia and try to live with it.
In doing that, you will always have it! Rather, accept that
you can, do, and deserve to feel good, strong, and healthy.

Here's a quote that I read just last night by Silvia Browne
from the book "The Other Side and Back"

". . .the more you declare any illness or physical problem
to be a part of you, the more you'll hang on to it and
refuse to let go, because we never willingly forfeit
anything we've woven into the fabric of our identity.

Please don't misunderstand--I'm not saying for a moment
that you shouldn't take your illnesses seriously. Follow
the advice of the best doctors available to you; have
regular physicals; educate yourself on health issues; eat
sensibly, exercise and listen to your body when it tries to
tell you it needs some kind of special attention. But keep
health in perspective. "You" are not your body, any more
than "you" are the car you travel in or the house you live
in."

Please don't even consider that you will always have
fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue or whatever. View yourself
as a loving and caring person, not as someone who has
fibromyalgia.

For example, you cannot say to yourself, "I do not have
fibromyalgia. I do not have fibromyalgia." Your
subconscious mind records the word "fibromyalgia" and will
reward you with what you think about.

Another example: I had a client contact me by email the
other day asking if a certain symptom was part of her
fibromyalgia. I kind of got on her case because she had
asked me this same thing a few times before, wondering if a
certain symptom was related to her fibro. Even though now
she's much better than when we first started working
together, she's still holding on to the identity of having
fibro. I said, essentially, that she needs to lose the idea
that she has fibro and that she'll never get over it if she
believes she will always have it.

So, watch your thinking. Watch how you form your identity.
I'm sorry doctors have wrongly told you that you just have
to deal with it. Throw that thinking out! You do need to
have the doctor rule out anything more serious than
fibromyalgia. Then get into the mind-frame that you will
listen to what your body needs, eat well, exercise, enjoy
life and learn as much as you can about your health and how
to support it.

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Anita Murray is a Professional Health Coach, Nutritional
Consultant, and Founding Editor/Owner of
FibromyalgiaHope.com. To learn more about natural ways to
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