If your memory muscle is ailing because you’re suffering with brain fog from either Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or some other illness, you feel like your brain is operating in the middle of a swamp. Good news! Today you can do something about your brain dys-function.
When you’re really sick, your brain may feel as weak as a newborn kitten. You can’t think, you can’t make decisions, you can’t follow directions… you can’t even read well. Happily there are things you can do to increase your functionality and make your brain grow stronger and more capable again. I know that comes as good news. 
Now don’t think of this as the recommended treatment approach known as cognitive behavior therapy that is advocated by the UK medical model. This is not that concept at all… .
The problem with the UK attitude about brain fog stems from their opinion that cognitive dysfunction problems are directly caused by the patient, namely, the patient’s mental status. The UK model does not regard ME/CFS (Myalgia Encephalomyelitis, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) to be a real illness at all, but instead is one that has been created in the patient’s mind. Supposedly words and phrases like fabricated, made up and not real are the words used to describe the origin of ME/CFS!
Well, first off, let me assume you know and agree with me that no one can create the level of brain fog that I’m describing here simply because they’re making it up in their mind. No one would choose to process their thoughts as if they are sloshing around in a sticky, gooey, impenetrable mud pit. Instead some very real and physically abnormal processes are going on instead (e.g. FMS, CFS, ME/CFS or severe viral illness). These are all real health problems with real symptoms and real life consequences!
I know these things because I speak from firsthand knowledge. I had to rehabilitate my own very poor cognitive functionality. It wasn’t fun or fast, but I did it. I’m here today to encourage you today that…
And probably better and faster than I did, because at the time, I didn’t have any help.
Therefore, I suggest you take a 2-step approach:
STEP ONE: Change your cognitive dysfunction results and functionality by developing a few new habits. Think of this as assuming a more comprehensive “Get Well” approach by not assuming that there is nothing you can do to help yourself. (Note: you’re choosing what to think and believe about yourself. This is a powerful concept!)
Let’s say you can’t read a book or newspaper article right now. If we break down the process, you technically can read the individual words and you know the meaning of them individually for two or three seconds afterwards, but then everything breaks down when it comes to memory, reasoning and your ability to think through, make sense of and retain comprehensive thought processes. The words simply get lost in your head and die an unnatural death in your brain, which feels like and acts like a sink hole or mud bog.
When thinking (or reading) becomes this difficult, you lose any incentive you might have had. You’re left feeling worse and more fuzzy-headed and tired than you were before you started. Increased fatigue may cause headaches or exacerbate all over body pain! That’s not good. In most cases you will shy away from reading and/or any attempt at trying to comprehend much of anything. It’s just too hard!
My advice is to change your approach and begin to eat this apple in smaller, more manageable bites. Digest little tidbits slowly.
Acknowledge every accomplishment and be thankful of the abilities you still have. Instead of jumping in feet first and trying to digest reading a long, complicated novel, gravitate toward the strengths you still have and re-build your brain function from there as best you can. One thing eventually will build on another.
Here’s an example: at the height of my illness, I could barely sit up in bed. My fatigue was so-o-o comprehensive. A big part of my dysfunction was what I could and could not do with my brain. My cognitive dysfunction felt so massive that I was sure my IQ had gone down 20 points. I truly felt scared. I worried that if I continued to decline, I might end up being… well, you know, and that I might be left like that forever! It was a horribly scary experience and one I don’t wish on anyone.
I wanted to read and be able to maintain my brain functions, but it didn’t seem that I could. My memory was severely compromised, too. Luckily, I still remembered how to type and do elementary work on the computer. I clung to that and spent my good energy hours on the computer doing research, saving documents and building my collection of information about the illnesses.
*Remember what I said about gravitating to the strengths that you still have? Working on the computer served as improving my functionality because I kept doing it and creating the files on my hard drive aided my memory. It was a win-win situation!
STEP TWO: (Now this suggestion is one that may not make much sense unless you feel comfortable and are willing to explore alternative concepts about healing.) To begin to heal completely on a physical, mental, emotional and spiritual level, you need to find a way to heal your whole being. This will enable you to:
- a) Get your immune system functioning stronger (e.g. able to fight off foreign invaders),
- b) Clear the energy pathways in your body that allowed illness to set up shop in the first place,
- c) Re-establish you as the healthy being that God created originally. (You’ve simply forgotten how to live completely healthy!)
You can accomplish all of these goals through a healing modality like Sacred Cellular Healing. I welcome your questions as to how Sacred Cellular Healing might work for you.
Have a great day. And congratulations on increasing the size and functionality of your memory muscle today by reading this blog!
Cinda Crawford, host of the Health Matters Show
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