A Fibromyalgia Cure for Pain and Fatigue... (cont.)

A Question From the Doctor

So, when my doctor said, “Have you considered that it might be fibromyalgia?,” all I could do was look at her. Because, yes, I had considered it, but no, I was not about to “claim it”. Who would want to claim a disease that had no known cure?

As a DE for the SSA, I was very familiar with the symptoms of fibromyalgia. In fact, I told her that based on my claims processing experience that I had concluded that this was a disease process most commonly manifested among European American women with two or more years of post high school education under their belts.

I had made this assessment after adjudicating thousands of SS disability claims, some of which included allegations of fibromyalgia disease syndrome.

I went on to tell the doctor, that to my way of thinking, a disease that occurs more often in a population that had education as one of its distinguishing demographic features falls under the category of a mental impairment.

Yeah, the pain seemed real. In fact it was more real and more intense than any I had experienced before. But as someone with a psychology degree, my training and discipline forced me to classify this disease that causes pain to move around in the body without a physical cause as having its base of origin in the mind.

To me, such an acknowledgement that a disease might have a psychological component did not imply that I was crazy. But, what that classification did for me was to open my eyes to the possibility of an easier way to get rid of it. Because when you take the holistic approach to health and healing, it meant that to cure it, all I would need to do would be to alter or cure the thoughts in my mind that were causing it to manifest.

Would You Be Offended If Fibromyalgia Had a Psychological Component to It?

Still I know such a statement--that fibromyalgia might have a mental component to it--will anger and incense some, if not most, sufferers, especially given all the real pain that it causes, and given all the efforts that have gone into getting the syndrome recognized as a real disorder. However, I was not saying to my doctor that the disease does not exist, I was merely placing it in another category of disease as it related to how I was manifesting it.

My approach was to choose to laugh at my symptoms, to have a mental dialogue and chat with myself, by telling my mind that it misunderstood my intention.

I told it that, despite the fact that it had been continuously fed over a period of time the idea that my work stress was negatively impacting my health, that my true intent was not for it to create these conditions in my body, but that I intended to be healthy, cured and free of any symptoms of any dis-ease.

Laughter and Autoimmune Suggestions

Laughing at my symptoms and talking to myself (autoimmune suggestion) might seem to be an odd approach to cure a disease or syndrome, but it worked for me.

That same day that my symptoms started was the same day that my symptoms ended. And here in the south we call that “nipping it in the bud.” So I effectively ended the symptoms before they were allowed to take over and get out of hand.

Plus--I reasoned--how could I have fibromyalgia? I am not European American, though I did meet the educational criteria indicative of most sufferers of this chronic pain ailment.

My internist assured me that she had at least one black person (African American) whom she treated for this condition, and then jokingly told me that I was looking “brighter” by the minute. I could only laugh out loud at her subtle tongue-in-cheek reference to the possibility that I might need to change my race in order to claim this disease:)-

And I appreciated the laughter because laughter is good. After all, being able to laugh at yourself and being able to re-instruct your mind so that it gives you what you want instead of what you do not want had produced a natural cure and remedy for my “almost” fibromyalgia disease.

Prerequisites for Using Laughter and Autoimmune Suggestion

If you are interested in using this technique, which I call the “Mind over Matter” or “Thought are things” model, you might start to read some of Wayne Dyers books. His Power of Intention was quite suited for me, but perhaps only because I had reached the level where I understood the message.

Another good read is Marianne Williamson's Everyday Grace: Having Hope, Finding Forgiveness and Making Miracles. (read a quote from this book on one of my spirit blog entries) 

The other tool you might give a try is the Simpleology 101 program, recently introduced by Mark Joyner. The free online program (course) really helps you to get clear on what it is that you really want so that you can focus your intent and your thoughts on getting it, and getting it without going all around the world first (i.e. getting it quicker). When seeking to get rid of a chronic disease, the intent has to be to get healthy, to become cured and dis-ease free.

My exclusive fibromyalgia cure resource and reference box for healing the mind, body and spirit  of this ailment is noted here.