CFS/ME and Nature

[Rufous McKinney]

Before CFS when I did grounding for a few hours it would energize me to walk 5,000k steps and I no longer feel these effects for some reason

Because our body chemistry and metabolism is all off. Something that felt good before the illness (or before it worsened, depending upon circumstances)...something thats normally rejuvenating is for us exhausting.

Its tremendously invigorating to the body to enjoy things like saunas, sweats, swimming in cold streams, leaping in to ponds. Walking barefoot on grass- it feels wonderful. Getting a massage.

But this is- us. These experiences also come with the depreciation. For me, its visually exhausting, my eyes ache and blurr and its too bright and the breeze makes them ache- so literally Outdoors is somehow just too intense alot of the time.

So when I arrived the other day in this pretty little park, just to get my grandaughter outside for a bit, it was only a few minutes before I simply collapased on the grass. It was wonderful to just lie on the grass and look at the sky and the trees above me. But that was all I could really do- collapse.

 

[Artemisia]

I walked barefoot for an hour

And a half in the forest thinking it

would restore my charge.Perhaps

this takes time.Defintely feel better

than being in the city.I

Hi do you have an update on how your approaches are helping you now? Have you done Jack Kruse's sunrise protocol?

 

[Lee Hoeppner]

I am not sure about grounding but I know just being in my garden does lift my mood. I love gardening and it's my happy place but not being able to garden as I could before actually made me worse.

However, my wife and I have spent this year adapting the garden to be more manageable and thus more enjoyable and relaxing for me.

I think being in the garden surrounded by the wildlife (albeit limited here in the UK!), my veg patch and flowers is one of the biggest healers.