Book description
Annie Hopper had exhausted the medical system and was still suffering from disabling symptoms of multiple chemical sensitivities, fibromyalgia and electric hypersensitivity syndrome. Hopper deduced that a toxic trauma had over activated threat and protective mechanisms in her brain that were keeping her body stuck in a cycle of chronic…
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Why read it?
1 author picked Wired for Healing as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Neuroplasticity (aka "brain retraining") is such a controversial topic in the ME/CFS and Long Covid world, and I am personally strongly against any suggestion that these illnesses are "only" the result of a hypersensitive nervous system.
However, I do also think that a maladaptive neuroplastic state is one part of these conditions and that neuroplasticity can help.
While I find Hopper’s book short on instructions, I regard it as highly valuable because of its multiple testimonials of recovery from using brain retraining. I think that these offer fascinating accounts of the potential utility of neuroplasticity for ME/CFS and related illnesses,…
From Patrick's list on helpful books for ME/CFS & Long Covid patients.
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