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Hope in recovery
The Recovery Channel® is a patient-led collaborative network. We want to inspire hope and disseminate strategies to help recovery in people with chronic fatigue conditions, post-covid and related mind-body disorders.
Recovery Wall
Important note
The Recovery Wall is a curated collection of websites that contain patient narratives, particularly those that describe how people recovered. Some of these stories are published on websites created by service providers related to these conditions. Their inclusion does not imply endorsement of these providers by the Recovery Channel®.
We acknowledge that for some people, mind-body approaches did not lead to improvement. You should always consult a healthcare professional before making decisions about your health.
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Raelan Agle’s Youtube channel (280+ stories)
This channel shares hundreds of inspiring full recovery stories, the latest recovery science, and practical strategies.
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Recovery hub
Recovery Hub is a free, volunteer-led platform providing recovery stories and extensive information about recovery programmes and therapies for people living with long-term chronic conditions like ME/CFS, Long Covid and Fibromyalgia.
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Positively Covid
This website offers recovery stories and many resources for long Covid recovery. Sharing your story can make all the difference in someone else’s recovery!
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Long Covid Cured
This website is a not-for-profit initiative by some of us who have truly and completely recovered or are well on our way. What you are about to read are the stories of REAL people with REAL recoveries.
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Fatigue Science Talks
This channel is produced by the Consumer (Patient) Advisory Group of COFFI*-an international collaboration of clinicians and scientists investigating people with fatigue and long term symptoms after infection.
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Recovery Norway
Recovery Norway is an organisation consisting of people who have recovered from CFS/ME or other illnesses often labelled “medically unexplained”. Our goal is to provide hope and understanding through their experiences and insights.
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Living Proof
We aim to promote wider understanding and use of the neuroplastic (mindbody) approach to health. We share recovery stories to inspire hope for healing from neuroplastic symptoms.
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Long Covid Podcast
The Podcast by & for Long Covid sufferers. Here is just the good stuff: the recovery stories!
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Alice’s story – Hello Self
A story about healing: Everything that helped me get better from Long Covid and ME/CFS, in written and audio posts.
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Rachel’s story
Rachel Whitfield’s personal journey from Long Covid to complete recovery.
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Volker’s recovery wall
Here you will find reports from people who have recovered from Long COVID. Their stories are meant to show you that recovery is possible.
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Heal with Liz
Healing from ME/CFS is possible. Inspirational interviews with people who healed from Myalgic Encephalomyeletis (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome).
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Nicole’s story
Having severe Long COVID was brutal. I didn’t find much medical help, but through trial and error I found my way back to life. I’m sharing my learnings, in the hope that they’ll help others, too
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The Story Behind the Symptoms by David Clarke MD
Dr Clarke interviews patients to uncover the cause and learn how they recovered of unexplained pain or illness.
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The Cure for Chronic Pain by Nicole Sachs
Nicole Sach’s podcast has recovery stories from chronic pain, Long Covid, and other mind body conditions.
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Finlay Macnab’s story
Finlay Macnab did a interview with BBC about Long Covid and came back to say he’s now fully recovered!
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Johanna’s story
Johanna generously shares her entire journey with us, looking back on many years that led her to long COVID and chronic fatigue. She shares how her belief in her ability to heal played a large part in achieving meaningful healing.
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Long Haulers Recovery on Reddit
A Reddit space with personal stories about chronic illness recovery like Long Covid or ME/CFS.
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Matthieu Souren’s story
I believe symptoms are here to show you the way, through your old conditioning, back to your authentic self. Educate yourself, find support with like minded people and embrace the journey instead of resisting it.
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Sarah Rainwater’s story
Sarah Rainwater cured herself from Covid Long-Haul syndrome, but the story starts 11 years ago… Let her tell you her story.
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Suzy bolt’s Youtube channel
This channel includes many narratives from patients about the recovery and things that helped them.
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Rebecca Tolin’s Youtube channel
This website contains many stories from people who recovered from neuroplastic conditions including ME/CFS, long COVID, POTS and chronic pain.
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Dan Buglio’s Youtube channel
This website contains stories related to people with pain, and how they resolved through some simple knowledge and adopting some specific practices.
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The Steady Coach’s Youtube channel
This describes the recovery journeys of people with dizziness, vertigo, visual symptoms and other symptoms.
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Harry Boby – On the mend Youtube channel
I’m Harry, and I went from bed-bound with Long Covid to travelling, training and loving life again.
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The Chronic Comeback
This podcast includes patients that have recovered, partly through focusing on the positives and steering away from negative narratives common in chronic illnesses.
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Thank You Dr Sarno
A scrapbook of over 60 individual “Thank You” letters to Dr. Sarno, about TMS recoveries and going back to living life.
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TMS wiki recovery stories
When people heal from months or years of suffering, they often want to share how they overcame their symptoms with others who are still suffering. This page collects and organizes links to many hundreds of “success stories”.
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Recovery from CFS: 50 Personal Stories
50 recovery stories from men, women and children from six different countries who were all diagnosed with CFS/ME and who were ill for between 2 and 25 years.
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CFS Unravelled recovery stories
A collection of recovery stories. Each person’s journey is different. Some recovered gradually using lifestyle changes, others through addressing underlying causes such as autonomic nervous system dysfunction, and many found success through a combination of mind-body and physical approaches.
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Superhelden ohne Cape
In this podcast, host Caroline interviews individuals who have overcome chronic illness or reached long-term remission to spread hope and inspire others.
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Ich werde gesund
Host Martina interviews people who have overcome Long Covid, ME/CFS, and chronic illness
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Doc Tovah TMS RoundTable
RoundTable Recovery is a weekly live broadcast interviewing people about their recoveries.
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Simon Pimenta’s Youtube channel
This channel explores mind/body and practical approaches to supporting people with ME/CFS, Long Covid, fibromyalgia, and POTS. Click to access a collection of inspiring recovery stories from these conditions.
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SIRPA recovery stories
A playlist of all the recovery stories from people who have been helped by the SIRPA Approach.
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Ellie Brennan Recovery Blog
The Long Covid recovery journey of Ellie Brennan (@theelliebrennan).
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Jim Prussack’s Youtube channel
Recovery stories on Jim Prussack’s Youtube Channel, Healing Chronic Somatic Symptoms – The Pain PT.
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Lightning Process recovery stories
Thousands of recovery stories from those who’ve used the Lightning Process to change their lives and health.
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Gupta Program recovery stories
Find inspiration in the courageous stories of people who once stood where you stand now, people who reclaimed their lives, one step at a time.
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DNRS recovery stories
This website includes stories of patients that have recovered using the DNRS approach.
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CFS Recovery Transformations
Watch and Listen to 70+ recovery testimonials from real people who share their journey with CFS and CFS Recovery.
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CFS Health recovery stories
A playlist of all the recovery stories from people who have been helped by the CFS Health program.
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Randi Størseth documentary
What on Earth is going on? An undeniable truth. A contribution to living without ME / CFS – There are ways out, and this was ours.
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Reset To Thrive recovery stories
This Youtube channel includes stories of patients that have recovered using the Reset To Thrive approach.
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Primal Trust recovery stories
This Youtube channel has healing & transformation interviews of people who used the Primal Trust method.
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Dr. Liz Nicki recovery story
Dr. Liz Nicki shares her recovery story in a video called “Remission in ME/CFS and Related Illnesses Using Neuroplasticity”.
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Trajectoires de rémission
Témoignages francophones d’anciens malades EM/SFC et Covid long dont la trajectoire a évolué. Partages d’expériences vécues, sans promesse ni protocole.
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From Bedbound to 5K: Pam’s Long COVID Recovery Journey
After contracting COVID in 2024, Pam experienced severe symptoms. When traditional medicine offered no answers, Pam took her power back. In this interview, she reveals the exact “mind-body” toolkit she used to regulate her nervous system and find safety in…
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Stichting Emovere – Ervaringsverhalen
Lees hier de waargebeurde verhalen van jongeren en volwassenen die door een emotioneel-oorzakelijke benadering succesvol zijn hersteld van onbegrepen chronische pijn en andere aanhoudende lichamelijke klachten.
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SO Long Covid
This podcast series explores recovery stories from Long Covid and other chronic conditions, highlighting insights from modern neurobiology and pain therapy.
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Crushing Doubt – Pain sufferers testimonials
In this deeply personal conversation, Anni Crofut interviews Dr. Dan Ratner, a leading expert in mind-body treatment, about chronic pain, neuroplastic symptoms, and what it truly takes to recover.
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Interview of Fiona Symington
Dr. Furlan interviews Fiona Symington, a person who lived with chronic pain for 25 years, and found relief through brain retraining techniques.
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Dr Tara Putnam’s Recovery Story
Felicity Read’s interviews Dr. Tara Putnam, PhD in Educational Leadership. She shares her lived experience navigating COVID, possible Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and the deeper nervous system impacts that unfolded.
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The Optimum Health Clinic case studies
Patient telling about their recovery and improvement following the protocols of The Optimum Health Clinic.
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Freya’s recovery story
A recovery story from severe ME/CFS. Making sense of psychosomatic symptoms from a psychoanalytic and evidence-based patient perspective.
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Georgia’s recovery story
After contracting COVID, Georgia spent many months in bed suffering from debilitating neurological symptoms, fatigue, and other issues. She was beginning to despair about her future until she heard from friends about how the Lightning Process had helped them recover…
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Maya Lombarts’ recovery story
Maya Lombarts Fibromyalgia Recovery Story: How I Went From Chronic Illness To Feeling Great!
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Louise McAllan’s story
Louise McAllan invites us into a transformative exploration of chronic pain and functional symptoms, showing that pain isn’t always caused by injury or illness but by the brain sounding an alarm in response to stress, trauma, and suppressed emotions.
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Children and teens recovery stories
A playlist with recovery stories of younger people, children and teenagers.
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Donna Shaw’s Youtube channel
Welcome to Long Covid with Donna — a channel dedicated to sharing recovery stories, almost recovered stories, hope and practical advice for living with and healing from Long Covid.
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Dani Fagan’s story
A recovery story about chronic pain and self-love.
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The Chrysalis Effect recovery stories
This website includes stories of patients that have recovered using the The Chrysalis Effect approach.
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Anayas’ recovery story
The doctor told me surely the most famous of all CFS one-liners: “95% of people do not recover, so don’t get your hopes up.” My response was “Well, I am one of the 5% and I will recover!”
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Mind Your Body by Nicole Sachs
Mind Your Body shares evidence-based practices that can help readers suffering from chronic pain and other chronic conditions. Each chapter starts with a patient story.
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Flippin’pain
The following stories are from real people. Learning the science behind persistent pain helped them to improve, and in many cases, start the journey to recovery.
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Tanja Degitz’s story – The Healing Space
This episode is about Tanja Degitz’s story of healing chronic pain which include symptoms like low back pain, hip, arm, hands pain, fibromyalgia, IBS and interstitial cystitis.
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Hundreds of Recoveries, One Common Thread with Raelan Agle
In this episode of the Link Mind Like Body podcast, Raelan Agle shares what she’s learned from thousands of hours of interviews with chronic symptom experts and people around the world who have made full recoveries.
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What Does Long Term Recovery Look Like?
In this episode of the Link Mind Like Body podcast, Laura Seago interviews Susan, Nathan and Fiona on their recovery journeys from chronic migraine, chronic back pain, and ME/CFS.
Do you want to share your own story or a collection of stories?
Our vision
We recognize there is a range of disorders such as chronic fatigue conditions and post-covid conditions, that are debilitating and can restrict people’s lives, but which are often helped by various “mind body” interventions.
We aim to inspire hope and work collectively to help those isolated, frightened, and suffering with these conditions.
We respect that there is a spectrum of recovery, but we believe the dominant message, that this is a permanent condition with no cure, is harmful to people with such conditions.
We believe:
- These are awful conditions and people feel lost with very little guidance.
- There is science to explain mind-body disorders and many can recover.
- Recovery narratives, explanations for persistent physical symptoms, and mind-body techniques can help people find their own routes to improvement and recovery.
Why this website?
Our initial step is to create a recovery wall of existing personal recovery stories.
The aim is to show that it is possible to recover, and to illustrate these potential pathways.
We also want to encourage communication and collaboration between existing groups which are aiming to help through a broader understanding of the biology of these conditions.
A note on safety and transparency
The information on this website is purely informative and shows personal experiences. It does not constitute medical advice, treatment advice, or a diagnosis. You should always consult a healthcare professional before making decisions about your health.
The Recovery Channel® is fully independent and non-commercial. We do not sell any products or services, and we are not affiliated with any companies or programs.