Discovery- the altruism effect.

Altruism - doing things for others.

There are measurable effects on an individual from doing something for others, and it seems that both you and the person benefit. Maybe you even more than the person you're being altruistic towards.

I am seriously fatigued, I cannot stand for more than a few minutes, on most days I am only able to walk very slowly for short distances , when a friend of mine, involved in Riding for the Disabled, asks me to come along and help. I look at her in astonishment as she knew I was ill. “Oh we don’t want you to DO anything, we just want your advice as a physiotherapist, on how best to handle the children."

I went along, sat on the mounting block for an hour, returned home and went to bed for 2 days.

The next week I go along again and after the session, the person leading the group approaches me and starts chatting. She was my introduction to an alternative way of understanding illness and disease and healing methods and ultimately my recovery.

Would this have happened anyway without my willingness to help others even whilst being so sick - how do I know? But ask Lynne McTaggart. She won’t know for sure either but she has seen many, many examples of this in action. She has written a book about it, "The Power of Eight," and it's well worth a read.

Do you even need to leave your home? No, you can join a healing intention group online and even if it doesn’t help you (and I suspect it will) it gives you something worthwhile to do and stops the self focus that so frequently and quite naturally comes with M.E./C.F.S. or any illness.

Resources

Power of Eight Groups - Lynne McTaggart

www.lynnemctaggart.com