Have you become interstitial cystitis? So bound to the diagnosis, so consumed that health does not factor into your thinking?
When you suffer from the debilitating symptoms of interstitial cystitis, there’s a tendency for any one of us to begin identifying with the symptoms of any disease process, and that includes IC In the end often what happens is you take on the identity of IC as if you have become IC The often phrase “I’m an IC patient”, indicating that the “I” is equivalent to the disease
In essence you are committing your own “self identity fraud”, allowing the disease to become you Identity fraud is when someone assumes your identity They become you in the form of credit card, driver’s license, and social security numbers There’s real theft in such a situation and this can occur with IC
The biggest danger of all? You stop seeing health and focus on disease because it is so “in your face” every day And I’m not saying, don’t pay attention to your body I am saying the focus should be on doing energy work to promote healthy lifestyle patterns of behavior Such things as CCF tea, aloe with or without pomegranite juice, choosing foods appropriate for IC, avoiding incompatible food combinations, looking into targeted herbal therapies, using marma therapy with castor oil These are things that you can focus on for health
Of course the problem with identifying with IC is that you become it Wristbands are created, sweatshirts are worn, and testimonials are written about the disease process Often times these activities are for the sake of getting public awareness about IC and to help garner money support for disease research
But let’s be honest here All the research money that has been raised to pay researchers for working toward understanding the origin of IC as a disease has not alleviated any suffering from the disease and not any closer to understanding the origin of disease from a matter science view
So the question is “How much has been gained by this disease identity fraud?” Your health identity is usurped by a disease called IC and yet you and your friends are no further ahead for it If all the above activities must be done, then everyone should share in doing small amounts
So the biggest danger of all You stop seeing health and focus on disease
If you’re involved in public awareness activities, let someone else do it because as you continue to do this kind of work, you allow your energy to be lost in this non health promoting behavior There is a real subversive nature to these activities that does not lend to your own health
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Stay focused on YOUR health, not IC This is aided by making energy science work a priority in your day Your job besides making a living to have shelter and nourish yourself is to heal IC Period Nothing else is important
Journal everyday about what health looks like to you
If you must read IC threads, try to stop identifying with the symptoms and begin seeing yourself as healthy and free of IC See yourself as someone who used to have IC but no longer bothered by those symptoms In this way you become a wise adviser of energy science principles to those who are still plagued with symptoms and need your help
Meditate morning and evening for 5 min each time Gradually expand this to 20min Sit quietly and use So Hum mantra saying to yourself So on inhalation and Hum on exhalation This reduces mental turbulence and quiets the anxious, fearful, worried, and fretful mind
Have a great week All the best Dr Bill
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