A strong emotion found physical expression faster than a conscious thought had the chance to intervene

From 1999 to 3/2001:

During those years, I still experienced a few individual and increasingly rare initial stimuli. They came in the form of a slight pulling in select areas such as my hands, wrists, arms or feet. Using my exercises, I could stop those stimuli within a few minutes. (Just as one would want to stop a cramp in their calf or foot or a headache as quickly as possible and not sometime later.)

As a result, inflammation, pain, swellings or movement restrictions didn‘t occur anymore.

The harmful tension that had previously made me so sick was something I stopped doing to myself after I healed my RA, as I could feel the first signs of it within my body timely: a reasonably uncomfortable pulling.

With my constant mental growth and the growing pains of progression, I can consciously sense (body & soul) and act (grieve, come to terms with something, decide to avoid or confront, seek help from others). And that before straining, tension has built up to a point where my body falls seriously ill again. My latitude in action is the degree to which I understand and practise my abilities. That is what I identify as suitable for me to prevent rheumatoid arthritis.

With recovery, the issue of rheumatism was over for me. My life raced on, and I forgot the awful time with rheumatoid arthritis.

Until my daughter asked …

At the beginning of 2010, I typed ‘rheumatoid arthritis’ into the computer keyboard for the first time and read about how the disease went on in countless other cases. The result shocked and saddened me.

And for a few seconds, a strong emotion found physical expression:

The familiar, pulling in my hand, spoke up:

“Listen to your soul.”

So I did and had to admit to myself: my body and soul still remembered the fear of the inflammatory pain. I remembered the fear of exhaustion, the effects of medication and inflammation, and the frighteningly unpredictable occurrence of pain and swelling. Again I was afraid of being so ill again and of feeling helpless at the mercy of physical “arbitrariness” like back then.

As I became aware of these thoughts and emotions, I relaxed, and the pulling subsided.

Today, being aware of my sentiences as best as possible is also a part of my prevention of a new case of RA.

The search for meaning in life, for new explanations, happiness, success and self-realization, for life wisdom, does not need a sick body. Even if the actual value of health is often experienced only through losing it and the level of suffering can positively challenge self-experience.

By healing rheumatoid arthritis, I understand the absence of all the discomfort caused by it, allowing me full mobility again. In my view, I choose the right time to begin my HeilÜben exercises to avoid any irreversible damage.

That is why today, I have a healthier and therefore conscious influence on my body than before I healed RA.

The overburdening attempt to force me or compel something through myself, by tensing my body and letting it stay in this tension, got me sick. My alternative now was to be more friendly with myself; thanks to that, I learned to recognize and relieve excessive tension. So I could meet life in a variety of situations with less tension.

Self-help against rheumatoid arthritis is a serious self-development. It also trains other skills, such as motivation and perseverance. These are essential skills for me beyond my healing.

My next post:

Emergence and maintenance of stress-related rheumatoid arthritis from my point of view: the autoimmune disease as a consequence of posture and movement

We’d love to hear from you!

Manja and the HeilÜben team

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