Practicing Acceptance & Surrender Inside PEM

This short recording offers grounding words and mantras of radical acceptance for people with ME/CFS, long-COVID, and other chronic illness flares. It invites you to soften around the fear. You can say the phrases with me or simply let them drift through you. For when you’re locked into state of fear or grief, may this track be a soft companion.

Transcript

Hello friend,

Welcome.

This recording is for when you're inside of the experience of PEM or crash or just feeling scared and sad that what you're feeling right now might never pass.

If you have the energy you can softly repeat the affirmations that resonate with you.

And if not you can just listen and let the words wash over you.

Everything here is an invitation so you can take what fits and leave what doesn't.

You can always rest,

Pause,

And come back later.

I'll repeat the affirmations twice so you can repeat after me.

Let's begin.

I've been here before.

I've been here before.

These sensations are information.

My body is responding to overload.

My body is responding to overload.

That doesn't mean this is forever.

I don't have to like this to let it be here.

I don't have to like this to let it be here.

I can surrender to the moment,

Not to the illness.

I can surrender to the moment,

Not to the illness.

Even in collapse,

I am still me.

I am allowed to soften.

I am allowed to soften.

Surrender isn't giving up,

It's giving my body less to fight.

I am allowed to soften.

Surrender isn't giving up,

It's giving my body less to fight.

I can rest inside the uncertainty.

I can rest inside the uncertainty.

My body isn't punishing me,

It's protecting me.

My body isn't punishing me,

It's protecting me.

My body isn't punishing me,

It's protecting me.

Thank you,

Body,

For working so hard to keep me alive.

Thank you,

Body,

For trying so hard to keep me alive.

Thank you,

Body,

For trying so hard to keep me alive.

I don't need to fix this right now,

I just need to feel safe enough.

I don't need to fix this right now,

I just need to feel safe enough.

I send love towards the parts of me that are heavy and afraid.

I send love towards the parts of me that are heavy and afraid.

Every exhale is permission to release control.

Every exhale is permission to release control.

It's safe for me to soften around the pain.

It's safe for me to soften around the pain.

It's safe for me to soften around the pain.

This is part of the rhythm,

I am part of the rhythm.

This is part of the rhythm,

I am part of the rhythm.

I am part of the rhythm.

I will let this move through me,

Not define me.

I will let this move through me,

Not define me.

Feel free to stay as long as feels good,

And take good care.

Reviews

Very supportive. Thank you. Gentle words to remind me I'm safe.

Rare to find a mediation that understands PEM and helps appreciate the body for protecting instead of punishing. I needed this today. Thank you 🙏

Thank you, I appreciate you using your energy to spread this comfort. It’s given me some relief today.

Thank you very much, Lou, for this comforting and stabilizing track. 💛