Louise Hay

[Guest guest]

Hello

Many years ago I was introduced to Louise Hay and found her work interesting

and helpful. Using some of her interpretations I was able to alter some

supposingly minor health issues I was experiencing at the time. Her guidance

enabled me to strengthen my connection to my mind and body experience and

alter some deep emotional issues. This kept me going for almost a decade. I

found myself in those years and grew to be content with me and all my

foibles. It lessened all my fears.

In the end I was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder. All those years of

mind and body connection work I believe prepared me for what came my way in

1997. I stroked out after jogging three miles and a 30 minute yoga routine.

Finally I was diagnosed and a tumor (Pheochromocytoma) removed along with one

adrenal gland. The biopsy report came back to state that it was

narcleptic(sp?), meaning that it had grown and died many times over a period

of many years. My doctor said to me...this means you have had this tumor all

those years you were battling panic, anxiety and depression. What ever you

were doing kept you alive. To this day my doctor reminds me that somehow I

kept my self alive because he has never treated another person with my

disease who reports the same history of events or presented a tumor that

characterized so many years of life and death cycles...

Recently I went to see a clairvoyant...hoping to gain some insight into my

future as I prepare myself to live well with a rare disease. I offered her

little about my medical history. She came down hard on me for my health

issues. (I walk funny from the stroke I had three years ago.) I knew she was

headed down the path of guilt and despair. I got up and walked out. In that

moment I knew that illness and guilt did not belong together... for me.

My conclusions, Louise Hay's work introduces us to some interesting concepts.

They are not developed or evolved yet. Illness has many base camps. It is

dangerous for us to believe we have that much control over our existence. We

must consider the environment issues and our genetic makeups. So like most

things Louise's philosophy opens up an interesting door and within it lies a

seed of destruction to the human spirit. It is just too easy for someone to

judge another is this way. Life is just not that easily explained, formulated

or bottled.

To live with an illness is the experience. It is serving some purpose we may

come to understand and know and than..... we may not.

For me it has become about living responsibly and authentically and

compassionately. It has set me on a path that is mine alone. It has taught me

to have a sense of myself that leaves me never alone as a travail this road

of living well with an illness.

So I thank Louise for the experience of her work. That experience contributed

to my wellness. I caution people about its place in our understanding of

ourselves and health challenges.

The work that goes on here, in this particular group, resonates higher with

me than any other work I have done or do right now. It represents the best of

the human experience for me. Always striving to learn and develop and grow.

Compassion and respect for the human spirit and a dedication to the

empowerment of the individual. Living and learning responsibly.

In peace....

Louise

[Guest guest]

Very well said, Louise.

Deb

[Guest guest]

Dear Chris;

THank you for your resopnse regarding Louise Hay, and then

going on to discuss illnes as a journewy of learning that is not only of the

body but of the intellect as a help toward maturity if one permits, the

emotions in that not being in control brings up all kinds of feelings that

hopefully one may learn to deal with, and finally spiritually. I think

Louise Hay realizes there is much priritual growth to be found in

perceptions of illness as well as coping with one, though I chose ways which

diverge from her way of thinking. Hopefully, I don't always throw out the

baby with the bath water anymore, that is, judge the whole by some of its

parts which I may not like. Anyway, I really liked what you said. Thanks

Peace and

Light,

'

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It is true that certains problems affect your swallowing.

I also get spasms more often when I am nervous or when I have problems of

any kind.

In the beginning, before I knew I had A, doctors told me that the problem

was in my head.

They even wanted me to go to a psychologist.

Because they had turned me inside out and never came up with anything, I

started to believe them.

But after a while the problems went away but the spasms didn't.

I would be so happy if A could go away by listening to such a 'doctor', but

I've been through too much to believe it's nothing but fairytales.

The only thing I believe in is medicine and skilled doctors ...

>From: " lilyklavier " <lilyklavier@...>

>Reply-achalasia

>achalasia

>Subject: Louise Hay

>Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 17:43:23 -0000

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>Has anyone had any experience with trying to heal achalasia

>psychologically? I'm personally quite sceptical about the idea but a

>friend of mine keeps urging me to read " You Can Heal Your Life " by

>Louise Hay. Apparently all " dis-eases " are caused by negative

>emotions, and by simply changing our thought patterns any " dis-ease "

>can be cured. I happen to also suffer from anxiety, which fits in

>perfectly with creating a dis-ease for myself that prevents me from

>swallowing. Apparently if I deal with my negative emotions I will be

>able to swallow normally once more.

>

>Now to me this sounds like a load of rubbish, so I looked up Louise

>Hay hoping to find numerous people calling her a crackpot, but to the

>contrary everyone is glowing about her. If so many people feel this

>way perhaps Louise Hay is right about something? Especially as the

>cause of achalasia is unknown, and I DO find my swallowing is

>affected by anxiety.

>

>I don't know if I really believe that I can actually be " cured " , but

>I feel that maybe it could improve my symptoms? I am just wondering

>if anyone has tried anything like this of the sort? And I'm also

>curious to know how many people with achalasia have any sort of

>anxiety issues?

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Hi Lilly,

Tooo many of us have been misdiagnosed because it is so easy to say 'it's all in the mind'!! Sure we all admit that stress makes it worse because of an automatic tightening of your muscles when you are stressed or upset and sure if you can control your stress then you can control some of the pain and symptoms, BUT it is not going to make it all go away if there is already some physical nerve damage and damage to the oesophagus. That is fairy land !

Some of the group have found that anti-depression medication in low doses helps with spasms, but that does not make it a psychosomatic condition.

Have you definitely been diagnosed as having A ?

Joan

Louise Hay

Has anyone had any experience with trying to heal achalasia psychologically? I'm personally quite sceptical about the idea but a friend of mine keeps urging me to read "You Can Heal Your Life" by Louise Hay. Apparently all "dis-eases" are caused by negative emotions, and by simply changing our thought patterns any "dis-ease" can be cured. I happen to also suffer from anxiety, which fits in perfectly with creating a dis-ease for myself that prevents me from swallowing. Apparently if I deal with my negative emotions I will be able to swallow normally once more.Now to me this sounds like a load of rubbish, so I looked up Louise Hay hoping to find numerous people calling her a crackpot, but to the contrary everyone is glowing about her. If so many people feel this way perhaps Louise Hay is right about something? Especially as the cause of achalasia is unknown, and I DO find my swallowing is affected by anxiety. I don't know if I really believe that I can actually be "cured", but I feel that maybe it could improve my symptoms? I am just wondering if anyone has tried anything like this of the sort? And I'm also curious to know how many people with achalasia have any sort of anxiety issues?