Laura’s Long-COVID Experience

From Debilitating Symptoms to a Diagnosis of Long-COVID

My life went from great to unbearable in an instant. One moment I was enjoying my job, going to the gym, and loving life after lockdown. The next, I was hit by a huge range of symptoms that started mildly but grew so severe I honestly thought I was dying.

After many terrifying hospital trips ruled everything else out, doctors concluded it must be Long-COVID. I was terrified, stuck, and just wanted to feel like a mum again.

A Glimmer of Hope: Finding the Energy Excellence Course

Just as I was losing hope, a card arrived from my cousin with a single word printed on it: ‘HOPE’.

She recommended the Energy Excellence Course, which had helped her too, and reading how other people had found their own way through it felt like a breath of fresh air. The course helped me understand what was happening to me on a deeper level and gave me a practical, structured way to approach each day.

Three Things I Learned About Managing Long-COVID Each Day

Here are the three things I learned on the course that made the biggest difference to how I approached each day with Long-COVID:

1. Recognising Unhealthy Thought Patterns.

   I hadn’t realised how many unnecessary stressful thoughts I was carrying in the background leading up to getting ill, or how much that was keeping my body on edge. The course helped me notice those thoughts as they happened and taught me a way to interrupt the pattern, which made a real difference to how I approached difficult days.

2. Prioritising Physical Needs.

   One of the simplest but most overlooked reasons for my decline was that I had become dehydrated. The course taught me to prioritise my physical well-being, starting with proper nutrition and hydration, which laid the foundation for everything else I worked on.

3. The Power of Consistency.

   Part of me was worried I had something different and that the course might not work for me. But by consistently applying bits of the course, and then eventually all of it, I found I was able to keep going even when I experienced setbacks along the way.

Where I Am Now

What has stayed with me most is what I learned about noticing my thought patterns, looking after my basic physical needs, and staying consistent, especially on the days that were harder than others.

Thank you so much, Amir & Aliya.