Randi Ribe
«I had whiplash, neck pains and low energy after a car accident. Today I have energy enough to do what I want»
Alex Bermingham
“My whole world and understanding of things had been turned upside down, in the best way possible”
Man & medical doctor
«I suffered from CFS/ME. Since my recovery, I have completed medical school and worked as a doctor – full-time»
Michael Lassen
«My life was a painful hell, but now this back that was unable to stand upright can deadlift 130 kgs»
Vilde Thorsen
«From having to sit in a wheelchair, I can now be active again and go training»
May Elin Game
“I now had the knowledge to understand, the will to accept, and the tools to adjust”
Simon Pimenta
“Never, never give up hope that you can make progress towards your goal of recovery”
Polina Chernomordik
“No magic was involved, no pills or medical stuff. Just my inner power and the power of my brain.”
Dan Neuffer
“My message to all ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia and POTS sufferers is ‘don’t lose hope!'”
Torill Sorkmo
“It has been important for me to feel ownership to my own process. I’ve been my own coach all the way”
Benedicte Grastveit Viggen
“Luckily I am stubborn, and so I decided to disprove the idea that you just have to live with this diagnosis”
Mette Høvern
“I was once one of the most severely ill people in Norway: How I recovered from ME”
Thomas Overvik (by Randi Størseth)
Documentary: An undeniable truth – a contribution to living free of ME/CFS
Oda
«I created a situation where the evidence for what I was worried about, was created by the worries themselves»
Lise Bauck
“If I had let my symptoms stop me, I would never have been able to continue”
Anne Mari Romsaas Fredriksen
“I had to move in with my mother to get care, but now I define myself as recovered”
Marte Jürgensen
“Step by step I took my life back. My life’s big turnaround, I call it”
Bård Stranheim
Burned out. A journey in and out of exile from life.
Rosi Lovdal
What is ME? A spiral down into unwellness
Kristin
“When I read my story today about my illness period, I can hardly believe how bad it was”
Kirsti Dahl Johansen
“For me it became vital to think that I was well, to say I was well”
David Jameson
“The key was realising that my illness and relapses had all happened during times when I didn’t have any work to do, usually after a period of stress”
Bjørne Skarbøe
“I ended up bedbound 24 hours a day, needing help to be fed, but if others could get well…”
Camilla Wiede Hellerud
“So, here I am, never better!”
Thomas Overvik
“I was transferred to a nursing home, laid out in darkness, not leaving bed for 15 months. But then my world view changed radically”
Arild Berg
“To me ME is no great mystery”
Aftur Spildo
«This illness will last for a long time. And why is that? Because I am already prepared to die – inside»
Nina og Svein Erik Høst
“At that moment it was absolutely essential that I was there”
