Turid Spildo
“I made many mistakes and I did some things right. I had bad luck as well as good luck, but it turned out well in the end” – a mother´s story
Alex Bermingham
“My whole world and understanding of things had been turned upside down, in the best way possible”
Ann Kristin Kjærnli
“At last, there was somebody who understood. This is why I was on the phone, crying because of the kindness of these strangers”
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.”
Female
“I was 13 years, and had no energy at all, but now I live my life the way I want to”
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”
Celina, Silje og Rune Fylkesnes
“Our daughter learnt how to shift her focus away from the illness, and to replace ‘sickness thoughts’ with ‘healthy thoughts’”
Thomas Overvik (by Randi Størseth)
Documentary: An undeniable truth – a contribution to living free of ME/CFS
Emil, Leif og Lucie Størmer
“Emil learnt to control his focus by himself, and then things improved very quickly”
Female
“Step by step I took my life back. My life’s big turnaround, I call it.”
Hanne Namsvatn
“I was one of the most severe cases of ME, but recovered completely”
Tina Røe Skaar
“The illness experience, and the tools I learnt, made me an Olympic athlete”
Rosi Lovdal
What is ME? A spiral down into unwellness
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”
Espen Utaker (father)
«Our daughter felt that she was more in control over her own situation, that she could now play an active part in her own recovery»
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”
