I'm Under House Arrest!

http://www.AnneLipscomb.com
For four months now, I've been almost completely housebound due to severe seasonal allergies, which greatly exacerbate my preexisting illness. During such times, I not only have to make a tremendous effort to alleviate my symptoms, but I must also summon a like vigilance in order to keep my spirits up. This is no short order, but in my video I'm Under House Arrest, I'll share with you one of the techniques that has helped me achieve this lately.

It is not easy to live life while coping with a chronic illness and overcoming powerlessness. I hope my story of overcoming adversity will help you to triumph over your own adversity and overcome any obstacle that may show up in your own path. Please feel free to visit my website and watch my movie there. It is a short documentary about living with mcs.

Then read my book. It will give you a new perspective on what is possible in the face of adversity. I hope that my story may be of help to you.

About my book, Poisoned By Pollution....
I write to you from the perspective of illness. Sickness imposes limitations. They alter but they need not define me. My perspective, as a result, is a hopeful and enlarged one. It is a story of overcoming adversity.

For a long time I used to go to bed feeling as if I lived in a prison. My chemical illness had closed off my world. This illness no longer writes my life. I have become my own author. The story of how this came to be is one I want to share. This book is not just a re-telling of my illness. It is also the story of how I came to be this new person, with a newly expanded expression of my soul, and then, a writer of my life.

Writing my book (Poisoned by Pollution) while sick was a challenge. I've spent too many days and too many years lying in bed feeling like poisons were coursing through me. For years, I could not even read or write without growing dizzy and nauseated. Sometimes I would talk into a tape recorder instead. Or I would write a few sentences, then close my eyes until the dizziness and nausea subsided before continuing on. At one point I almost died when my digestive troubles worsened so much that I couldn't hold down food or water, which led to my body being in a starvation state with my organ systems shutting down. The road to my book has been long indeed. I hope through this video and my book, and more to come, that I may help you on your path of discovery and reclaiming your life.

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[MissCharlotteGrey]

Hehe...Very funny. Now if you just happened to have MCS and diabetes, the dessert even is not such a good idea!

I appreciate your effort enjoy life despite such a difficult illness. But in true honesty, I don't think you are convinced. I think you reach a point of feeling horrible where...well, you just feel horrible. It is hard to decide whether attempting a 'cheer-me-up' will be counter productive.

Often, it makes me feel guilty for feeling like I should be feeling (which is sad).