ME er ingen synlig sykdom, man kan faktisk se veldig godt ut, ja noen dager til og med bedre enn før. Det kan være frustrerende for andre at man ikke ser dårligere ut, og frustrerende at det er en del ting man kan gjøre på gode dager mens man ikke orker noe når overskuddet er borte.

Angsten er hemmende og begrenser livskvaliteten veldig.

Ditt unike reaksjonsmønster fra situasjon til situasjon skjer på autopilot. Og det skjer gang etter gang. Inntil du, gjennom tilstedeværelse, oppdager mønsteret ditt og velger å bryte det.

Langsom, dyp innpust og utpust gir kroppen energi. Stort sett er det altfor lite fokus på hvor mye pusten betyr for menneskets helse og velbefinnende.

Vi har i en lang periode vært mest opptatt av det som skjer utenfor vår kropp. Vi har stolt på noe utenfor oss selv, og har også søkt hjelp alle mulige andre steder enn hos oss selv.

Boken har gjort at jeg har kunnet fylle tiden min på en positiv måte. Den har holdt mitt humør og troen på fremtiden oppe. Jeg er ikke bare syk, jeg er også frisk!

I must forgive and forget but I just can't. I simply can't! When I'm having the very nicest thoughts, the black ugly past comes flooding in like a nightmare. And it's ruined my whole day already.

I can't understand how they can possibly still love me and still want me but they do!

Everybody's been storytelling except me. I don't have any stories worth telling.

They simply won't or can't or don't want to listen, and we kids keep winding up back in the same old frustrating, lost, lonely corner with no one to relate to either verbally or physically.

I'm afraid to live and afraid to die

The same old dumb teachers teaching the same old dumb subjects in the same old dumb school.

The last few years have been hell. Absolute hell. If it wasn't for the love of my mum and dad and my darling daughter, I don't know how I'd have survived.

He was a bad boy and I should have run a mile in the opposite direction when we first met.

But sometimes trust isn't someting you can just choose to do even if it makes sense.

And when you can't stand yourself, you don't want people around who are constantly saying how much they love you, because you know you don't deserve it.

"Always look happy to see your man," my mother says, "even if you aren't. Make him feel like a king, and he'll treat you like a queen."

Lots of times in life, the best thing to do is stay silent.

"And Lucy? It is absolutely okay with me if you need to keep some secrets. I've been thinking about this and decided that a best friend is someone who, when they don't understand, they still understand."

"There's something else you need to know. I'm not just your friend. I am completely in love with you."