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Fibromyalgia's metaphysical message is self-love. Love yourself first, then others. Avoid becoming a martyr. Avoid feeling like focusing on yourself is selfish. Care for your body, your mind, and your spirit - with all of your heart.
You are not your body or your ego or your mind. You are spirit. Your body carries the messages from your spirit. Uncover the source of your emotional/spiritual pain and you will no longer need the messages of the physical pain. Pain occurs to teach us what to do and what not to do. Pain is a message for our growth; our inner guidance. Chronic and recurring pains are important messages for our growth that have not been acknowledged and addressed. You can heal yourself. It’s actually not so mysterious, and it brings the power back into your hands. Your health is a mirror of your relationship to yourself and your body. Don’t believe in incurable dis-ease; instead, believe that illness is an invitation to change your relationship with yourself for the better.
Fibromyalgia is fear showing up as extreme tension due to stress. Fear can have a devastating effect on the body. Investigate any fear in your life (keeping in mind it might be buried so deeply you don’t even know it’s there) and how it might be contributing to your condition. What you believe, you become. If you believe that you are a bad person, your body's cells are 'listening'. If you believe that you are sick, your cells are listening. Likewise, if you believe that you are a beautiful being worthy of love and that you are healthy, your cells are listening. Autoimmune diseases like fibromyalgia occur when the immune system attacks healthy organs and tissue in the body. In other words, the immune system can no longer tell the difference between healthy tissue and harmful substances such as bacteria, viruses, and other pathogens. To those who suffer, this feels like the body no longer recognizes itself, and the cells no longer recognize what is healthy. Think about this for a moment. If one thinks negative, unloving thoughts about the body and yourself, how will the cells know not to similarly attack themselves? What kind of relationship do you think you are creating with yourself and your body if you’re sending negative messages and embracing negative beliefs about yourself?
Some of the emotional or feeling issues associated with fibromyalgia (which can also include chronic fatigue syndrome) can be:
Feeling totally alone
Feelings of desolation
Feelings of despair
Feeling hopeless/”It’s no use.”
Tired of trying to prove yourself
Low self-worth
Losing the will to live (extreme case)
According to medical science, there is no known cause for this disease, but it seems to be accompanied by emotional tension reflected in the knotting up of muscles. When a person is under stress, the body reacts and tenses. Stiffness and pain is felt in the fibrous tissues, usually deep within the muscles, yet there is nothing wrong with the muscles themselves. Stiffness is a result of rigid and stiff thinking. Tension and fear result in the body cramping and gripping. When you feel this pain, say to yourself: "I am relaxed and safe. My mind is flexible and peaceful, and so is my body. I am free of pain, and all is well!”
Stress, anger, fear, grief, anxiety, shame, blame - your body is crying for emotional release. Old stuck emotions are lodged in our tissues, sometimes for a lifetime, if we never get around to addressing them. This happens for a reason – it’s the psyche’s way of protecting us from something we can’t handle at the moment. But if you have chronic pain, it is probably time to go there. So dig deep. Journal, scream, laugh, cry, sing. Let it out. Explore the possible correlation between fibromyalgia and trauma. PTSD. Possible sexual abuse. And get help in the way of energy healing, therapy, massage, craniosacral, acupuncture. Anything that resonates with you and will help you release what needs releasing.
Own your life - past, present, and future. This is your journey. If you believe in reincarnation and past lives, then you likely chose this path to help you grow on a spiritual level. So, explore your past and investigate your present life. Imagine your future free from pain. At all costs, avoid saying “MY fibromyalgia”. Do not let it define you. Don’t use it as a crutch. Use it as an opportunity to grow and evolve.
Some physical treatments that have helped other sufferers:
St. John’s Wort is very relaxing and helps with nerve pain and depression.
Ayurveda (a five-thousand-year-old system of healing with origins in the Vedic culture of ancient India) is a mind-body-spirit approach to holistic health. It teaches that the secret to maintaining good health and longevity is to know your own individual constitution and its unique needs, as well as your present state of health which is always affected by our outer world. Ayurveda is not a one-size-fits-all medical system.
Many people have found avoiding certain foods can help - try eliminating things like coffee, soda, alcohol, smoking, pork, mustard (all kinds), bell peppers, sweet potatoes, yams, winter squash, fermented foods, syrups, large sweet fruits like watermelon, other melons, pineapple, mangos. But our bodies are all different and have different needs when it comes to food so these foods may not be the 'trigger' for you. But it is worth trying to find any food source that makes your problem worse.
Tibetan herbs and teas.
Acupuncture.
Meditation and gentle yoga.
Good luck to you!
