Comments by "Susan Mercurio" (@susanmercurio1060) on "Spontaneous Recovery - The Body's Power to Heal from Cancer and Chronic Disease" video.

  1. My primary care doctor found a lump in my breast and I just told it to go away. I was on the brink of getting custody of my grandchildren and I just didn't have time to have cancer. The next time I went to the doctor, it was gone. She was completely baffled, but I didn't tell her what I had said because I was afraid that she would think I was crazy.
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  2. Congratulations on your 7 years of sobriety! 🎉
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  3. That's a good suggestion. Maybe Academy of Ideas doesn't want to offend powerful forces?
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  4. Sadly, my mother, for reasons of family dynamics, didn't want to be pregnant with me but I came along anyway. She was very young (married; my father had just come back from WWII) and she blamed me. My earliest memories were of her gaslighting me. The very earliest memory was of her saying such things about me that, as a tiny girl, I said to myself, "I'm not that little girl. I'm this little girl. I'm...ME." I knew that there was nothing wrong with me. I knew that she was wrong. Psychologists say that the child will always blame themselves because they can't admit that their parents are wrong. That's not true. It didn't happen to me. I am so glad that I was able to see through the bullshit that early in my life. I have kept that belief since then: I am ME.
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  5.  @YeeWhoEnterHere  I also have C-PTSD. I'm glad I didn't blame myself, but I didn't escape harm-free. I don't think I will ever "recover" but I can live without the pain.
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  6.  @mercedesdunn2314  Yes, cysts can occur in your cycle, but it wasn't a cyst. I've had those. This was different.
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  7. I would love to support Academy of Ideas but I live on a limited income and I'm already giving more than I can afford to independent journalists and some animal rescue organizations.
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  8. I am trying this for my C-PTSD.
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