Reverse Therapy

Laurna Killin, 33, from Ayr, solved a sore joint problem by letting out bottled-up emotions

"Ten years ago, my hands became achy in the joints. I was referred for X-rays and it turned out to
be Fibromyalgia, a condition that causes pain in the body's tissues and joints.

I was prescribed painkillers to manage the condition but they were so strong they made me ill, and
I became tired and depressed.

My condition worsened until I was in so much pain I couldn't manage stairs. I needed a stick to walk
and had to take time off my work at a call centre.

Then, two years ago, I heard about Reverse Therapy, which claimed to treat the condition. I booked
an appointment. The therapist, Andy, explained the theory that the holds on to unresolved emotions,
which end up manifesting themselves physically. The treatment is called Reverse Therapy because it
reverses symptoms.

Andy asked me to keep a diary about my feelings, which I'd need to work through with him.

Even after the first treatment I felt so much better I was able to walk without my stick and a month later I stopped taking painkillers. Then over the next six months of monthly sessions, I acknowledged that I'd never recovered from the bullying I'd suffered as a child - mostly for being tall for my age. I'd bottled it up and never even told my parents about it.

It's a year since my last treatment and the pain in my joints has largely gone, except when it rains.
Other than that I feel I'm back in the land of the living and finally have my life back.