I found this book in Michelle’s casita. It was Yvonne’s book when she was terminally ill. I was curious to read it because I just went through three days of sleep deprivation, eye infection, intense vomiting from food poisoning. I remember how aware and unable to not be unware I was of my body sensations when I was vomiting.
Chapter 1 & 2: how the author got chronic fatigue
After reading her story of catching a virus on a plane then exacerbating it by going to work which involves mental and physical stress, I felt wary of any clues like this in the future.
Chapter 3: buddhist view of sickness
This was my first time learning about the four noble truths in Buddhism. The first is that in human life, the default is there is a lot of things that are problematic compared to the ideal. The second is that when humans want things specific ways, that creates more the feeling of dissatisfaction, because the reality is getting farther from the ideal. The third I forgot. The forth is there are ways to reduce dissatisfaction, in speech, action, etc. There are 8 ways. I feel like this is a comprehensive chain of thought about recognizing a problem, trying to find its roots, trying to cure it.