Resources.
This is where we have collected our free downloadable PDF guides and recommendations for external resources.
Welcome
Navigating the internet with functional symptoms can lead you down rabbit holes. But there is a lot of free helpful support and advice out there.
If you have suggestions to add to this page, email us at bodysymptoms@clin.au.dk
Supportive organisations
Associations, networks or charities with helpful resources, patient stories or forums.
- Functional Neurological Disorders: Patient-Led Organisations Learn More
- Fibromyalgia associations across Europe Learn More
- IBS Patient Support Group Learn More
- Pelvic Pain Support Network Learn More
- Pain Association Scotland Learn More
- The Mighty: A patient-led online health community Learn More
- Positively Covid: A recovery orientated long-Covid community Learn More
- Recovery Norway: A collection of recovery stories focussed around CFS/ME Learn More
- Living proof: sharing approaches to recovery from chronic pain and other conditions. Learn More
Bodysymptoms free downloadable PDF Guides
Skills guide: Working with your chronotype.
Coordinate the body’s functions to reduce bodily stress.
Skills guide: Finding your way into physiological rest.
Learn one of the foundational skills of recovery.
Skills guide: STOP exercise.
A 5 minute exercise that can be practiced regularly throughout the day.
All resources (search by category)
Relaxation and Mindfullness for Physical Illness.
Free audio exercises by healthcare professionals from Beaumont Hospital, Dublin
Box breathing with longer exhale.
Try this breathing pattern to reset hyperventilation. If the pattern doesn't work for you at first, don't worry or force your breath. Instead just let the breath and body settle into the pattern at their own rate.
Audio breathing guide for panic.
You may find this video helpful to guide you to lengthen your outbreath in acute stress or panic. Its important not to worry about ‘getting it right’. Instead let the body settle into the sounds and rhythm at its own pace.
