Unless you lived it, this is a hard one for many to understand, and it’s called Mattress Island. Mattress Island is a place that becomes someone’s personal, private sanctuary when they are forced to stay in bed more hours than the normal, nighttime sleep hours that people who are healthy enough experience. The chronically ill spend the majority of time in bed not because they truly want to, but because they don’t feel well enough to function optimally, or at least to function enough to live their lives mostly out of bed. Many switch from Mattress Island to Couch Island at any given time, but eventually spend most of their time in their beds—their symptoms are consuming them on so many levels, symptoms that are mostly debilitating. People on Mattress Island have trouble showering, doing basic kitchen chores and even have trouble holding themselves up. Vertigo, dizziness, heart palpitations, fatigue, anxiety, aches, pains, eye blurriness, and brain fog are just a few of the symptoms they may suffer from. Unless someone has lived these symptoms and lived through Mattress Island, it’s nearly impossible to see it with clarity. If someone does see it and has compassion for the ones going through life on and off of Mattress Island, it is a blessing because Mattress Island is not truly respected like it should be. Many people land on Mattress Island part-time, for a couple hours a day, not including nighttime sleep hours, and those couple of hours a day can be hard enough when watching the world hustle and bustle around them. There is a way to get strong, to heal and to leave Mattress Island—countless people have. They found answers when there were none to be found, they applied Medical Medium tools and rose out of the ashes of sickness and healed their mystery chronic illnesses. They arrived in the light of healing and when they look back, they never forget their Mattress Island days. In this episode, you will have new insight and wisdom on the road to healing and what so many have gone through… In this episode… Learn about what it means to be on Mattress Island and why people can’t just “get out of bed” or “get up off the couch.” Discover what it’s like to be in a situation where the bed is your friend and your island. Uncover the difference between someone who’s suffering from chronic illness on Mattress Island versus someone who broke their leg or someone who caught the flu. Learn about the hardships of being on and off of Mattress Island and how keeping the faith is critical because healing and recovery is more than possible. Discover how the longer you are on Mattress Island, the more friends you could lose, and how lonely of a place it can be. Uncover why being on Mattress Island doesn’t mean they need a lot of sleep, and why there’s so much misunderstanding surrounding laying on the bed and couch all day and all night. Learn how people on Mattress Island are more sensitive and more attuned to things that others might not be to. Discover why spiritual guidance from someone who lived or lives on Mattress Island is different than guidance from someone who’s had more freedoms and hasn’t suffered from chronic illness. Uncover how to get off of Mattress Island. All this and more, tune in and don’t miss out on this important episode. You can revisit this episode anytime you need it. For more information visit www.medicalmedium.com