306: Exploring Covid-Related Brain Fog + Fatigue with Kyle Davies

<p class="p1"><span class="s1">NOTE: This episode is not medical advice. If you have questions about COVID, consult your doctor.</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Welcome back to Therapy Chat! This week host</span> <span class="s2">Laura</span> <span class= "s1">Reagan welcomes returning guest Kyle Davies back to the show.</span> <span class="s2">Laura</span> <span class="s1">and Kyle discuss their experiences recovering from COVID and some of the long term symptoms of fatigue and brain fog that they and others they know have experienced. Kyle shares his perspective on COVID and how he has used similar techniques to those he practices with people who have chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia and other chronic illnesses to help reduce such symptoms. </span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Kyle's bio:</span></p> <p class="p3"><span class="s1">I spent 5 years at 2 universities studying academic psychology. When I left I trained and volunteered as a telephone counsellor for a helpline for carers of sufferers of dementia and got a real taste of the discomforts life can bring.</span></p> <p class="p3"><span class="s1">But my real passion to understand and reduce human suffering stemmed from my own struggles with anxiety, depression, and other symptoms.</span></p> <p class="p3"><span class="s1">During my late teens and early twenties, I was plagued with bouts of intense anxiety and depression which impacted my education, career, relationships and social life. I tried a variety of therapies; some helped a little, some were totally pointless. As I moved into my mid-twenties, my symptoms began to recede. I was intrigued and keen to understand what exactly it was that I had done that had contributed to my ‘recovery’ at that time. I’d been playing with breathing and getting out of my overly active mind, but there was more to it than that.</span></p> <p class="p3"><span class="s1">At the time I was working as a psychologist in management consulting, so I decided to train in a variety of therapeutic modalities and opened m