Carol Ann DuffyThen he started his period. One week in bed. Two doctors in. Three painkillers four times a day. And later a letter to the powers-that-bedemanding full-paid menstrual leave twelve weeks per year.
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This is a completely true story. A woman was having severe menstrual cramps and she couldn't walk without a cane. The pain was so bad that it hurt her to even think about going to bed so she had to get up and do something. When she was finally able to get in bed, one week later, it wasn't any better.
She saw her doctor and he prescribed Vicodin and Advil, but that didn't help either. Her next step was to see a therapist who suggested she try alternative methods. One of the methods he suggested was meditation. She tried meditation but it didn't help at all.
The next step was going to a hypnotherapist who put her in a trance and while he did his thing, she told her story while he wrote out a list of suggestions on a piece of paper. Then he gave the paper back to her and said that the list of suggestions would be placed in an envelope and thrown away after the session. She then went home, put the list into an envelope, and threw it away without telling anyone about the appointment or what the suggestions were. She just kept getting up every morning and falling back asleep at night.
Her husband finally came home one day and asked her if the list of suggestions had helped her at all. She told him that she had gotten up every day for two weeks and fallen back asleep every night without getting out of bed once! He asked her if this would work for him so she got out of bed and fell back asleep again! The next morning when he woke up, his wife's face looked like death warmed over! He said something like "I thought you couldn't sleep at all." And when she told him how well she slept, he asked her what the suggestions were!" She said "I threw them away!" He said "I'm not going to sleep tonight." It didn't take long before they were both sleeping 12 hours straight every night! They also got together with their hypnotherapist and told him how well they slept now and they received a refund for all their sessions with him! Now they still go in every six months for another session but they are no longer paying him any money!
Source: Selected Poems
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