Id love to contact people who are recovering as this is just the stage I am at!Having been severely affected for 3plus yrs,I had Reverse Therapy and am now much much better,though still needing to pace and still living with one foot in the well world as you say!

I still am not well enough to work and need to consider a career change from teaching,but fell quite afraid of going back into the well world again!For me there has been a certain safety in being so ill as there was just no question of me being able to do anything other than exist from day to day-so I identify immediately with the points you write.