Nadja, from Germany, describes contracting Covid in 2022 (mild acute illness) but developing prolonged, worsening symptoms that left her severely disabled — unable to walk stairs or leave her flat, and not helped by conventional medical care or a post-Covid rehab. She began the Gupta Program, which restored hope through education about neuroplasticity and self-directed, small-step practices. Over time she regained physical function (walking short distances, climbing to her third-floor apartment unassisted), reduced overstimulation in social settings, and regained quality of daily life.
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My name is Nadia. I'm from Germany. And before I caught Covid two years ago, I led a really active lifestyle. I was traveling around a lot. I was meeting my friends basically all over the world. I caught Covid 2022, and it was a mild infection, but still it took me quite some time to get over the fever and the coughing and stuff. When I started working for weeks after that, I already felt something was not right. And it kind of like just worsened from there. And I just never found back to health. And at one point, I could hardly walk. I couldn't make it from my apartment in the third floor down and up. And I felt something was really not right at all. And the doctors I saw, they didn't really know how to help me. I went to see different specialists also for like long Covid specialists. And actually the worst point in the whole journey was when I tried to do a rehab for post Covid and it didn't work out for me at all whatsoever. Like, after that, my friends had to pick me up with a wheelchair because I could hardly make a few meters. And they carried me up to my apartment. So. And I was stuck there for months. That was like, yeah, really, really bad time for me. This is when I started the, the Gupta program. Well, the first thing I definitely noticed is was that I. My spirits kind of lifted because I, I had hope. And I admit it just made so much, so much sense to me, like, the explanation and how to overcome. Because, like, being a teacher, I definitely believe in learning and neuroplasticity. Neuroplasticity, how do you say it? The brain being able to learn and to change. And I was really happy that finally found something that I could do, something even it was very small steps. I felt differences. Like, especially when I came into a dip, I wouldn't panic anymore and think, oh, no, I'm just getting worse. I'm just getting worse. That's what I was thinking before. And that was a change because I thought, okay, it's part of the process. I'm here now, but I'm just going to float through this and eventually I'll get out. So that kind of shifted the way I looked at things. And that really helped me also to stay positive and hopeful, which is helpful altogether, of course. Yes. And for my physical symptoms, one of the biggest problems for me is walking. Like, my legs just, the muscles have some problems. And I had like, sensations all over my legs when I was walking too far, which could have been like 100 meters was too far. And when I started doing the rounds, like right after that. Sometimes, not every time, but sometimes I could really feel how everything calmed down and I didn't have further problems. One big milestone for me, like after being bound to my flat, was being able to be outside again. And like, the next really big, big stepstone or milestone after that was being able to come back to my apartment, which is in the third story by myself. Like, I used scratches, but I made it. And so I was really happy about this, like, okay, I can do this. And noticing my legs felt normal for part of the time. And that was a really nice, nice thing. That also gave me hope that eventually this will be normal altogether. It was challenging for me to meet friends, like more than half an hour or an hour. I was completely overstimulated, overwhelmed by that. And now I can just spend an afternoon with a friend. I can go out for dinner with somebody. And this is also a big milestone. And most of my day kind of feels, yeah, much better, more quality.
