Jul 1, 2026 · 1 hr 11 min · 14 segments
On this episode of We're Out of Time, host Richard Taite sits down with Dr. Alex Howard, internationally recognized trauma therapist, author, and founder of the Optimum Health Clinic, for a raw…
Alex HowardGuest
Richard TaiteHost
You know, I think like a lot of people that end up doing this work, life had a different plan, and I suffered for seven years from my mid-teens to my early 20s with, uh, ME, otherwise known as, as chronic fatigue syndrome.
And, you know, the first couple of years was really waiting for someone else to find the answers and going to see many different medical experts and s- in time also people specializing in sort of mind, body, and psychology and so on.
I then sort of reached a point, I, I wasn't, I wasn't as far as practically planning how I was gonna end my life.
I reached a point that I was so desperate that it didn't feel like life was worth continuing, and I think like-
What got so bad to where you wanted to kill yourself, and how old were you at this, at this point?
So I was 18, and I was two years into this chronic illness that, that I was suffering from.
ME, or known as chronic fatigue syndrome, and primary symptoms of that are totally debilitating fatigue, uh, muscle pains, dizziness, and, you know, like a s- a s- a fatigue that is so debilitating that you can't function, but then often what happens is-
Um, you know, one way I sometimes describe it is that it's how you would feel if you hadn't slept and you hadn't stopped working for days on end, but that's how you felt, you feel after a, a full night's sleep.
You know, I think like a lot of people that end up doing this work, life had a different plan, and I suffered for seven years from my mid-teens to my early 20s with, uh, ME, otherwise known as, as chronic fatigue syndrome.
And, you know, the first couple of years was really waiting for someone else to find the answers and going to see many different medical experts and s- in time also people specializing in sort of mind, body, and psychology and so on.
I then sort of reached a point, I, I wasn't, I wasn't as far as practically planning how I was gonna end my life.
I reached a point that I was so desperate that it didn't feel like life was worth continuing, and I think like-
What got so bad to where you wanted to kill yourself, and how old were you at this, at this point?
So I was 18, and I was two years into this chronic illness that, that I was suffering from.
ME, or known as chronic fatigue syndrome, and primary symptoms of that are totally debilitating fatigue, uh, muscle pains, dizziness, and, you know, like a s- a s- a fatigue that is so debilitating that you can't function, but then often what happens is-
Um, you know, one way I sometimes describe it is that it's how you would feel if you hadn't slept and you hadn't stopped working for days on end, but that's how you felt, you feel after a, a full night's sleep.
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Estranged father finally apologizes to his son
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