Live Landmark

Live Landmark  https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_Landmark  is a previous journalist and a ME-patient from Norway. She recovered with Lightning Process in 2007 and became practitioner.

Her story is published in the book «Wake me when its over – diagnosis ME»  https://www.cappelendamm.no/_vekk-meg-nar-det-er-over-live-landmark-hilde-wohni-joakimsen-9788282201391   in 2009 where all the royalty go directly to Doctors Without Borders. https://www.msf.org

She has been a public speaker advocating a biopsychosocial approach to ME since 2010 and called for research on Lightning Process in 2016   https://tidsskriftet.no/en/2016/03/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-and-experience-lightning-process

In 2020 her research group received funding for « A 3-day intervention for CFS/ME in adults: a randomised controlled trial». https://prosjektbanken.forskningsradet.no/#/project/NFR/312152/Sprak=en  and she became a phd student in psychology on NTNU  https://www.ntnu.no/studier/phsv    .

The study will have 100 patients with CFS/ME attending Lightning Process and evaluate effect on pysical function, fatigue, pain, PWM, wellbeing, quality of life and return to work after the 3 day seminar.

The study is already controversial both because it is a waiting list trial, commonly used to measure effects in studies on psychologiocal treatments, only 10 weeks with a controll group, but also because there are only subjective outcome measures.

The research project have received supprt from the Norwegian Directorate of Health, the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration and the National Competence service for CFS/ME. The research group consist of

Professor Leif Edward Ottesen Kennair, NTNU. https://www.ntnu.no/ansatte/leif.edward.kennair

Professor Mons Bendixen, NTNU. https://www.ntnu.no/ansatte/mons.bendixen

Professor Egil Andreas Fors, NTNU  https://www.ntnu.no/ansatte/egil.a.fors

Professor Silje Endresen Reme, UiO. https://www.sv.uio.no/psi/personer/vit/siljerem/

Professor Vegard Bruun Bratholm Wyller https://me-pedia.org/wiki/Vegard_Bruun_Wyller

The research group cooperate with Haukeland University Hospital with neurologist Jone Owe (phd)  https://helse-bergen.academia.edu/JoneOwe?subdomain=helse-bergen  and the National Institute of Public Health with Professor Per Minor Magnus  https://www.fhi.no/div/forskningssentre/senter-for-fruktbarhet-og-helse/ansatte/per-magnus/   The research group also have a cooperation with University of Bristol with professor Esther Crawley https://me-pedia.org/wiki/Esther_Crawley .

Live Landmark was also one of the first members of recovery Norway, and organisation initiated by medical doctor Henrik Vogt, phd  https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recovery_Norge   Recovery Norway is an organisation consisting of people that have recovered from ME/CFS or other illnesses  https://www.recoverynorway.org  .

People have been reporting both improving and worsening after Lightning Process  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lightning_Process  but there have been few studies.

The first study was a qualitative study with 9 young people with CFS/ME where 7 improved, and 2 had no effect and one felt worse. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22989369/  The lead author, was professor Silje Endresen Reme.

There has been one randomised controllet trial on 100 young people with CFS/ME attending Lightning Process, where they reported positive effects on all measurements and no seroius side effect  https://adc.bmj.com/content/103/2/155. The study has been controversial https://me-pedia.org/wiki/SMILE_trial

In 2011, a 13-year-old boy attempted suicide after attending her LP course. [1]

NOT TRUE: THE ARTICLE STATES THE NAME OF THE PRACTITIONER _ AND THIS IS NOT LIVE LANDMARK.

She has later stated that she hasn't heard about any negative experiences after her courses. [2] NOT TRUE. SHE SAYS SHE DO NOT HER MUCH FROM THE PEOPLE THAT DO NOT RECOVER;

She has also stated that she "hates" the ME-diagnosis, among other things because it gives the patients access to disability payments. [3]

NOT TRU: SHE SAYS HER HEART BLEEDS FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE STILL HAVING ME- AND SHE HATE THE DIAGNOSE BECAUSE IT GIVE THE IMPRESSION YOU CAN NOT RECOVER.

Live Landmark is a controversial Norwegian Lightning Process practitioner and a co-founder of Recovery Norway.

In 2011, a 13-year-old boy attempted suicide after attending her LP course. She has later stated that she hasn't heard about any negative experiences after her courses. She has also stated that she "hates" the ME-diagnosis, among other things because it gives the patients access to disability payments.