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You can watch "Unrest" now on Netflix streaming. In this excellent film, Jennifer Brea, the filmmaker who has ME/CFS, turns the camera on herself. She shows what it's like living with this terrible illness. She also shows how the illness affects her relationship with Omar, her husband. Even though the film is sad in places, I found it ultimately validating and even uplifting.
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jan96753 jackie00198
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Im not sure I'm ready to watch that yet . Is it more sad than uplifting ?
maureen65552 jan96753
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It's upsetting to watch. I cried a good few times.
I'm housebound and bed ridden most of the time.
Made me realise just how vulnerable we all are.
There's some uplifting bits but there's no miracle cures.
I am so glad it's on Netflix and I got to watch it.
I hope loads of people watch it.
jackie00198 jan96753
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That's impossible for me to say. Ultimately, we each just have to make our own decisions about watching. The most powerful part of the film for me was the knowledge that I am not alone. I'm so isolated in my life because I'm housebound. My friends and even my extended family have fallen away. In a sense, the film has shown me that I have another kind of family--others around the world with ME/CFS-- and that I am not alone.
maureen65552 jackie00198
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I watched it last night on NF after you mentioned it on here! thanks
bettybetter jackie00198
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It's great that this documentary has been made and shown so widely so that it's really accessible. I can see some people here liked it, which is great. But I really didn't get much from this at all. I have been left feeling frustrated by it and pretty disappointed. I don't really get what the underlying message was and I feel it was a little self indulgent at times. I also think there was too much focus on the severe end of the illness- which I am assuming is not where the majority of sufferers lie. Maybe that's just a personal thing as I am not experiencing it severely (thankfully) but I didn't feel I was represented in this film at all. I wanted so much from this but it really didn't give me anything