Miguel Bautista’s CFS Recovery ‘recovery jumpstart’

[Dolphin]

An extract from an email from someone who wanted this program highlighted more (but not in a way to promote it):

HIs name is Miguel Bautista. His program is called ‘recovery jumpstart’ and is a form of brain retraining which suggests that there is nothing physically wrong in the bodies of ME/CFS patients but that the issue is purely a ‘hypersensitive nervous system’. He charges 6500 USD to access his program for only one year (and 297USD per month thereafter). In a recent interview with someone else, he admitted that his number one aim for this year is to hit a million dollars

A few links:

1. - an example of Miguel on his YouTube channel


2, A shortened version of the clip in which he reveal his millionaire ambitions:

3. Two reviews by program participants setting out to expose him

 

[NelliePledge]

 

[Arnie Pye]

He charges 6500 USD to access his program for only one year (and 297USD per month thereafter).

Wow.

It sounds as if the creator of this program has been taking lessons from the man who runs LP programs.

 

[NelliePledge]

Wow.

It sounds as if the creator of this program has been taking lessons from the man who runs LP programs.

Snake oil university

 

[Hutan]

It's really amateurish BPS. He chose a distracting background with people walking past, so each stop and start when he fluffs his lines are super obvious.

You aren't having a crash, you are having 'an adjustment period'.
Never mind that you aren't seeing progress in objective measures of recovery, it's your mindset that matters.

Don't worry that one week you can do 5 walks, but the next week you can only do two, or the five walks are really hard. So long as your mindset is right, all will be well.

It's a recipe for running people into long term deterioration.

 

[mango]

You aren't having a crash, you are having 'an adjustment period'.'

Interesting that they use the exact same words and framing as the I Can Thrive program (as told by Niklas Malmquist)...

 

[Hutan]

Bautista says he is from CFS Recovery.

Niklas Malmquist quotes CFS Recovery: (from @mango's link)

"In most brain retraining I have participated in/read about, a crash (period with a lot of symptoms) is an opportunity to learn to calm the nervous system and not react so negatively to the symptoms. In the CFS Recovery programme (available on YouTube), they call crashes 'adjustment periods' and talk about the need to go through such a period (and at the same time calm the nervous system) so you can expand your activity next time. So that's how I look at my crashes. I don't get too excited and basically don't react to the symptoms at all, I just ride out. A big part of the change I've made in the last year is not being afraid and worried about my symptoms. For example, I never think that there is a risk that this symptom will never go away or that I won't come out of the crash."

I don't know if Bautista alone is CFS Recovery, or if CFS Recovery is a bigger organisation.

 

[Sean]

Grifters gonna grift.

 

[EzzieD]

An extract from an email from someone who wanted this program highlighted more (but not in a way to promote it):

HIs name is Miguel Bautista. His program is called ‘recovery jumpstart’ and is a form of brain retraining which suggests that there is nothing physically wrong in the bodies of ME/CFS patients but that the issue is purely a ‘hypersensitive nervous system’. He charges 6500 USD to access his program for only one year (and 297USD per month thereafter). In a recent interview with someone else, he admitted that his number one aim for this year is to hit a million dollars

A few links:

1. - an example of Miguel on his YouTube channel


2, A shortened version of the clip in which he reveal his millionaire ambitions:


3. Two reviews by program participants setting out to expose him

For anyone who, like myself, is unable to see the two embedded Reddit links above, I searched and found the thread, see if this works: www.reddit.com/r/cfs/comments/15i34mh/my_personal_experience_with_cfs_recovery/

The program costs $6500 USD (used to be cheaper when I started) and you were originally told you would have lifetime access to the program until you recovered regardless if your time has expired. However, Miguel has now decided you will have to pay $297 usd a month to keep your access or do a recovery video for free access even if you haven’t recovered. Please note this may or may not influence the future recovery stories you see on his YouTube as people are coerced into doing them do avoid forking out $300 a month.

(My bold.) That would explain the many glowing comments on the above video if you click through to YouTube. So a cynical money-grabbing charlatan preying upon the already minimal finances of desperate people too sick to work, then.

Miguel has gone and bought himself a brand new $200,000 Mercedes that he flaunts all over Instagram and has been hopping from luxury mansions/villas in Columbia partying for weeks. That is where my money is going to.

It breaks my heart that, as with the Lightning Process and other cons, many people will be scared and wanting to BELIEVE that this may be their big hope, so they will hand over what little money they have and potentially make their condition worse by following his 'advice' - just so that this vulture can make his million out of their suffering. It's so despicable that there are no words. .

 

[Sly Saint]

I don't know if Bautista alone is CFS Recovery, or if CFS Recovery is a bigger organisation.

There are several varieties out there that come up regularly on searches. I don't think they are connected but rather individuals cashing in on exploiting sick people.
eg
http://cfsrecoveryproject.com/
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[EzzieD]

There are several varieties out there that come up regularly on searches. I don't think they are connected but rather individuals cashing in on exploiting sick people.
eg
http://cfsrecoveryproject.com/
note disclaimer

Legal disclaimer: The information provided is for entertainment purposes only.

LOL! That's really the only purpose it has...

 

[Kitty]

What is it with some Americans? I once convinced one that western Ireland has an extra day of the week.

 

[InitialConditions]

He was a guest on some grifter YouTube channel or podcast recently, where he's saying he wants to 'make a million'.

 

[Sly Saint]

another CFS recovery group;
Australian (?) CFS Health
https://www.cfshealth.com/home
https://www.cfshealth.com/meettheteam

I found them thro this video on Youtube about GET; says the problem is people aren't doing it correctly and need to find the right baseline.

 

[rvallee]

It truly is the old shamanism. It's something super simple, as simple as a dance, but you have to know the exact right way to do it, and only a trained master can show it to you. For a price. But all it takes to become a trained master is a week-end course. Or something like that.

 

[Hutan]

Australian (?) CFS Health

That's Toby Morrison, based in Australia. I and others have written about him, if not here then previously, on PR. He charges people huge sums for his advice.

Seems he had chronic fatigue as a teenager, and recovered as most people do, so of course believes that he knows how to fix people.

 

[Wyva]

Bautista apparently sent out a press release about his groundbreaking treatment.

CFS Recovery Leads the Way with Brain Retraining for Chronic Post-Viral Syndromes

CFS Recovery has introduced a groundbreaking nervous system recalibration program designed to address persistent post-viral conditions by recalibrating the nervous system. This innovative approach offers personalized recovery plans, empowering individuals to overcome chronic symptoms and regain their health.​

If you have the stomach to read it, there is some "hilarious" wording, like: "a leader in chronic illness recovery solutions".

I wonder about the legality of this though, does this meet advertising standards? I remember both Gupta and the Lightning Process had issues with their unsupported claims.

 

[rvallee]

It's in the investment section, so that's fitting. But for sure there are likely issues with regulators here. Financial investors have far better protections against fraud than sick people have for health care.

I had never seen this guy on social media before, but saw him the other shilling for his business on twitter.