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A 10-year-old girl from Ernesettle has posted a powerful video criticising an ME treatment which encourages people to think themselves better.

Shannon Tiday has been dealing with ME (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis) for seven years and experiences a variety of chronic symptoms as part of the condition including crushing headaches, sensitivity to light, periods of extreme fatigue, blackouts and disorientation known as 'brain fog'.

As a vocal spokesperson for ME Awareness Shannon decided to speak out after learning of a new treatment know as the Lightning Process which purports to relieve ME with psychological therapy over a three-day period.

It's claimed the course can cure a wide range of emotional and physical illnesses using mental exercises to train the brain to fight illness.

"Do you think we don't want to go to school? What's wrong with you?" Shannon says to camera.

"It just makes me so mad to hear that from people. They say to raise your hand out and say, 'Stop.' Don't you think I tried that?

"It hurts to know people think you're putting it on. But that's their fault, they don't know what it's like. We've got this illness, we just have to keep rising above it."

Shannon's parents took her for blood tests and endless referrals when the first symptoms began to materialise, but when the tests came back negative the consensus was that the condition was in Shannon’s head.

"They told my mum to wait outside because they thought she was making me say things and do things. Now here I am, I've got ME," Shannon said.

"Hopefully some day they'll have a cure for ME. I've been through this before, don't think you're alone. People said when I first got diagnosed, 'She's faking, it's all in her head. She just wants to be ill, she don't want to go to school.'"

Shannon is mainly home-schooled and only attends school once a week as the environment causes her too much fatigue.

Shannon only has a certain tolerance for ‘high energy’ activities, which included eating, bathing, and travelling in the car. She can only deal with roughly three hours of these activities daily or faces exhaustion.

Shannon's video has been viewed over 6,000 times and her family have been inundated with messages from all over the world supporting her.

"I'm doing this video to help others," Shannon said.

"The main thing you have to know is don't ever give up. If you carry on and try to achieve more, you are one of ME's heroes. You're showing other children what it's like and showing them you're not alone. And that's what I like to do."

Her mum Sharon added: "It's damaging to children by almost saying to them, 'If you don't get better, blame yourself.'

"There are stupid accusations coming out in the media about the Lightning Process and how it can improve ME because ME sufferers want to be ill, they can apparently think themselves better. My amazing daughter Shannon has a powerful message to them."