"What made you think you must do something as well as accepting the conventional medicine which you believe in?" asked Gloria Hunniford.

"The time of diagnosis was a very grim time for me," replied Dermot.

"The Chinese say: 'Where the mind goes the body eventually follows.' I was told about all these terrible things that potentially would happen to me and, initially, I felt worse every single day.

"I turned to positive mental techniques including NLP and mental techniques from the East just because I wanted to survive this condition mentally but instead of just coping mentally I was surprised to find some of my symptoms started to dissipate.

"Because my mind was thinking my legs are going to get weaker and my bladder is going to get weaker, I had this kind of ritual everyday where I would stand up and test the strength of my legs and check my eyesight to see if my vision was going to change.

"Everyday I would feel I was getting worse but, because of the techniques I was using, I was now feeling that I was getting stronger physically in every way.

"After about 8 months my symptoms had disappeared!"

Dermot knew of course that remission is possible with MS but believes:

"You must actively participate in bringing yourself into remission."