For me to stay stuck in achiever and perfectionistic patterns, I have to be in them in the first place. How does the author of this know that this...
I'm afraid I'm at a loss to find a suitable word in any language for this. Even a string of swearwords doesn't really do it justice.
AZ now only being given to over 60s in Germany. Latest is that the risk of a blood clot in the brain is especially high for young women. 31 cases...
They were talking about blood clots specifically, and making the point that correlation isn't causation, and that the statistics on blood clots...
Thanks for all the comments. I think I'll just wait for it to go away again. Most things do if you wait long enough, one way or another.
Anecdotally, quite a few people I know (not PWME) are taking to their bed with flu-like symptoms for a couple of days or more following the AZ...
I think you'll find that the average person has 1.9998 legs. Dammit. Am I going to have to start believing in acupuncture or reflexology? That's...
Thanks, it's not painful, more like tickling or pins and needles. And it's not spontaneous (I originally thought it was), but directly caused by...
Here's a weird thing. In fact so weird I don't even know what to call this thread or what to google. I don't think it's an ME thing, just posting...
According to Barbara Ehrenreich (Natural Causes) homeostasis is just another dodgy concept that has been accepted without much question since it...
We had quite a chat about the placebo effect here: https://www.s4me.info/threads/placebo-effect-discussion.10017/#post-307560 The placebo effect...
I most certainly did, and as evidence I would refer to the numerous ways variations on the positive thinking myth have been used to abuse our...
Those who claim that positive thinking can affect illness recovery have the burden of proof, because they are making the claim. The only...
Indeed. I don't remember Noel Edmonds being invited by the BMJ to tell his cancer story. Of course PG was invited because he is a doctor, and his...
Sorry to harp on, but "folk science"? I had to look it up on Wikipedia, and it's as bad as I thought: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_science
I could be quite vitriolic before I got ME. ME can affect anyone, from the vitriolic to the placid and pious, and all types in between. Coming...
This is Wallit being Wallit. His involvement in the NIH study hasn't made him change his spots.
I think we should have a new forum rule that all oaths must be minced in future.
I have just learnt that Gadzukes (or Gad zooks) is an example of a minced oath. I've never heard the phrase "minced oath" before, but I rather...
Also in my nearest big town, which my GP tried to trick me into making an appointment at by telling me about a great hospital department which...
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