Maybe Fluge and Mella could weigh in on these comparisons of CBT between cancer and ME.
The weather isn't even particulary warm. It seems to be the adaptation process to warmer weather that is difficult and slow. Eventually I get used...
For me, in some situations with certain symptoms, upping my salt intake is quite effective at reducing symptoms. I had to do this in the last...
How would one determine that the amygdala and insula are being retrained? Has anyone actually checked that the treatment has a specific effect on...
During the first session, one group receives: While the other receives: So it's already clear what is expected of patients in the other group....
I looked this test up and tried it. Upon completion, I stood up and began walking and had orthostatic hypotension, or in plain English my knees...
Other than biomarkers, it would also be useful to establish a different approach to care for ME/CFS patients than the BPS approach.
The lack of biomarkers and practical diagnostic tests is the root of so many of our problems.
The idea that resistance to psychosomatic explanations for illness is due to stigma and not any legitimate reasons is such a typical argument by...
My theory why we see so much psychologizing of chronic illness: Healthy people often don't understand chronic illness. To them it looks like...
I suspect Garner is rewriting the history of his illness. He prefers a story of how he defeated the illness by overcoming his negativity over a...
Is pressure in the head related to orthostatic intolerance? In my experience yes. Why does it occur? Is it a cause or consequence of orthostatic...
Is this based on reliable experiments or the detached from reality fantasies of a LP coach?
The narrative of psychosomatic illness may also be a way for some to express how difficult some events and experiences in their life were. "It...
Can a psychological therapy stop the hair from falling out? I don't think it could.
These responses are very different from the problems that are typically labelled psychosomatic illness. That's why I think such examples are not a...
Responding to article in post 665 It's more about gender ideology than about long covid. The author is not very bright for thinking of long...
I had panic attacks and I think they are an example of thoughts influencing symptoms (but not an example of thoughts causing illness). Being...
The widespread poor methodology in studies of psychobehavioural interventions suggests difficulty obtaining positive results otherwise.
Children can be under a lot of pressure to deny or downplay their illness to make various adults happy.
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