That's great, but it is an issue for many patients. It's a mistake to think that everyone's illness is exactly the same, or that "worry about the...
I'm well aware of that. The point is that stress doesn't cause one specific symptom (or syndrome), and is unpredictable.
But ME/CFS isn't typically like the flu (although can sometimes have flu-like symptoms). Lying in bed can definitely cause pain, fatigue and POTS....
The main point you make is that it is subjective, and yes it is, but that is the nature of pain. There are no objective measures. We have to...
Why aren't they all suffering from PTSD, sleep, disturbance, migraines, chronic fatigue, depression, anxiety, chronic pain, tension headaches, or...
Check one of my replies to you earlier today earlier in this thread. I never claimed pwME have an "emotional attachment to pain". I was simply...
Yes, I read the first page of critiques, and didn't find them very convincing. Did you? Calling the authors idiots and the treatment brainwashing....
Sorry if I misremembered your comment, and I can't find it now. Stress is not simply about trauma, it's about combined load. Exercise, infections,...
Yes, that is exactly my point. A walking test is objective, but is not an objective measure of ME/CFS. Mild patients aren't likely to have much if...
No actually, it's not just "a few very gullible people". There are a large number of patients who get stuck in this rabbit hole. I've been...
The problem is there are no objective measures. We only have subjective ones (fatigue, etc). That's the reality.
Well there is this study, which found the exact opposite:...
Well the study being discussed here is one example. We know a lot more about how the brain works, in terms of which parts of it control...
Check out the review I posted in another comment.
There are a number of studies that show that life stress is a precipitating factor, e.g.:...
Well, I guess there are always ways to critique studies. But let's try a thought experiment. Let's say someone has been told by their doctor that...
Emotional circuits in the brain are fundamental to brain processing. See: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8675872/
We do now have methods such as fMRI. This review from 2016 explains it in detail, and I'm sure there are newer reviews as well:...
The things I mentioned: stress, fear, emotional attachment, etc. Patients can't directly control the pain, but they do have some control over...
It's not about ignoring pain. It's more about removing the emotional attachment to pain, distraction, stress reduction, etc. It's not directly...
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