‘Fixing my life’: young people’s everyday efforts towards recovery from persistent bodily complaints, 2020, Kvamme et al

Open access, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13648470.2020.1719456

 

There have been dozens, if not hundreds, such studies over the last decades. All nearly identical but that's a choice those people made. At some point digging the exact same spot looking for the treasure should come the realization that you should dig elsewhere.

And that is based on? Wishful thinking? If we still know little after endless mindless attempts at the same, why would it be different this time? Because you want it to be true? Who the hell has "unhelpful beliefs about illness" here, Doctor Freud?

So in other words: they are sick and that limits their lives. But sure, let's do another half-century asking them how they feel, I'm sure that will yield more Nobel prize caliber stuff such as:

1. Sick people seek medical care
2. Sick people think they're sick
3. Sick people don't like being sick
4. Sick people would very much like not being sick
5. Sick people will report they are sick
6. Sick people remain sick even if you wish they aren't
7. Being sick is awful

Because on top of digging the same spot over and over again is the fact that they never dig deeper, always the same depth and breadth. Dig the hole. Refill the hole. Dig it again. It's a good jobs program for people who can't science but at the cost of ruining millions of lives who strongly dissent this is definitely neither smart nor moral.

 

It would help if they fixed those "imaginary"s. Presumably "imagery" is intended. But it is hard to be certain.

Just an observation - not a criticism. We have to be cautious around "imaginary".

 

They say this will lead to greater understanding, but I can't understand a word!

 

Word salads are not nearly as healthy as actual salads.