What's a term like 'green-washing' for the rehabilitation approach to ME/CFS and similar diseases?

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  1. Peter Trewhitt

    Peter Trewhitt Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    Well washing, makes me think of using well water for actual cleaning.

    But then my village decidedly doesn’t have a well dressing tradition, though the oldest continuous well dressing is just a mile or so across the fields, and I am currently involved in collating information on my village’s wells and springs, most of which were used in living memory. Mains water did not arrive until the 1950s.
     
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  2. Hutan

    Hutan Moderator Staff Member

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    'Well-washing' did make me think first of miracle water. I googled and sure enough, there are miracle wells. Which sort of also fits with what the rehabilitationists are promising.

    While looking for something else today, I came across Trish's word - "wellness babble"
    'Wellness-washing' might work, without some of the ambiguity of just 'well-washing'.
     
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  3. Jonathan Edwards

    Jonathan Edwards Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    Was that deliberate?

    Pretence of Recording Outcome Measures
     
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  4. Sean

    Sean Moderator Staff Member

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    Agreed.
     
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    Kitty Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    No, but I like it! :laugh:
     
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    DigitalDrifter Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    In my opinion, it's all part of the gaslighting, we all know what they really mean by real, and it's anything but real when it comes to Deteriorative Exertion Intolerance.
     
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  7. JemPD

    JemPD Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    of course we do, but that doesnt stop people with psych disorders getting hurt, neither does it mean we should fall into the BPS traps when we know they are there
     
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  8. Deanne NZ

    Deanne NZ Established Member (Voting Rights)

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    In the same vein that pseudoscience is commonly perceived I’d suggest something like; pseudorehab, pseudotherapy, pseudocare or pseudocure.
    Other word combinations with “sham” could be considered.
     
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  9. josepdelafuente

    josepdelafuente Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    This isn't a suggestion for the actual word - but I have a word I use to describe general vague superficial health / self-help babble which I quite like - 'Wellbeingfullness'
     
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  10. Yann04

    Yann04 Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    Found this article when looking psychwashing:

    Psychwashing: When Employers Use "Well-Being" To Hide Workplace Business As Usual

    Corporations are racing to adopt the language of the mental health movement. But is this anything more than a veil to cover up the deeper problems within the modern workplace?
     
  11. Sean

    Sean Moderator Staff Member

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    Betteridge's Law of Headlines says no.

    That really is all it is. Just another performative sham to further exploit human beings.
     
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