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Payday for me tomorrow. :thumbup:

The timing was fortunate for me this year as the donation period covers three paydays, instead the usual two. So still one more donation to come. :thumbsup:

I have never lost the desire to have an active 'normal' life. Just hasn't been an option for me since getting ME. Frustration, anger, grief, despair, etc, are not depression.

Our fine fellow of a Prime Minister thinks that those on social security should have it first, or lose their benefits. :mad:

Thanks, Tom & Mr King. :thumbup: Yes, we can tell that because nearly every third of your fine words is perfectly clear. *he says in a broad north Australian drawl* :p

You are too kind. I am less so with each new 'paper' the likes of Chalder spew out. The only words I ever want to hear from them now are something like: 'I was wrong, and I unreservedly apologise for any and all harm I have done to millions of sick, vulnerable, innocent patients and their...

Exactly. It is not anti-psych, it is anti-inappropriate psych. Nobody is rejecting the existence of mental and social influences upon our lives. They are rejecting a particular morality-laden, politically charged, and unscientific interpretation and application of them, that is causing great...

These people are still trying to ignore the fundamental fact that the virus sets the rules, they are very hard and unforgiving rules, and all we humans can do is learn those rules and stick to them like limpets. Normal life is over until we have a good vaccine, which isn't going to be anytime...

Until MUS starts getting shoved down their throats. These people have no idea what is coming.

I used to maintain dialysis machines, including in people's homes. Those patients are tired and unwell at least 50-60% of the time, are never 100% well, and have a bunch of serious complications from the kidney disease. I wouldn't wish it on anybody.

Nothing new under the sun. Power and privilege have never liked being challenged.

We additionally observe that individuals who had an initial symptom of dyspnea are significantly more likely to develop long-term symptoms. Interesting. Some form of hypoxia?

Good intentions are not only not enough, they can even be your worst enemy by blinding you to any harm you are doing. The person you must be most careful to avoid fooling is yourself. But it is perfectly acceptable, of course, for those Very Important People to ruthlessly smear and dismiss...

The likes of Gerada love demanding that other people pay the price for her big brave tough medicine.

Reveals far more about what is going on in their heads than in patients' heads.

For example, once fatigue develops as a consequence of underlying disease processes, interpretations of fatigue as uncontrollable and lasting, and unhelpful thinking styles in response to fatigue, such as catastrophizing, symptom focusing, or perceiving fatigue as a sign of bodily damage (damage...

Anti-science.

Nailed it. I call it the 'optimism ideology'. Always try to make the best of your situation? Sure. No argument there. But beyond that it quickly becomes toxic delusional nonsense. And it almost always ends up there.

I live on my own in a rural area, with minimal public transport that just isn't practical for me (basically school buses, and several hundred metres to the bus stop). So having a car and driving it is a necessity. But I long ago stopped driving at night, and any more than I need to. :(

Yep. The marketing spin is being churned up as we speak. Not that I expected any better from them. :grumpy: If Trish Greenhalgh, et al, are genuinely serious about doing the best they can for their patients, then they must stop being so chummy with the establishment hacks who got us into this...