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this is also what my friends re all telling me, that they been exercising more out of sheer boredom & because for a long while that was the only allowable outdoor activity other than essential shopping

And once this has happened, you end up in the following position... ETA sorry realised that I just re-arranged your post @Invisible Woman, was foggy forgot to comment. What I was meaning to say was that you're so right... & that once those records are there & being used, & you're being judged...

Ecellent! thankyou @MEMarge

Just to say be careful in front of whom you flag this up.... An exaggerated startle response is a significant part of PTSD.... don't want to give them ammunition. I would expect however that a stronger reaction to perceived threat would be had by any animal who was significantly weakened by...

Indeed, having experienced both I can say that the physical assault is utter trivia in comparison. This. I find it grossly insulting to my intelligence to suggest that I cant tell the difference between normal & abnormal sensation. I was 30 when I became ill, not 3. I was/am well versed in...

This. This is the bit that people who're not ofay with the CBT for CFS/ME protocol miss.... That if you are going to give a treatment that teaches patients that their thoughts & behaviour are the only thing wrong with them.... that believing they feel ill, saying they feel ill, thinking they...

This is one of the quotes that upset me the most at the time of PACE publication, because it implies, strongly, that anyone who does not want to try these "treatments" must therefore not want to be helped. ie if you don't want to do CBT/GET you want to stay ill. It's disgusting.

I think it's a psych thing - intended to break the subconscious/psychological link between activity & symptoms - comes from operant conditioning theory.??? I think??? I sure I read Ellen Goudsmit explaining about it ages ago but I not good at explaining. Something like if you do the same every...

So very sorry to hear this news about @Graham Sending you very best wishes for a swift recovery Graham, I do hope they are looking after you well, my heart goes out to you

@Hilda Bastian Indeed

Interesting article about virus was seeding in UK... "Coronavirus was brought into the UK on at least 1,300 separate occasions, a major analysis of the genetics of the virus shows." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-52993734 What amazes me is how "surprised" the scientists were about it...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/06/09/school-age-children-likely-hit-lightning-die-coronavirus-oxbridge/ I cant read the whole article because i'm not a subscriber, but the tag beneath the headline on the front page says "threat so tiny 'virus parties' may help herd immunity, say...

@Joan Crawford it is great to have you here commenting, what you say makes so much sense. Thank you

It's not like they (DWP) have suddenly found themselves with lots of staff with nothing to do is it? They have an overwhelming case load of new UC claims because of lockdown & as I understand it they are still doing benefit reviews (just not face to face ones), so I cant imagine there has been a...

What on earth are the DWP doing involved in 'shielding' anyway? It seems fishy to me. They are the least caring dept of them all so the motive certainly isn't (imo) to check if you ok. there may be some individuals who work there who are kind/caring, but in general I mean. I wouldn't put it past...

https://www.bmj.com/content/369/bmj.m2169.short?rss=1&fbclid=IwAR1jhQZ14Tzw71RxFu6qgRuInSWjRthKOosPJF3Kl_aNxw-QU9_xp7xKQ7c Contact tracing.... not very surprising I suppose, but concerning nevertheless

I did it but the trouble is I think it's the concept of it (as used by lots of BPSers) that needs changing. Not the name.

@Keela Too Where did you get those nose wires from?

oh that's massively helpful thank you :)

Precisely. It's bonkers that they haven't grasped this, and in any case they have given no advice about being in the garden. Everyone else I know who is shileding is having the windows open all day & going into their gardens, despite the neighbours being just a few mtrs away. Such that they are...