Well done @Trish!
Clare Gerada: Errrr...hello? Exactly who do you think takes full accountability when things go wrong? The doctor who blithely goes on his/her...
I'm not saying catastrophization isn't a disabling and distressing issue, or trying to diminish the suffering it causes. However, from an ME...
The other thing that strikes me - where does forward planning end and catastrophization begin. If you know you have a task ahead that will...
I think they need to learn that there is no way they can even come close to imagining a life of pain, unless they actually experience a life of...
It strikes me that all this provides the perfect means of dismissing / minimising / ignoring any complaints made by those suffering with LTC about...
I notice the description for the book co authored with Mary Burgess Overcoming Chronic Fatigue: A Books on Prescription Title (Overcoming Books)...
Even worse, then. I've only heard of Liv Landmark through patient forums an and so was trying to be fair, give her some benefit of the doubt....
As far as I know.... There are two categories - contribution based and income related. If you're in the contribution based group then these...
This is true for many and at the other end of the spectrum some of us are here only at our best - we feel like company, but are too ill to cope...
A trick that they've clearly learned from.the BPSers. The word recovery for example. This isn't medicine as you know it, we've stepped "through...
Wow! Well done! :thumbup:
I don't know the details of your migraines @Squeezy. In my own case, even after the migraine is over the effects still linger for a day or so. I...
I'm sorry @Wonko :hug:. Reading this kind of stuff is like being kicked in the teeth all over again.
I think the practicalities of such a restricted life can only have a negative impact on digestion. As @Trish says there's the difficulties in...
I wish that I could go back in time and gather up all that money I wasted and give it to someone like the ME Biobank.
I believe this refers to or is connected with the letter dispensing with Suzy Chapman 's services to the Forward ME Group. If I am right then...
I have asked, a couple of times I think, for feedback and opinion from people who tried, or considered something. It's been very useful. As long...
Is it worth reiterating that some lecturers or universities in the US are now using a famous piece of British research to demonstrate how such...
Right. Because the conflicts of interest & paychecks that came from DWP and insurers makes no difference? The research culture where it's okay...
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