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For the past five decades, patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) have struggled against the stereotype that their symptoms are “all in their heads.” With ME now appearing in roughly half the cases of long COVID (LC), some researchers and journalists have recycled old mythologies about ME...

LongCovidPhysio - Jessica "Breathing Pattern Disorders", video 2021 The Management of Breathing Pattern Disorders https://www.physio-pedia.com/The_Management_of_Breathing_Pattern_Disorders Yet another Long Covid Physio podcast https://youtu.be/Avr9Ys4eJ-8

Alice Hattrick is an author who lives with ME/CFS and has recently published the book "Ill Feelings". Alice Hattrick was aged eight when their mother collapsed with mycoplasma pneumonia. The author – who prefers the gender-neutral pronoun “they” – found her on the kitchen floor at their home in...

This is the kind of issue that makes physicians roll their eyes, which is exactly why it is important to discuss as it can't be fixed from the outside. Technically with the backdrop of Long Covid but it's a general discussion...

An old article, but I just came across it. This article talks of some of the problems we encounter because people do not understand what we're dealing with. The author refers to this as "the healthy privilege" (as described by psychologist Dr. Becker-Schutte)...