Another column filled with education and insight, Jody.
Occasionally I wonder if something as small as the name of a disorder affects how it's perceived. "Fatigue" is seen as something a person can just "get over." "Syndrome" can signifiy a varying degree of affectedness, from mild to devastating. So it's perhaps easy for people to make assumptions that are completely wrong.
No one questions the debilitating effects of muscular dystrophy, just as one example, or debates whether the symptoms are primarily mental or physical. But with CFS, they do. Interesting.
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Another column filled with education and insight, Jody.
Occasionally I wonder if something as small as the name of a disorder affects how it's perceived. "Fatigue" is seen as something a person can just "get over." "Syndrome" can signifiy a varying degree of affectedness, from mild to devastating. So it's perhaps easy for people to make assumptions that are completely wrong.
No one questions the debilitating effects of muscular dystrophy, just as one example, or debates whether the symptoms are primarily mental or physical. But with CFS, they do. Interesting.
January 15, 2010 - 8:51amThis Comment
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