I, personally, don't think the author goes hard enough on the guy (and the industry he's in) selling "think positively" as a treatment for #MECFS

[thesunnyone@eldritch.cafe]

I, personally, don't think the author goes hard enough on the guy (and the industry he's in) selling "think positively" as a treatment for #MECFS

Especially considering she admits that the "brain retraining" took about as long to work as *not* doing that (ie, a placebo), and the guy she paid for that placebo was an engineer, not a medical professional.

But still an ok read of what ME/CFS can be like.

Original post I saw this:

https://mastodon.ie/@swoonie/116130323587022897

Article without the "accept all cookies or pay for a subscription" wall:

https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/feb/24/my-maddening-battle-with-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-on-my-worst-days-it-feels-almost-demonic

#NEISvoid #LongCovid #pwME