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> if you tell someone their back pain is caused by repressed emotions, you get what happens in the article. But...you would (or could?, or should?) never tell
by theli0nheart 8y ago
> if you tell someone their back pain is caused by repressed emotions, you get what happens in the article.
But...you would (or could?, or should?) never tell someone that, because how would you know? Maybe there is some link but to conclude that it could be the case is pretty silly.
So it's not like that's a stigma, it's just a statement not based in fact that evokes a strong reaction because you're telling someone why they're feeling a certain way when in reality you have no idea at all.
- hn_throwaway_99 8y agoYeah, I think the thing a lot of commenters are missing is that the medical field itself has a pretty bad history of telling people "it's all in your head" when there turned out to be specific, treatable biological causes. This is especially true for CFS, where for a long time it was seen not just to be psychosomatic, but actually "not really that bad." As another example, stress was blamed as the main cause of ulcers for decades, when an H pylori infection turned out to be the primary culprit.
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- internet_user 8y agoThere is also HUGE amounts of money involved. Especially huge ramifications come to the fact that you could either have extra 10 billion dollars paid out to CFS claimants, or you could spend them on your pet projects....what would one with power to decide the outcome of that do...? Only the good things, of course, because they are all angels.
- NikkiA 8y agoFor most of the '00s and around '10-12, CFS wasn't even seen as a real thing, but purely imaginary.
- nateberkopec 8y agoI used "you" in the wrong way here. You == qualified medical people, such as in the article. Not you == oneself/one.