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i'm not saying that CFS is "fake", or that ulcers, fibromyalgia, or migraines are "fake." to say that you can "will" these away is an infantilization of psychoa
by interpenetrate 7y ago
i'm not saying that CFS is "fake", or that ulcers, fibromyalgia, or migraines are "fake." to say that you can "will" these away is an infantilization of psychoanalysis. i would never classify CFS as "laziness." (although i will note that the DSM has historically had no problem about enforcing moral judgements like this in its taxonomy.) people take "psychosomatic" to be synonymous with "it's all in your head," when the point is that it is precisely not "all in your head."
i very much agree with you that part of this discussion is about the questionable validity and reproducibility of the official diagnostic categories. what i disagree with you about is that anything could be exclusively either physical or psychiatric. that's obviously false.
- BlueTemplar 7y agoYeah, for people that might have "forgotten" that - the head is part of the body !
- revel 7y agoTwo quick points of clarification: For a while fibro and empty nose syndrome were considered psychosomatic until physical causes were discovered. I totally agree with you that psychosomatic conditions are not “made up” or “all in your head,” I was trying to convey that the diagnostic criteria revolves around observable traits and behaviors rather than something concrete like a blood test. My larger point, though, is that CFS is likely not a single disorder and instead is an umbrella diagnosis for several distinct conditions that aren’t well understood (yet). I don’t actually think we’re in disagreement I think I just worded my post poorly