* fatigue is something everyone feels sometimes and the answer is to push through it for most people * it’s impossible to observe fatigue objectively, it just

* fatigue is something everyone feels sometimes and the answer is to push through it for most people * it’s impossible to observe fatigue objectively, it just appears people are lazy or low energy * there’s no known (or at least there wasn’t last time I researched it) bio markers for CFS * there’s no known evidence of viruses causes CFS, just speculation Etc Things have changed a lot over the last 30 years. I think most people including doctors accept CFS is real whereas that wasn’t the case in the past. The case for the cause of CFS is still very much open, and I think it’s probably naive to say CFS is caused by viral infections. It’s probably the case that some CFS is caused by viral infections, but again, it’s hard to differentiate, it’s hard to prove, and even if you did, so what? CFS probably also has autoimmune causes, which themselves are diffuse in their root causes and mechanisms, and even psychosomatic roots in burnout and other extreme stress syndrome. Finally, when the causes are psychosomatic, that isn’t code for “fake,” it is literally a real issue it’s just not caused by an extrinsic agent. The health impact of extreme prolonged stress is not a joke, and it’s not the persons “fault.” There seems to be a real need for people to pin their CFS and other health issues on some external factor and not the abuse they’ve (or others have) subjected their psychology and by proxy their body to.