Years ago, if someone would say, "You look a little under the weather today," I would reply, "Yeah, I've got chronic fatigue syndrome." And, almost invariably, they would say, "Yeah, whenever I feel that way, I usually just shake it off." And I soon decided to stop saying, "Yeah, I've got chronic fatigue syndrome," (At least 10 years ago, Keith Jarrett announced that he had fibromyalgia, but when a celebrity says something like that, people seem to accept it.)
The answer to whether you should accept or deny the existence of your condition of CFS, depends on what you mean. One can accept their CFS and then "move productively on," looking for countermeasures. And one can deny it if it means that they will not let it take control of their life, fighting it, not necessarily every step of the way, but fighting it in a productive way.
The answer to whether you should accept or deny the existence of your condition of CFS, depends on what you mean. One can accept their CFS and then "move productively on," looking for countermeasures. And one can deny it if it means that they will not let it take control of their life, fighting it, not necessarily every step of the way, but fighting it in a productive way.
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![ME/CFS lecture | Dr Nancy Klimas | 2011 [Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / SEID / New Zealand] - YouTube](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
