Re: Is it all in my head?
- From: "Sunshine&Lollipops" <NotARealEmailAddy@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 01:07:30 GMT
ROTFLMAO
I guess in my case I'd have to use a "titty twister" LOL
SnL
"Michael Baugh" <baughfam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> A while ago, one of the women in the support group
> was complaining that her doctor had told her that FMS
> was the body's way of telling her to slow down. And that
> she knew it and was using it to enable her to be able to
> step back from being 'the strong one'.
> She retorted that "acute testicular compression" was her
> way of reminding him that she was not "using her illness"
> and that opinion needed to be abandoned.
> Knowing her, she probably did say it, and her hand was
> probably in a very threatening position as well.
>
> Randy wrote:
>
>> http://articles.health.msn.com/id/100108081?GT1=7003 (via Psychology
>> Today)
>> "What you believe about your illness influences how sick you become."
>>
>> Hard to believe this kinda crap is still making the rounds, but I
>> know it is because I've heard it:
>>
>> Excerpts:
>>
>> In one study conducted by Wayne Katon, professor of psychiatry at the
>> University of Washington in Seattle, 90 percent of fibromyalgia
>> patients had a prior psychiatric diagnosis. Another study, at the
>> University of Leeds, found that patients who had developed chronic
>> fatigue were nine times more likely to have suffered stressful events
>> and difficulties in the three months before the onset of disease than
>> were healthy subjects. The implication is clear: Unlike other
>> diseases, these disorders are closely connected to psychological
>> distress, whether it takes the shape of a major psychiatric disorder
>> or simply poor coping mechanisms.
>> ...
>>
>> According to Katon's clinical observations, patients with chronic
>> fatigue or fibromyalgia tend to be highly driven overachievers
>> unaccustomed to feeling any loss of control. When injured or
>> sickened, those who decide that the pain or illness has
>> overwhelmingly and permanently damaged their bodies come to feel
>> victimized and unable to cope. Learned helplessness sets in, and
>> patients can find themselves perpetually depressed and inactive.
>> ...
>>
>> Patients with chronic fatigue who attribute their illness solely to
>> external causes, such as a virus, seem to stay sicker than those who
>> acknowledge the possible interplay of psychological factors. "Your
>> beliefs about the illness are important," says Buchwald. "If you're
>> wedded to an idea that your illness has a single specific cause, your
>> chances of getting better are diminished, because you're not
>> addressing parts of the illness that could be prolonging it."
>> Instead, she suggests, patients should focus on actively following
>> treatment advice and avoiding social isolation.
>> ...
>>
>> Because beliefs have such a powerful impact on well-being, the
>> techniques that people use to cope with other diseases can backfire
>> in the case of chronic fatigue. Ironically, patient advocacy groups
>> may be more harmful than helpful, studies have suggested, possibly by
>> reinforcing a sense of victimization or by giving misguided advice,
>> such as actively discouraging all exercise.
>>
>> "The support groups are very anti-psychological," says Katon. "A lot
>> of times they act to inadvertently reinforce illness beliefs [such as
>> fear of relapse or exhaustion] that are potentially harmful to
>> patients." Those in support groups often report more severe illness,
>> and say that they feel worse since joining the group than do
>> dropouts. ___________
>>
>> Unbelievable.
>> And I've heard that very message about support groups before. Damned
>> shrinks. "If you think it's not psych-based, you are the problem."
>> Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated. Pay at the door,
>> please.
.
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