Re: Chronic Fatigue And Trauma

On Apr 14, 8:28 pm, gloria.wo...@xxxxxxxxxxx (Gloria Wolfe) wrote:
Here
we go again with CFS/FMS being labelled as childhood abuse/neglect
and molestation/rape illnesses. <sigh> <<

This article too .. points .. at .. **anxiety** therefore to PTSD as a
PREdisposing factor IN **increased pain** ..

Sooo .. contrary to what you .. believe .. this study reaffirms the
previous study of .. **trauma** equals fibromyalgia because trauma
causes anxiety and/or PTSD ..
The latest study in Iraq shows to the degree of PREVIOUS disability IN
the soldier with diagnosed PTSD leads to 2 thirds of all PTSD in
soldiers ..

So in Iraq serving soldiers .. IF you are anxious BEFORE the road side
bomb concussion explosion .. the MORE 'chance' there is of having ..
EXTREME .. PTSD .. which coincidentally has extreme fatigue as a
symptom ..
Then this study too ..

http://www.chinapost.com.tw/health/mental%20health/2008/12/11/187234/Some-people.htm
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Study Shows Anxiety Increases Pain Intensity, Disability

British researchers writing in The Journal of Pain, the peer-review
publication of the American Pain Society, found that individuals with
high levels of anxiety due to chronic pain exhibit more emotional
distress and disability, but the use of pain coping strategies can
mediate this effect.

The purpose of the study was to examine the role of anxiety on
everyday functioning of patients seeking treatment for chronic pain.
It was assumed anxiety would be associated with higher levels of
distress and impaired functioning. The researchers also evaluated the
role of three coping mechanisms to determine their impact as buffers
nullifying the effects of anxiety. They are acceptance of pain,
mindfulness and values-based action.

The study subjects were 125 consecutive adult patients who answered
questionnaires designed to assess their anxiety about pain, measure
their acceptance of it, identify the values they associated with
interacting with family and friends and with working and learning, and
to gauge the level of their mindfulness about pain ranging from almost
always to almost never.

Results of the study showed that anxiety is associated with greater
pain, emotional distress and disability in chronic pain patients.
Anxiety was determined to be the strongest predictor of depression,
disability and visits to physician offices. When the three coping
strategies were used, the authors concluded that acceptance of pain,
mindfulness and values-based actions reduce but do not eliminate the
extent to which anxiety influences patient functioning. The authors
concluded that in conjunction with cognitive-behavioral therapies, the
coping mechanisms can undermine the role of anxiety in worsening
suffering and disability in chronic pain patients.

Source: American Pain Society


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You made some good points here!  Nanny

On 1/8/2009 12:40 AM, forcuriositys...@xxxxxxxxx wrote to All:

-> Here we go again with CFS/FMS being labelled as childhood abuse/neglect
-> and molestation/rape illnesses. <sigh>
->
-> IMO, people with any sense in their heads should take this sort of
-> so-called "research" with a huge grain of salt.
->
-> FMS and CFS, and other musculoskeletal disorders like Lupus are popping
-> up among a growing number of firefighters/EMTs and nurses (people who
-> spend their working lives coming into direct contact with the bacteria
-> and viruses of the ill and injured); and the cause of their developing
-> these musculoskeletal-autoimmune conditions is blamed on stress and
-> emotional trauma due to their jobs.  CFS and FMS are also current fad
-> diagnoses, wastebasket illness labels that actually cover various
-> different "great pretender" medical conditions.
->
-> There is this school of thought with some researchers that 'all'
-> musculoskeletal- autoimmune conditions are psychosomatic (somatoform)
-> illnesses that are due to either childhood or adult emotional trauma-
-> abuse, molestation, rape, holding a stressful job, etc..    
->
-> IMO, this is just a cop-out. Blame the patient and label them as
-> "emotionally damaged goods" whose weak psyches are the cause of their
-> diseases, and don't bother finding out the real scientific reason why
-> these types of illness are on the rise among such a diverse group of
-> people who come from various countries around the globe, from all walks
-> of life.
->
-> In reality, 'how many' of the people throughout the world who have
-> musculoskeletal-autoimmune disorders like CFS and FMS 'really' fit the
-> psychological profile of the abused, neglected or molested child,  or
-> the raped or overly stressed out to the point of being traumatized
-> adult?  
->
-> This sort of so-called "research" proves exactly why everyone who gets
-> the CFS or FMS label dumped on them needs to find out what is 'really'
-> going on with them, what is really causing their chronic pain and
-> fatigue.  
->
-> Who wants to be unfairly fabled as a 'damaged goods' childhood abuse
-> victim, most especially when you *weren't* abused or neglected as a
-> child?  Or who wants to be pegged as the emotionally weak-willed burnout
-> or adult rape victim who couldn't 'get over it', whose 'bad history'
-> caused their illness; when that 'bad history' of being a burnout or
-> adult sexual abuse victim isn't your personal adult life history?
->
-> seeker
->

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