#organicillness
90s ME/CFS cognitive behavioural hypothesis: patients falsely believe they're sick = activity avoidance = deconditioning = symptoms

CBT & graded exercise therapy: fix false belief & return to activity = reconditioning = recovery

BUT they don't work

ME/CFS patients ARE sick

#MECFS
#organicillness
Frontiers | CBT and graded exercise therapy studies have proven that ME/CFS and long COVID are physical diseases, yet no one is aware of that
The cognitive behavioral model (CBmodel) (1,2) has dominated the world of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) since the 1990s. Accord...
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January 29, 2025 at 8:34 AM