I read about this yesterday, and I`m shocked. I am however, not surprised. Vegard Wyller produced a paper some years ago, claiming that his "theory" about the sustained stress arousal-model, explains EVERYTHING. He believes it to be the answer of ME. Such a modest man. What is it exactly? Well that`s a bit hard to prove, but he tries to convince itself it has a biological basis by referencing a lot of nonsense in his articles. He especially likes the paper that "proved" ME-patiens often are perfectionists bla bla bla..
He never mentions the other research done on ME. He speaks a lot of dillydally about the downfalls of seperating between the body and the mind, but he`s a hypocrite in that context, because quite obviously he don`t understand that the body can have it`s own effect as in all other normal diseases.
I have tried to understand this guy, but I dont. I think it`s another case of a researcher being caught up his own arse. It`s not important to be right, it`s important not to be proven wrong about your theory, and if somebody proves you wrong: Write another article, referncing some pseudo papers with subjective outcomes of effect, and claim that CBT has an effect on ME.
How does this get funded? It`s disgraceful. What else can we say? We are really really sick, and the government funds this lunacy. Do they fund studies on musical therapy for ALS, Alzheimers, or Parkinsons? We don*t understand the disase process for those either, but the disease is more apparant..Maybe that`s why.
And this has been our problem all these years, we don`t look sick, we don`t act sick. Only the severely ill does, and who takes care of them? Who does research on them? No one. Only family, or friends.
Personally I am so fed up. I will use the rest of my life writing about these quacks, and trying to get the norwegian media to write about it.
We will win in the end.
Because science breeds knowledge, opinion breeds ignorance*.