1) the psychosomatic scum, they are voodoo superstition degenerates, won't give them respect, are desperate to hold us to justify their egos and income.
To hell with them
2) M.E. may or may not be linked to stressors, but I would only trust truly neutral research
however, as I have pointed out, you are far more likely to meet socially adept, driven, intelligent, compassionate etc in forums such as these!
Where as, many who have very ow self esteem, intelligence, too much despair, or are very quiet or whatever will not be heard, so you will not see a true representation of M.E. patients!
It's like going to a music festival of a specific type (jazz, rock etc) and saying "Ok the folk around mere are a true representative of fans of that genre"
Wrong! many will not have come, it may be a local event with local tastes, lost of folk don't like public events, some prefer live but others prefer studio music, etc etc
and note this: those who have suffered abuse but survived as *people*, fought back, over came it etc, are usually very bloody driven, strong willed people.