Letter to Sunday Times by mrspoonseeker (February 8)

[Dolphin]

Letter to Sunday Times

Posted on February 8, 2016 by mrspoonseeker

http://spoonseeker.com/2016/02/08/letter-to-sunday-times/

RE:

“Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), for example, can be relieved by cognitive behavioural therapy. Oddly, some CFS sufferers don’t want to hear this because it implies their affliction is ‘all in the mind’. Perhaps they should realise that ‘all in the mind’ is rapidly becoming an obsolete or even meaningless diagnosis.”

 

[MeSci]

Good letter. Not sure why he put 'physical' in quotes near the end though.

 

[worldbackwards]

Good letter. Not sure why he put 'physical' in quotes near the end though.

Because mind and body cannot be separated yada yada yada...

 

[Snowdrop]

I wonder if the PACE people are even now crafting a response.
Will be interesting as there really isn't anything of substance they can say.

Maybe as worldbackwards points out they'll babble some on mind body crap.
I think it would be great if some smart person with energy and media access wrote on the subject of mind/body as related to illness.
Or maybe that's a can of worms.

 

[Esther12]

I hate the way that myths about the controversy around CFS have become something that the ignorant English commentariat like to use to show how intelligent they are.