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I am just wondering if this is really such a bad thing, given the circumstances.
After all, at least central sensitization is a proposed physical basis for diseases like ME/CFS and IBS, which is a vast improvement on somatization, which posits that ME/CFS, IBS, etc is caused by psychological issues — psychological issues that somehow mysteriously transform into physical symptoms.
Given a choice of the two, I'd much rather my doctor describe ME/CFS as a central sensitization syndrome than a somatization process.
I hate to break it to you, but "central sensitisation" is just a rebranding of somatization. The treatment approaches are exactly the same.
Also note that ME or CFS are not chronic pain conditions and I'm willing to bet lots of money they have different underlying mechanisms. The parts of the brain that are activated in pain conditions are not activated in ME or CFS.
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