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Fatigue and psychosocial variables in autoimmune rheumatic disease and CFS

IreneF

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I would had that the things they measure like "catastrophising" are dependent on their own definition and understanding of what's happening.

If I remember correctly, on the "catastrophising" scales, there are things like, "if I do too much, I'm going to feel worst" which is catastrophising only in a world where PEM is a figment of the sufferers' mind....
Certain events are catastrophes. It's only catastrophising if you over-react to a non-catastrophe.