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  1. Hip

    Vitamin B5 an effective treatment for ME/CFS emotional or stress sensitivity

    Many ME/CFS patients have high sensitivity to stressors, and have an emotional sensitivity or emotional frailty. The Canadian consensus criteria (full version here) actually lists a number of emotional symptoms of ME/CFS, including: Hypersensitivity to emotional overload Emotional flattening...
  2. frozenborderline

    Doing buddhist practices with low energy

    Since having severe ME I have done a lot of emotional compartmentalization bc emotions take too much energy to process usually. I dont know if this is emotionally healthy but it seems to be what my body needs This has come into conflict with the buddhist practice I'm trying to do. The...