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Guardian Science Editor Sarah Bosely has decided to earn the wrath of Fibromyalgia patients by getting psychologist NIck Fallon of Liverpool University to write about Lady Gaga & the illness
https://www.theguardian.com/science...myalgia-the-pain-behind-lady-gagas-poker-face
He uses the words "not all in the mind" but like Suzanne O' Sullivan goes onto to show what he really thinks.
The link goes through to a piece by Daniel Clauw (a chum of Peter White who has endorsed his work)
Structural & functional!
How very psychosocial & so Esther Crawley
https://www.theguardian.com/science...myalgia-the-pain-behind-lady-gagas-poker-face
He uses the words "not all in the mind" but like Suzanne O' Sullivan goes onto to show what he really thinks.
The most popular theory as to why this might be proposes that it could be due to a sensitisation for pain processing in the brain, which may lie dormant or unnoticed until the triggering incident leads to the full-blown syndrome.
The link goes through to a piece by Daniel Clauw (a chum of Peter White who has endorsed his work)
Understanding what might cause such sensitisation is the focus of current research, and work to date points to structural and functional brain alterations.
Structural & functional!
There is some evidence for a genetic component as well as support for the influence of environmental factors, particularly psychological trauma during formative years. Lady Gaga, like many patients, has experienced past sexual abuse, and severe emotional trauma in adolescence or young adulthood could impact the development of brain mechanisms that might provide resilience and protect against the development of chronic pain.
How very psychosocial & so Esther Crawley