From The Guardian Article:
That defies logic!!!! An exercice phobia is at the core of the pathology, BUT the people suffering from it are doing too much at the same time???
well spotted.
the fearless phobics. makes a lot of sense.
She said fear was understandable given the nature of the condition but that people with ME often did too much on days when they felt the symptoms less, hence the importance of experts guiding them through a gradual increase in activity.
yes the viral infection made them unlearn basic behaviour. Everyone knows that nature cannot and does not self-regulate. Never has. Humans are not capable of learning simple basic behaviour on their own. Never were.
We also need some potty training again.
to sum it up:
We have a massive chronic exercise/activity phobia so serious that it leaves us disabled.
From time to time the severe phobia goes away on it's own and we react by exercising so much that we become completely disabled by it.
Now one has to conclude if we get over our phobia on our own , it doesn't need to be treated.
We just need help with our tendency to do too much. The answer: Don't exercise. No matter what happens don't! It will disable you. Isn't that what patients have been saying for a long time?
BTW: Has anyone ever heard of someone with a spider phobia who occasionally keeps a black widow as a pet spider?
Someone with a fear of flying taking flying lessons once a year?
Social anxiety with part-time extroversion?
If this the typical presentation of a phobia sufferer?