Most thinking people have unacheivable ambitions. “Coping skills” exist in eye of the beholder. “Somatic complaints” are common in the 4+% of women, who suffer from Fibfomyalgia, non-restorative sleep (attendant depression), & the constellation of dysautonomias that ....
follow upon the multitude of joint subluxations found in women with connective tissue variations named Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders; normal morphologies selected by evolutionary pressures for more effective birthing.
That leading virologist miss the associations between tissue variations, musculoskeletal functions, & nervous system disharmonies is understandable. But they should not assume a negative, “somatization”, & a phantom diagnosis that eludes scientific proof.
Persons with Fibromyalgia/HSD suffer existence within force of the ambient gravitational field & an excess of painful musculoskeletal injuries; many from birthing.
Chronic pain begets sedentary activity & additional generalized musculo-skeletal weaknesses that lead to body-wide muscle strains & compensatory painful muscle spasms; tending to tether a body tower that is unstable.
Unfortunately, these types of anatomic evaluations & pathophysiology extrapolations require empiric observations of a gross nature, which is anathema to clinical scientists who work within microsphere arenas of cellular organelles & biochemicals.
Concept that chronic fatigue & cognitive disarray of ME/CFS might simply reflect global exhaustion of multiple interdependent systems is unmeasurable via analog scales.
Molecular scientists and virologists should reflect upon the limitations of their abilities to measure widely ranging biological systems. Certainly, their self-considered ability to judge human behavior is profoundly misplaced.
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