Comments on: Why Can’t We Think Well When We’re Sick? http://fibrantliving.com/2008/06/12/why-cant-we-think-well-when-were-sick/ Live a joyous, vibrant life despite illness! Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:33:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v= hourly 1 By: Michelle http://fibrantliving.com/2008/06/12/why-cant-we-think-well-when-were-sick/comment-page-1/#comment-3578 Michelle Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:22:08 +0000 http://fibrantliving.com/?p=97#comment-3578 Actually it is -- but unfortunately not in the good way. James Jones, a virologist who studies ME/CFS at the Centers for Disease Control, wrote a paper recently arguing that people with ME/CFS have become stuck in sickness behavior even though we are no longer sick. And because we are stuck in this aberrant sickness behavior, we're too focused on every little thing we're feeling, or rather have heightened "interoception". His cure, as you might imagine, is cognitive behavioral therapy. You can read the paper at the Co-Cure board here: http://tinyurl.com/2wen2z (I hope that link works!) Now, what would make interesting research is looking at the biological reasons we are in a chronic state of sickness behavior. :-) Actually it is — but unfortunately not in the good way. James Jones, a virologist who studies ME/CFS at the Centers for Disease Control, wrote a paper recently arguing that people with ME/CFS have become stuck in sickness behavior even though we are no longer sick. And because we are stuck in this aberrant sickness behavior, we’re too focused on every little thing we’re feeling, or rather have heightened “interoception”. His cure, as you might imagine, is cognitive behavioral therapy.

You can read the paper at the Co-Cure board here:

http://tinyurl.com/2wen2z (I hope that link works!)

Now, what would make interesting research is looking at the biological reasons we are in a chronic state of sickness behavior. :-)

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