ext_123477 ([identity profile] rimspace.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] silveradept 2008-11-06 01:40 pm (UTC)

"fibromyalgia may all be in the head"

I know you're probably just reiterating the headline here, Silv, but that is something you should be careful saying. "all in the head" has the connotation that something is imaginary, or at best psychosomatic, and fibromyalgia sufferers have enough trouble convincing people about the pain, and have to weather accusations that they're just making it up - a headline like that is very poorly chosen. Yes, the issue may be "in the head" but it's a neurological condition, not psychosomatic - a far better wording would be "fibromyalgia may be a neurological condition".

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