““When people with ME/CFS report symptoms of post-exertional malaise, those symptoms are independent of emotional distress, but when the general population report what they think are post-exertional malaise symptoms, their symptoms of post-exertional malaise are significantly related to emotional distress. It is possible that because healthy individuals experience a relationship between emotional distress and post-exertional malaise, they might believe that these two domains are connected for themselves and by inference with patients with ME/CFS, when in fact it is not the case. This ultimately might blur the ability of healthy controls to understand the experience of post-extertional malaise for people with ME/CFS.””
![“Individuals are often stigmatized and told their illness isn’t real… People with [ME] CFS face an incredible burden just getting doctors to take their symptoms seriously” quote by Barry E. Hurwitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a8a/barry-e-hurwitz-222278_chronic-fatigue-synd_individuals-are-often-stigmatized-and-to_913193.jpg)
![“The finding that ME and CFS group had more functional limitations and more serious symptoms than those with MS [multiple sclerosis] provides additional evidence to the seriousness of ME and CFS.” quote by Leonard A. Jason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/025/leonard-a-jason-49563_chronic-fatigue-synd_the-finding-that-me-and-cfs-group-had-mo_3048194.jpg)
