vickythecat
Senior member
- Joined
- Jan 5, 2017
- Messages
- 366
- Reason
- DX FIBRO
- Diagnosis
- 01/2013
- Country
- EU
- State
- Earth
Hi,
I completely respect the medical community - from the many hardworking, dedicated researchers, doctors, nurses, physical therapists, psychologists, counselors etc. I am also very sure that there are teams all around the world, people who are currently devoted to finding the cause and cure for fibromyalgia, even though they themselves are probably not going through the daily hell of fibro. My total respect to them.
That said, I do think we, as experts in suffering (!), have the right to discuss what we think causes fibromyalgia, however un-academic these causes can be.
Here are my own theories;
- difficult birth after a difficult pregnancy. This is my case. I truly believe this difficult start gave me the 'weakness/proneness' virus, mentally and physically.
- sensitive personality. I am not just talking about sensitive to sounds, smells, touch, light etc. I am also talking about being very sensitive to criticism, of what the world thinks about you, disagreements/quarrels, as well as injustice, unfairness, world problems like poverty, pollution, cruelty, human rights, animal rights etc.
- experiencing all bad events like trauma's - big or small, they leave a mark behind. A healthy person finds a way to deal with them and move on. But for us, it is like every time something bad happens, this event leaves us scarred, punched real hard. Over time, these punches lead up to major physical and/or mental 'injuries'.
- that one big traumatic event - This event shocks your system so bad that there is no turning back. You were maybe surviving before, but after this trauma, there is no way of denying that you have a chronic illness and that it will never leave you. You feel it every minute of the day, every day. And now you also have to mourn for your loss - the loss of your old life. So it is double traumatic.
So do you have any theories of your own?
Thanks :smile:
I completely respect the medical community - from the many hardworking, dedicated researchers, doctors, nurses, physical therapists, psychologists, counselors etc. I am also very sure that there are teams all around the world, people who are currently devoted to finding the cause and cure for fibromyalgia, even though they themselves are probably not going through the daily hell of fibro. My total respect to them.
That said, I do think we, as experts in suffering (!), have the right to discuss what we think causes fibromyalgia, however un-academic these causes can be.
Here are my own theories;
- difficult birth after a difficult pregnancy. This is my case. I truly believe this difficult start gave me the 'weakness/proneness' virus, mentally and physically.
- sensitive personality. I am not just talking about sensitive to sounds, smells, touch, light etc. I am also talking about being very sensitive to criticism, of what the world thinks about you, disagreements/quarrels, as well as injustice, unfairness, world problems like poverty, pollution, cruelty, human rights, animal rights etc.
- experiencing all bad events like trauma's - big or small, they leave a mark behind. A healthy person finds a way to deal with them and move on. But for us, it is like every time something bad happens, this event leaves us scarred, punched real hard. Over time, these punches lead up to major physical and/or mental 'injuries'.
- that one big traumatic event - This event shocks your system so bad that there is no turning back. You were maybe surviving before, but after this trauma, there is no way of denying that you have a chronic illness and that it will never leave you. You feel it every minute of the day, every day. And now you also have to mourn for your loss - the loss of your old life. So it is double traumatic.
So do you have any theories of your own?
Thanks :smile: