Don't call me dramatic,

Don't call me dramatic, but renaming myalgic encephalomyelitis to chronic fatigue syndrome in the 80s is directly responsible for many deaths. Because it's a snowball effect, right? If somebody is experiencing chronic fatigue, and they go to their doctor, and their doctor doesn't know anything about myalgic encephalomyelitis, and they think chronic fatigue syndrome is the same thing as chronic fatigue as a symptom of another illness, and then they slap on chronic fatigue syndrome to this patient, and so then this patient thinks they have MECFS, and so then this patient starts doing things such as exercising, and it improves their symptoms. Because they don't have myalgic encephalomyelitis, they have chronic fatigue as a symptom. And because this doctor doesn't know anything about myalgic encephalomyelitis, and they don't even know what PEM is, then this person thinks that the PEM they're experiencing is just being chronically fatigued, and they're not actually experiencing PEM. Because they don't know what PEM. Really is because no one explained it to them because their doctor didn't even know what PEM is. And so then this person starts to get better, and then they go on the internet, and they tell everyone they know. The way to cure chronic fatigue syndrome is by exercising. Or doing this. Or doing this. However, exercise in specific. For people who are actually experiencing PEM. From myalgic encephalomyelitis, exercise can be deadly. Straight Up. And if it doesn't kill you, it can permanently worsen your baseline and make you permanently bed bound for the rest of your life. And I'm not pulling this out of my ass. This is, like, fact. I recently had a neurologist who, when I said I had ME CFS, he said "chronic fatigue syndrome." And when I started to explain it or whatever, and he was like, he was pushing a sleep study on me for whatever, whatever. And then he said, well, the main symptom of chronic fatigue syndrome is fatigue. No, it isn't. It's post exertional malaise, which isn't fatigue. It's a whole different thing. Fatigue is a symptom of post exertional malaise, which is different than regular fatigue. But these doctors don't know that. They literally don't know it. This was a doctor at a extremely highly ranked hospital in a very big city who's probably been working for 40 years. Anyway, um, the campaign that I'm doing with spread good shops. I wanted to make a shirt that highlighted how to. How to pronounce myalgic encephalomyelitis. while also highlighting that it is not fatigue, and calling it chronic fatigue syndrome is going to just make this cycle never end. The proceeds are going to the Open Medicine Foundation. So this is a fundraiser. If you want some cute shirts and hats and sweatshirts and also donate directly to research for myalgic encephalomyelitis, not chronic fatigue. Link is in my bio.