It seems like a large percentage of people with CFS/FMS have suffered sexual, physical, or emotional abuse in their lives. Could that be the cause of this disease?
The medical research has shown that about half of us had suffered some form of abuse. One study indicates that the limbic structures of our brains have been altered by chronic extreme stress, perhaps by this abuse. Could that cause the multitude of our biochemical abnormalities? Apparently not. Check out the Abnormalities Page and form your own opinion. One of the interesting studies that has come out of the Gulf War Syndrome research indicates that, under extreme stress, the blood-brain barrier (which normally protects the brain from molecules that could harm it) becomes more permeable. It will prove to be interesting as this research is expanded.
