[somedude895]

I also wonder the role social contagion has in it all. Not to detract from the issues GP or others in here are reporting, but most if not all symptoms of long covid could potentially be psychosomatic. Of the people I know who suffered longterm effects like this, every single one had very stressful jobs / lives or a lot of anxiety previous to infection.

I'm also reminded of my mother who suffered from electromagnetic hypersensitivity and would shut off the wifi at night because she couldn't sleep. Years later her general situation has changed to the better due to certain developments in her life, and the issue has since disappeared completely and the wifi hums on happily during the night now, with her sleep having improved significantly overall. That's all to say that we know social contagion and psychosomatism are a thing.

Unfortunately it's very difficult to have this discussion because some people won't even consider this possibility and default to painting skeptics as inhumane brutes.

[aeim]

covid is brutal. so is burnout. i reject the term psychosomatic in relation to what i'm pointing at, in either case