Re:I had an autoimmune disease, then the disease had me (2013)
by pcrh on Sunday March 12, 2017 @02:17PM
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In the absence of an underlying vulnerability, it would seem pretty unlikely that stress alone would be sufficient to cause CFS. Many people have very stressful lives (including being refugees, being under regular fire, etc) without getting CFS.
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Re:I had an autoimmune disease, then the disease had me (2013)
by cpncrunch on Sunday March 12, 2017 @02:39PM
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The same can be said for PTSD. Whether or not chronic stress leads to hypocortisolism and burnout/CFS seems to be whether or not dealing with the stress is in the best interests of the organism (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15950390), along with other factors such as time since onset, nature of the stress, personality factors, etc.
Stress-related disorders are quite common among the military and refugees (higher level of prevalence than the general population).