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To clarify, I don’t believe me/cfs is some miss wiring in the amygdala that needs to be corrected by brain training (I know you don’t like that term and prefer autonomic rehab but just for consistency). Similarly, I was not proposing a proven mechanism (clearly a study is needed, we have evidence and leads but not proof), rather I was pointing out that biology is complex and we shouldn’t dismiss evidence just because it doesn’t fit our preconceived notions. Enough people recover by this so-called ‘mind and body connection’ approach that we should be humbly curious, not dismissive. Given the nature of me/cfs, the dysautonomia and the stress related crashes, I think it makes a lot of sense that these techniques can improve some people to the point of remission. Is the underlying problem/damage still there? Maybe, probably! But it might be compensated. I don’t believe things only spring into being when there is a paper saying so (neither do you I’m sure!). As you know, I personally think the functions of the vagus nerves cover me/CFS, its symptoms and even its lesser reported ‘weird symptoms’ I read on X all the time. Vagal tone will be a function of the physical state (condition/size etc) of the vagus nerve its self AND its upstream regulation. Vagal tone is one of the best documented correlates of me/CFS and its severity. Even patients have worked this out with smartwatches etc. it can also be increase by training (I did it myself and other prominent health figures such as Bryan Johnson have too). This is of course not fully proven and I am too severe to have a paper based discussion unfortunately. However just hypothetically I bring it up to demonstrate there are always many ways something can be true that originally sounds wrong. The vaccines too. We shouldn’t discard observations because they don’t fit our current hypothesis. Let alone the social consequence of doing so in this context, it’s just toxic imo.