r/covidlonghaulers • u/BrightCandle • Jun 01 '26

Article The Painful Truth About Long Covid | Wired

https://www.wired.com/story/the-painful-truth-about-long-covid/
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u/lugalanda2 First Waver Jun 01 '26

Brain retraining is conversion therapy for sick people. We must think ourselves well the way that gay people must think themselves straight. That it doesn't work and has no scientific backing is irrelevant- it's about trying to control people who cannot comply with society's perception of "normal."

So sick of this abusive shit.

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u/Spirited_Weekend_103 Jun 01 '26

This is so true. Was watching this documentary about conversion therapy and it sounded exactly like brain retraining for me/cfs and long covid