All in the Mind? I don't think so

There has been some interesting researched published recently about how to help people with M.E./CFS.
It seems to suggest that people are helped more if they are encouraged to do more exercise, rather than less.
I remember so well doctors saying to me when I was ill that I should build up my exercise gradually in order to get better. I've always loved taking exercise and was happy to give it a go (many times). Each time I tried it I had to stop because I'd 'crashed'.

Some M.E. patient groups are worried that any possible solutions for M.E./CFS may suggest it is 'all in the mind'. I certainly didn't want to be told that either when I was ill, and I don't believe it now.

 I did also try to resolve my health issues through doing counselling. That didn't do the trick either.

What I learned in doing the Lightning Process was that I had real physical issues/symptoms and also that I had much more influence over them than I had realised. In the same way that placebos can work so well in human beings because we believe they will work, so the power of my mind was much more important than I had previously thought.
This was not because I was stupid, or not trying hard enough, or making it up. I just needed the information and tools to interrupt the cycle I was in.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/feb/18/study-exercise-therapy-me-treatment?INTCMP=SRCH