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We Just Got More Evidence That Long COVID Is a Brain Injury (sciencealert.com)

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 4 weeks ago (40 children)

I wasn't even aware of that. chronic fatigue syndrome was actually real.

I thought I was just like side- depression.

is there anything known about CFS?

what causes it or how long it lasts or anything?

I know nothing about it except for like a comedy sketch from the 2000s at some point.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 weeks ago (7 children)

We all get tired

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (3 children)

Much the same like we all get depressed - a normal & necessary mechanism that if it lasts for too long no longer works & causes damage.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Absolutely. I should have used an /s

It's a line from a sketch

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

Oh, sorry, I really wasn't clear & just ~~randomly regurgitated from my brainhole~~ wrote the thought I thought people (not you specifically) should be aware-ish of (psa, kinda, about how getting depressed is normal and healthy but that clinical depression is something else - but thats hard to explain to people not afflicted by it & using the case of fatigue + your quote seemed like a good place for it ... perhaps if I started with "we all get depressed").

I wrote it after I've already seen your explanation (it felt like a reference anyway) - but now reading what/how tf I replied it absolutely looks like Im explaining you basic human stuff.