Stress is a double challenge for people with Chronic Fatigue
Syndrome and fibromyalgia. Illness adds new sources of stress,
such as the ongoing discomfort of symptoms, uncertainty about
the future and financial pressure. In addition, CFS and FM are
very stress-sensitive illnesses, so that the effects of a given
level of stress are greater than they would be for a healthy
person. Thus, you face a double challenge related to stress:
your stresses are multiplied at a time when you are more
vulnerable to the effects of stress. This combination makes
addressing stress a high priority. By using stress management
techniques such as those described in this chapter, you can
learn how to interrupt the cycle in which symptoms and stress
reinforce one another. Sources and Signs of Stress One reason
that stress is such a big challenge in CFS and FM is that it can
come from many different sources. They include: ||Ongoing
discomfort is debilitating and worrisome ||Frustration due to
smaller energy envelope ||Many losses: he