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==== Recovery is an undesirable goal ==== Another controversial statement Van Houdenhove has made, is that for ME/CFS patients, full recovery is not only an unrealistic but also an undesirable goal.<ref name=":13" /> This has to do with Van Houdenhoves view that the premorbid behavior of ME/CFS patients is an important precipitating factor of the disease (translated from Dutch): <blockquote>"Elsewhere we have argued that in many CFS/FM patients - before the outbreak of their disease - the balance between their will and ability had become lost. They perpetrated continuous violence against themselves, whether intentionally or unintentionally. This imbalance was a source of chronic, undermining stress. Sooner or later this had to go wrong..."<ref name=":7">Van Houdenhove, B. (2005). [https://books.google.be/books?id=xuQONxCnpIgC&pg=PA13&dq=in+wankel+evenwicht+boudewijn+van+houdenhove&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjgtMv-qYDcAhUJPFAKHb5qBl0Q6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=in%20wankel%20evenwicht%20boudewijn%20van%20houdenhove&f=false In wankel evenwicht. Over stress, levensstijl, en welvaartsziekten.] Tielt: Lannoo. p 139-140.</ref> </blockquote> According to Van Houdenhove some ME/CFS patients were "trapped in a narcissistic urge to perform" while others were "a slave of their perfectionism".<ref name=":7" /> This is the reason why there will never be a simple pharmacological cure for ME/CFS. (Translated fom Dutch): <blockquote>"[…], it seems unlikely that CFS/fibromyalgia can be 'cured' completely by pharmacological therapy. Indeed, as discussed above, the course of the condition often depends heavily on secondary physical and psychosocial factors. For many patients with CFS/fibromyalgia, a return to 'former times' is an entirely undesirable goal, given the factors that contributed to the disease."<ref>Van Houdenhove B, Luyten P, ke S. [https://www.tvg.be/index.php/article/het-stressadaptatiemodelvan-het-chronischevermoeidheidssyndroomfibromyalgieeen-update Het “stressadaptatiemodel” van het chronischevermoeidheidssyndroom/Fibromyalgie: een update.] Tijdschrift Voor Geneeskunde. 2013;69: 905.</ref></blockquote>
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