> Until you have evidence that it is purely psychological I would refrain from suggesting such.
If there are a bunch of self-reported subjective symptoms with no biomarkers or any established physiological mechanism, I believe the null hypothesis would be psychological. (This is why, for instance, the symptoms of grief would be considered a psychological condition absent evidence to the contrary.) You might have specific arguments and evidence for having a different prior in this specific case, in which case I would like to hear them.
> What makes it a red flag that people want recognition for a condition?
People stand to gain socially and economically from having their symptoms classified as a physiological disease, so they are less likely to approach the evidence dispassionately. When much of the discussion online is provided by such advocacy group, we ought naturally be suspicious.
If there are a bunch of self-reported subjective symptoms with no biomarkers or any established physiological mechanism, I believe the null hypothesis would be psychological. (This is why, for instance, the symptoms of grief would be considered a psychological condition absent evidence to the contrary.) You might have specific arguments and evidence for having a different prior in this specific case, in which case I would like to hear them.
> What makes it a red flag that people want recognition for a condition?
People stand to gain socially and economically from having their symptoms classified as a physiological disease, so they are less likely to approach the evidence dispassionately. When much of the discussion online is provided by such advocacy group, we ought naturally be suspicious.