Chronic fatigue syndrome, time perspective and the self

SOURCE: Acta Academica
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2003
TITLE AUTHOR(S): A.Carstens, J.Mouton
KEYWORDS: CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME
DEPARTMENT: Equitable Education and Economies (IED)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 2383
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/8229
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/8229

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Abstract

In a study aimed at establishing a greater understanding of the subjective experience of sufferers from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), time perspective was identified as one of the most affected dimensions of the self. It was found that the chronic and unpredictable nature of CFS affected both the past and the future of participants. AS both of these dimensions reside within the present, the present was marked by a sense of anxiety and uncertainty. Participants showed, however, that they were able to countermand this anxiety by focusing on the extended present. In this dimension they had the power to consciously shape a perspective from which to (re-)interpret events and (re-)appraise the self.

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