New issue of #TheSickTimes includes a study that found no evidence that wearable alerts improve pacing.

https://thesicktimes.org/2026/02/17/research-updates-february-17/

Not super surprised by this.

The alerts themselves can trigger emotional and sensory exertion.

The data they're generally tracking includes just one type of stressor (physical) - I have yet to find a wearable that can (for example) track emotional overload via voice characteristics; track cognitive load via things like "time spent on computer"; track sensory stimulation via light and sound levels and rate of change.

The proportion of time spent resting and type of rest is a critical factor that is also generally not tracked: vertical vs horizontal vs reclined; physical vs cognitive vs sensory and emotional; degree of stressors and type of stimuli present.

As long as a trial fails to track rest as well as the different types of exertion, impact will be buried in the noise.

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From The Sick Times:

"Long COVID taught me to slow down and stop trying to meet able-bodied benchmarks"

https://thesicktimes.org/2025/08/15/long-covid-taught-me-to-slow-down-and-stop-trying-to-meet-able-bodied-benchmarks/

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Video from Solve ME, about 13 minutes long.

"Hollis Mickey on Pacing with Severe M.E."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LUox41bP94

"Often we say, 'I crashed myself,' or feel frustrated or blame ourselves for exceeding a threshold. I am the biggest culprit of this. But crashing is not always predictable"

"My body is having an unreasonable reaction to a reasonable action."

Transcript:

https://solvecfs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Pacing-With-Severe-M.E.pdf

#MEcfs #SevereME #PwME #StopRestPace #SolveME

New video from Solve ME, a recording of the EmPower M.E. event on June 27:

Pacing: Power In Slowing Down
(about one hour long)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to9xPPuRM1o

"Pacing is one of the most talked-about — but often misunderstood — tools in chronic illness management. In this informative session, we’ll break down what pacing really means, why it works, and how it works — so no family has to learn the hard way."

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From the #ThereForME series:

"The importance of understanding rest"

https://www.thereforme.uk/p/the-importance-of-understanding-rest

"This cultural dismissal of rest is especially harmful to people with ME or Long Covid, who must often rest for prolonged or indefinite periods. They face not only the impact of their condition, but also repeatedly justifying their need to adapt."

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