What is the best way to describe yourself? Choosing the right words can be challenging, but it’s important to be honest. If you aren’t, you could end up painting an inaccurate portrait of yourself to your audience that may confuse, anger, or disappoint them. On the other hand, being overly modest can leave them wondering if you’re really as strong and capable as you say you are.
This article will provide some helpful tips to help you figure out how to best describe yourself to others, and it will also suggest some strategies that you can try to make your description of yourself more accurate. It is also important to remember that the people who know you best will probably be able to give you a more accurate picture of yourself, so if you can ask them for their thoughts on this topic, it’s often a good idea to do so.
The first step in describing yourself is to decide what qualities you want to highlight and which ones you want to avoid highlighting. You might choose to focus on your academic or professional strengths, as well as any unique traits that you feel define who you are as a person.
While the exact cause of ME is unknown, it appears to be a chronic illness that affects many body systems. The hallmark symptom is post-exertional malaise, a severe worsening of symptoms that occurs after a physical, mental, or emotional exertion that would not have caused the person any problems before they became ill. This symptom can last for hours, days, weeks or longer and often causes significant regression in functioning.
ME is a global condition, and there are both epidemic and sporadic forms of the disease. It has been reported in at least 75 documented epidemics from the 1930s to the 1980s and may have been present in other places at undocumented times. Sporadic ME has been found worldwide, with a higher incidence in women than men. It can strike anyone regardless of age, racial or ethnic background, social class, or any other defining factor.
While there is no specific laboratory test for ME, the Canadian Consensus Criteria or Institute of Medicine criteria allow for an accurate diagnosis based on a patient’s medical history and a pattern of symptoms. ME is sometimes referred to as CFS, ME/CFS, or CHF, but it is often preferable to use the full name of myalgic encephalomyelitis. It is important that the symptom patterns and severity of a person’s ME are accurately assessed, as other diseases with similar symptoms can be mistaken for ME/CFS. This can lead to misdiagnosis and lack of appropriate treatment.