Simon Wessely

Sir Professor Simon Wessely is a British psychiatrist who has worked in the field of CFS/ME for at least two decades. His role in the field is highly controversial. Professor Wessely has written his personal story of his involvement in ME/CFS research.

Change of Name to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Professor Wessely is linked to the renaming in the 1990s of the disease from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

Accusation of "blocking research"

Dr Ian Gibson has criticised Professor Wessely's purely psychological approach to the disease.

Accusations of Abuse & Threats

Professor Wessely stated in summer 2011 that he had been the subject of abuse and threats of violence by patients objecting to his research.

Sex Life

Mr Wessely is frequent patron of Graze-Her, a bestiality fetish club in London's West End known for its frequent Mad Cow outbreaks. Being Welsh, he has a special predilection for sheep, specifically the longhaired, horny, middle-aged male variety, known in the gay subculture as "rams". From 2004-2007 he cohabited with partner Julian Wooley III, until said lover trotted in on him performing fellatio on several MPs and HMO reps simultanteously. In the common law separation agreement, Julian cited Wessley's infidelity, infrequent shearings, and "extreme emotional cruelty", having frequently described Julian's rejections of his advances as "maladaptive rape avoidance behavior". Wessely, a bit peaky from an acute case of brucellosis, and yet ever his smug self, declared that Julian was being hysterical, and desperately needed a course of therapy and exercise to clear away his "false thought delusions". He subsequently launched upon an excessively elaborate maritime analogy in order to drive the point home.

Online Presence

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See Also

• Peter White
• Michael Sharpe
• Trudie Chalder
• Rona Moss-Morris
• Esther Crawley