•When they’re at their most ill, ME sufferers disappear into their bedrooms. This invisibility contributes to people’s lack of understanding
JENNIFER BREA, 35, is a beautiful, willowy woman with a smile that takes up half her face. A former PhD student at Harvard University, she lives in a sprawling house with her devoted, handsome husband Omar, who happens not only to be a professor, but also a tech entrepreneur. A charmed life, you might think.