Eli5: How do placebos’ trick our brain into thinking they do something? How do we eventually get healed if the placebo didn’t do anything in the first place?

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Eli5: How do placebos’ trick our brain into thinking they do something? How do we eventually get healed if the placebo didn’t do anything in the first place?

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Answer 1

Placebos generally help with subjective symptoms such as pain or feeling sad. The cool part is that a placebo will work even if you know it’s a placebo. So, say you tell yourself that eating a square of chocolate a day will make you feel less depressed chance are it will.
https://www.health.harvard.edu/mental-health/the-power-of-the-placebo-effect