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

In the cases involving placebos for pain….scientists don’t fully understand pain.
It’s multifactorial, 100% subjective, pain is whatever you say your pain is.
Look up ‘total suffering’ in relation to palliative care.
A tablet is one aspect of symptom controll and one aspect only