Is it even true that someone who is determined to overcome an illness has more chance than someone who is passive, or even indifferent? If so how? Isn’t it the immune system and/or the medications and drugs that are doing the work?
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It is true that someone with a positive mindset will recover better than someone who is stressed. The placebo effect works towards symptoms regulated by the brain like pain or fatigue. In clinical trails, sometimes people who unknowingly take the “fake” medicine start experiencing health improvements too, as if they were taking a real medicine. There is a reason it’s called an effect. The brain has more control over symptoms than you would think, and the expectation of feeling better leads to better outcomes.
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