If the placebo effect works by tricking the brain, why does it need to be tricked if it’s apparently able to solve the issue on its own?
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Many people have answered your question but I’ll say this I learned about placebo. You can tell someone that you’re giving them a placebo but to imagine it is a treatment and still sometimes get a placebo effect out of it.
My wife is a Physician Assistant. Once I was having a panic attack at a family retreat. I didn’t have any anti anxiety meds with me. She reached into her purse and pulled out ibuprofen. She said “you know this is just ibuprofen, but I want you to imagine it is your anxiety medication.” I took the ibuprofen and in under five minutes I was calm. I felt the ‘drug’ kick in the same way my lorazepam does. It was crazy.
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