Why does our stomach start hurting when we think we have food poisoning? Even though most of the time nothing is wrong at all?
In: Biology
Like the placebo effect there is something called the “[nocebo effect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nocebo)”.
In the same way that you can physically feel better when given a placebo, even if you know it is a placebo, you can also make yourself feel sick when nothing is wrong.
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