Discussion about placebos often focuses on the boring thing: "gotcha, the treatment didn't work the way you thought it would.." The cool thing about placebos is past that: "..didn't work the way you thought it would, because the body did ??something?? and fixed itself"
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I badly want to understand what that 'something' is that a colored pill or an entire surgery might trigger
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Replying to @Plinz
What kind of attention works best? Why would this work? (Not that I disagree, but 'attention' is vague)
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Replying to @mesolude
In the case of placebo (homeopathy may be the ideal placebo), attention is focused in a recurring ritual, in which the patient (with support of the therapist) senses the condition and how it changes, based on interacting with it.
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