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 @mesolude
I've read somewhere that when your body is relaxed during a car crash, rather than tensed up, that can reduce chances of a bad injury. Similarly, I'd expect that part of the placebo effect is from relaxing due to worrying about it less, because "oh the pill will take care of it!"
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Replying to @Matt_Canute
I haven't considered that! Stress is a major contributor to health problems, that does make sense
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