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Placebo effect! It’s our inherent capacity to HEAL. Let’s stop denigrating it

I'm always astounded when the placebo effect is talked about as though it were a nuisance...it's such an incredibly and sadly closed minded way of seeing things. Of course we need a new name...that makes it central...we are healing machines! Here's an interesting video about the placebo effect. What is most interesting is that the placebo effect is actually getting greater over time as scientists observe it. Our capacity to heal ourselves is getting GREATER! I love this. And as the video says, this may undermine the pharmaceutical companies. Oh, no! … [click on title for the rest of the post]

Placebo effect! It’s our inherent capacity to HEAL. Let’s stop denigrating it

Let’s stop denigrating the placebo effect and learn how to HARNESS it. We are healing machines. We need to learn how to consciously apply it.

UPDATED: Placebo effect is inherently human – that includes ALL HUMAN BEINGS

Placebo effect is one of my favorite interests. I've said again and again, we need to learn how to harness the power of placebo because it is, essentially, nothing other than our own minds power to heal our whole beings. Pharma and many scientists want to dismiss it. Placebo is experienced as a nuisance in... Continue Reading →

Placebo Effect

This paper is originally from Nexus Magazine. It is all over the net, so I'm assuming it's okay to use the fair use clause in copyright law and present this here for educational purposes. I found it here. I think this paper suggests we can to some extent consciously use the placebo effect to our... Continue Reading →

The “placebo effect” is our naturally healing mind in action

We need to learn how to harness placebo.It's our inner healer at work. From Ode Magazine: In the lab, Takeo couldn't stand it anymore. The itching was driving him crazy. He watched his right arm turn red and wondered why he’d decided to take part in this experiment. He knew he was allergic to poison... Continue Reading →

Initial Treatment With Placebo Not Harmful to Teens

From Medscape: Initial Treatment With Placebo Not Harmful to Teens Participating in Antidepressant Trials, Study Suggests January 30, 2009 — Initial treatment with placebo in teens participating in antidepressant trials is not harmful, and in fact, adolescents who receive placebo prior to active treatment fare as well as those who receive immediate active treatment, a... Continue Reading →

Lamictal (lamotrigine) no better than placebo

The Last Psychiatrist (I couldn't find the post) has spoken about this before and now CL Psych really gives us the dish: GlaxoSmithKline, manufacturer of lamotrigine (Lamictal), the antiepileptic drug used widely for bipolar disorder, happily hid clinical trial results which found Lamictal was no better than a placebo. Given recent findings about how often... Continue Reading →

The Placebo Effect

This paper is originally from Nexus Magazine. It is all over the net, so I'm assuming it's okay to use the fair use clause in copyright law and present this here for educational purposes. I found it here. I think this paper suggests we can to some extent consciously use the placebo effect to our... Continue Reading →

Do we do it all to ourselves?

Is it just human nature that makes us suckers to big pharma? Granted this "skill" can be used for great good too. Our minds are very powerful.

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