Nocebo, Placebo and You, which deals with the effects of the thinking that goes on in the heart. Remember, the heart is the seat of things believed, not necessarily the things which are true. It is the responsibility of the mind to analyze and deduce the truth. The Placebo Effect is the product of positive thoughts whereas the Nocebo Effect is the product of negative, harmful thoughts that proceed out of the heart. The following is an excerpt from Nocebo, Placebo and You: You may already be comfortable with the general notion that your moods and thoughts affect your physical health -- you get sick to your stomach when youre under pressure at work, for example. (Nocebos flip side, the placebo effect, is another form of this mind/body connection. Thats the tendency people have to feel better after they receive a treatment -- even if it has zero therapeutic value -- simply because they think the treatment will work.) But in the more specific form of the nocebo effect, the cause is a particular thought or belief, not something vague like stress or a bad mood. In one experiment, 13 teenagers were told they were being rubbed on the arm with a plant similar to poison ivy. The leaves were, in fact, harmless, but all of the kids had some reaction -- itching, redness, blisters. Their specific belief that the plant was poisonous actually caused them to break out in rashes. -
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