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[-] teft@piefed.social 12 points 1 day ago

Your thoughts are so powerful that you can trick your body into thinking you got medicine even if you really just got a sugar pill.

[-] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago

Seems to me this is an under-studied phenomenon.

What diseases could be cured with proper mind-training?

[-] orenj@leminal.space 10 points 1 day ago

I hate this about the body. If you can feel better by being tricked, skip the getting tricked bit and go straight to feeling better

this post was submitted on 11 Apr 2026
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