Can the power of your mind make you sick? Can the power of your mind make you well?
Seems so simple doesn’t it. At least it does to me. Obviously the answer to both questions is a huge, Yes.
I just heard some doctor talking about the mind body connection and saying not much was known about it. Why not? What have they been doing? Haven’t then been studying it?
Why do they continue to treat us as if we are all stupid? Most of us have heard of the placebo effect and if you go to the doctor they tell you stress and keeping your feelings inside instead of expressing them, can make you sick.
Drug companies have know about the placebo effect for a very long time. Funny thing is, sometimes the placebo actually works better than the drug they are testing. I read one study where the placebo had worked 75% better than the drug they were testing against.
The testing of new drugs is almost always a double blind test. All that means is that the people getting the pills don’t know what they are getting and the people giving them the pills don’t know if they are giving the real thing or the sugar pill.
The placebo effect works because the person taking the fake drug believes it’s going to work. They don’t know it’s a fake drug.
Simple yet effective proof that your mind can make you well if you believe the fake drug you are being given will make you better.
The whole point of this little story is that if you believe something strong enough your mind will accomplish it for you. It’s not just true about illness or placebos but is true of everything.
While you may not agree with that or even that your mind has any power to do anything always remember the placebo effect is a real thing and has been scientifically proven, over and over and over again.
If you can remember that you should not doubt the power of what you can do with your mind.
