No, no, there's no hurt been caused! It's more that this broadcast a warning that I tend to run away from in a way that I really heard. Much more sobering than painful... actually seeing that kind of obsession, rather, seeing it given form, that's extremely shocking. It's especially shocking when it's for the first time, you're right.
...it's a placebo effect even with the real thing? That was in reference to how medications (supposedly, I can't find the study now that I need it to back myself up) have been documented to work even better if they taste terrible. The expectation that powerful drugs that can heal almost anything taste awful is such a meme that people's bodies will work to match that expectation, above and beyond the medicine's effects.
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Date: 2012-08-26 12:56 pm (UTC)...it's a placebo effect even with the real thing?
That was in reference to how medications (supposedly, I can't find the study now that I need it to back myself up) have been documented to work even better if they taste terrible. The expectation that powerful drugs that can heal almost anything taste awful is such a meme that people's bodies will work to match that expectation, above and beyond the medicine's effects.
Thank you so much!