“Since drugs are tested against placebos there is more info and research on placebo effectiveness than the drugs tested. It’s important to remember the inert ingredient used is called a ‘placebo’ but it is the ‘PLACEBO EFFECT’ (PE) that is the actual key.

Anything can be a placebo, a pill, a talisman, and amulet. Anything can be a placebo because of the Placebo Effect. This effect operates with the drugs that are tested and ‘proven’ effective, and, or in, all treatments. It isn’t separate from any of them. It is a part of them!

It isn’t an ‘add on’. It isn’t a ‘magic pill’, but we mis-attribute the magic to the pill. We attribute effectiveness to the ‘placebo’ and to ‘proven’ medicine. The placebo effect IS an aspect of the process that does contribute to the effectiveness of the medicine and to the healing.

The Mind Is As Strong As Its Weakest Think

The ‘placebo’ is the part which has been singled out and named. Consequently, because of that, we mis-attribute the effectiveness to the placebo, instead of where it belongs. It’s your beliefs about the medicine or treatments that determines outcome and effectiveness.

The placebo effect essentially states, if you believe something will help you, or work, even if there is nothing in it to make it work, then it is possible, even likely, that it will. That is why you can’t separate the effect from the effectiveness of the medicine or treatment.

Statistics demonstrate placebos work a large percentage of the time in place of ‘real medicine’ and ‘real treatment’. This is because the placebo effect works. We know your attitude and beliefs about treatment are more reliable predictors than the treatment itself.

Thoughts Become Things – Our Results Begin With Our Thoughts

PE works when you take medicine with active ingredients. If you believe the medicine will help, then it is more likely it will. If you believe the inert substance will help, in most cases you don’t know it’s a placebo, then it is more likely it will. Get it? It isn’t about the pill.

It is about the power of your mind and beliefs to heal you. It is also about the power of your mind and beliefs to make you ill or to keep you ill in spite of medicine or treatment. There is great power you and I harbor! It would serve us the best to learn to use it well.

There is the ‘Nocebo Effect’, too. If you don’t believe something will help, even if it is tested and ‘proven’ to work, then it may be likely it won’t. The placebo and nocebo effects are about our beliefs, not the substance, item, or treatment. Get it? It is about you and me.

If You Think You Can Or You Think You Can’t – You Are Correct

If a person believes nothing will help them then they have a more difficult time getting helped.  The medicine or treatment may be statistically ‘proven’ to work in near all cases, but if you don’t believe it will, it may not work for you. We are this powerful! This is amazing.

Things can work even if you don’t believe it. Things may not work even if you do believe it. However, they are more likely to work as intended if you believe appropriately. We have been aware of this effect for a long time and truly, still don’t understand it.

We know it is there but don’t really know how it works. We know it is dependent on our thoughts and beliefs. This may be the answer to ‘faith’ healing and miracles. For me, it doesn’t matter. I simply want to believe the best things, most often, in all aspects of my life.

You Become What You Think About Most Frequently

It makes the most sense to have a champion belief set and a champion attitude. You will feel better, and perform better when you do. 30 years ago I said our work ‘is to learn to consciously engage the placebo effect’. I was ridiculed by some authors.

That doesn’t matter because in the intervening years more has been uncovered. Much more research conducted. I won’t site it here. I have cited some in other blog posts. You can look it up. You might enjoy reading about ‘Mr Wright’ and placebos. Search it. Oh heck…

Here is a link for you. This is a more recent article on Mr Wright

The process is what it is. Understand this. It is an inner process. You can’t escape it. It isn’t a ‘thing’. It isn’t the pill or treatment. It is how you think. If you think something will help you it is more likely it will. If you think nothing will help you, it is more likely it won’t.

You Go Wherever Your Thoughts Take You – The Power Of Belief

This isn’t good or bad. It is just what it is.  To judge it would be similar to saying ‘the sun is good or bad’. The sun is promotes life here on earth and can burn us up. It is what is it. We learn how to harness its energy and use it to our benefit while minimizing harmful effects.

In some new research it appears the placebo effect worked even if the tested subjects knew they had been given ‘a placebo’. In addition there are studies on the effectiveness of pill color and size in placebos and ‘real’ medicine. It all seems to make a difference.

What is it that makes the difference? What we think and believe. It makes sense you want to learn to manage your thoughts to think the very best, overcome limiting beliefs, and develop a belief set or system that supports you in living healthily and wealthily. Your happiness and success depend on it. Learn to harness the energy of your positive beliefs. Celebrate everything!” Rex Sikes

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