You Are the Placebo

  Dr.  Joe Dispenza [whom is very educated] in psychology, the subconscious is the part    of consciousness that is not currently in focal awareness.  The word subconscious is an anglicized version of the French subconscient as coined by the psychologist Pierre Janet (1859-1947), who argued that underneath the layers of critical thought functions of the conscious mind lay a powerful awareness that he called the subconscious mind. Because there is a limit to the information that can be held in conscious focal awareness, which is   a storehouse of one’s knowledge and prior experience is needed; this is the subconscious.

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The subconscious mind is a composite of everything one sees, hears and any information the mind collects that it cannot otherwise consciously process to make meaningful sense. The conscious mind cannot always absorb disconnected information, as it would be an information overload, so the subconscious mind stores this information where it can be retrieved by the conscious mind when it needs to defend itself for survival (and for other reasons, such as solving puzzles).

The subconscious mind stores information that the conscious mind may not immediately process with full understanding, however  it stores the information for later retrieval when ”recalled” by the conscious mind, or by an astute psychoanalyst whom which  can draw out information stored in the subconscious. While also bringing it to the individual’s conscious awareness.  This can especially be observed  with heightened sensitivity  of  the  victims of violence and other crimes,  where victims  “felt something”  “instinctually”  about a person  or situation,  but failed to take action to avoid the situation,  for  whatever  reason,  be it embarrassment, self-denial or other reasons to ignore instinct, as they disregard internal warning signals. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPxCPK5Q2Ec

  Is it possible to heal by thought alone—without drugs or surgery? The truth is that it happens more often than you might expect. In You Are the Placebo, Dr. Joe Dispenza shares numerous documented cases of those who reversed cancer, heart disease, depression, crippling arthritis, and even the tremors of Parkinson’s disease by believing in a placebo. Similarly, Dr. Joe tells of how others have gotten sick and even died the victims of a hex or voodoo curse—or after being misdiagnosed with a fatal illness. Belief can be so strong that pharmaceutical companies use double- and triple-blind randomized studies to try to exclude the power of the mind over the body when evaluating new drugs.

     Dr. Joe does more than simply explore the history and the physiology of the placebo effect. He asks the question: “Is it possible to teach the principles of the placebo, and without relying on any external substance, produce the same internal changes in a person’s health and ultimately in his or her life?” Then he shares scientific evidence (including color brain scans) of amazing healings from his workshops, in which participants learn his model of personal transformation, based on practical applications of the so-called placebo effect. The book ends with a “how-to” meditation for changing beliefs and perceptions that hold us back—the first step in healing.

     You Are the Placebo combines the latest research in neuroscience, biology, psychology, hypnosis, behavioral conditioning, and quantum physics to demystify the workings of the placebo effect . . . and show how the seemingly impossible can become possible.

 How Does the Placebo Effect Work?

Research on the placebo effect has focused on the relationship of mind and body. One of the most common theories is that the placebo effect is due to a person’s expectations. If a person expects a pill to do something, then it’s possible that the body’s own chemistry can cause effects similar to what a medication might have caused.

Experts also say that there is a relationship between how strongly a person expects to   have results and whether or not results occur. The stronger the feeling, the more likely     it  is that a person will experience positive effects. There may be a profound effect due       to the interaction between a patient and health care provider.

The same appears to be true for negative effects. If people expect to have side effects     such as headaches, nausea, or drowsiness, there is a greater chance of those reactions happening.

The fact that the placebo effect is tied to expectations doesn’t make it imaginary or fake. Some studies show that there are actual physical changes that occur with the placebo effect. For instance, some studies have documented an increase in the body’s production  of endorphins, one of the body’s natural pain relievers.

It’s well known among doctors that people can get pain relief from a placebo.                 Now, they’re closer to understanding the phenomenon called the placebo effect.

A new study provides evidence that a placebo — the mere expectation of relief, with no  real treatment — causes physical changes in how the brain responds to pain, writes lead researcher Tor D. Wager, PhD, a psychologist with the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. His paper appears in this week’s issue of Science.

While the body still experiences the sensation of pain, the brain processes it differently when relief is expected — the placebo effect, he explains.

In his study, Wager and his colleagues used functional MRI to view brain activity in    about two dozen people.

Volunteers were told that they were testing a pain-relieving cream, which only the researcher knew was a placebo. The cream was applied, and the volunteers were given       a shock while researchers viewed their brain activity.

The researchers wanted to see if the placebo “pain reliever” would alter the sensation        of the pain in the brain. They could see this by viewing changes in pain-sensing regions    of the brain.

When the placebo was used, the response of the brain’s pain-sensing regions was  ratcheted down.

These studies showed “placebo effect patterns” in the prefrontal cortex, writes Wager.   The prefrontal cortex is the brain region that becomes activated in anticipation of pain relief — which triggers a reduction of activity in pain-sensing areas of the brain.

This interplay within the prefrontal cortex may trigger a release of pain-relieving opioids in the midbrain, Wager speculates.

Another explanation of the placebo effect: The prefrontal cortex may direct attention   away from pain, since the same region has been implicated in attention processes.

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