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I would never approve of doing this first, but since askforhelp has already been to hospitals for treatment so medicine has done what it can, it may not be such a bad idea. I've known about the placebo effect for years, but I never really heard of the nocebo effect until recently, which is sort of the opposite, where harmful physical effects can sometimes be the result of despair. So anything you can do like this, to get out of a state of despair (which may induce the nocebo effect) and into a state of hope to help induce the placebo effect, may be beneficial whether or not an alien really hears your plea for help.
Originally posted by chorizo4
reply to post by askforhelp
I see I misunderstood your post. Try a Cayce like technique. Write on a piece of paper, "Please help me alien, I need your help now". Put it in an envelope and place it under your pillow or in the pillow case.
Maybe an alien will appear in your dreams and give you some idea as how to approach your problem or perhaps some comforting reassurance. This is effortless.
An example of a scenario involving these various effects is as follows: A woman goes to her doctor with an issue. The doctor diagnoses with certainty, and then clearly explains the diagnosis and the expected route towards recovery. If he does this convincingly, calming her, removing fear and instilling hope, she will likely, through the positive expectancy, experience the placebo effect, aiding in her recovery. On the other hand, if her doctor had had little time for her, was uncertain about the diagnosis, and had given her a prescription, combined with a message along the lines of, "this may help sometimes," and added a message about possible horrible side effects ...then the chance of negative subject-expectancy, or nocebo, becomes quite large.
Originally posted by askforhelp
by the way ,can i post my appeal in other forums of ats? so many more people can see my appeal if it is permitted.
1h.) Spamming: You will not post identical content, or snippets of identical content, to multiple threads in the discussion forums. You will also not create more than one thread for your topic, or create multiple "slightly different" threads for a single topic.
Originally posted by askforhelp
i hope my appeal won't be a laughingstock here.