According to some medical-therapeutic theories, a person gets ill from 30% of illnesses that are of a physical or material character and today's medicine cures these types of illnesses pretty successfully. However, people also get ill from 70% of malignant illnesses which are of a spiritual and psychosomatic character and today's medicine is much less efficient in those cases. This is where the placebo effect and its power of suggestion come into play.
No matter the level of education of certain people, as it was previously mentioned, the placebo effect "works” at a higher or lower level among most people. It is sufficient to trust your doctor, the members of your family, your sports trainer, your friends or that you can be convinced by various therapists in the efficacy of their therapy. The placebo effect will come into play.
And if you think that you are not the type of person that can be tricked by placebo- don't be so sure of it because it greatly depends on a given moment or situation. You might be surprised because the placebo effect is much stronger than it is usually believed. An optimistic state of mind, i.e. a will to improve or being convinced that you will improve will gradually lead you to success.
A person who believes that he/she will get better and will succeed will do all the necessary work in order to, sooner or later, achieve that improvement or success. This effect is based on the fact which says that, if you have an expressed opinion that a certain situation or phenomenon will happen, the subject will do all the necessary actions that will cause all the pre-expected situations to happen.
This is often seen in the process of curing patients or when making some important business or life decisions. It can also find its purpose in sports and sport competitions. Your wish and belief in success will gradually lead you to it.
Placebo and the placebo effect, as well as its importance in everyday life, has a much larger role than it is given credit for.
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