jokerman + illuminatile + anyone else

[ill-matic]

this relates to the whole placebo thing. i was wondering, can a form of illness (or whatever) be induced by your own mind? let's say you're some sort of paranoid person who thinks, expects to get sick...could there be an instance where you have convinced yourself to the point where it actually causes the illness - even tho you never displayed any of the symptoms that SHOULD actually cause it?

kind of like when you see a spider, or ants crawling, and afterward you get that paranoid feeling that there is something crawling on you. your mind, after seeing the bug, is on high alert, and it essentially makes you feel that "tingle" or whatever that makes you think there is a spider crawling on you.

does this make sense?

i dont mean that if youre paranoid about getting cancer that you will get it. this is more in terms of the minor sort of things.


to clarify - everybody is aware of the placebo effect. you are told to take a drug which is supposed to cure you of something. the drug is actually a dud, which doesnt do shit, but you are cured because you BELIEVED that you were being cured due to the dud drug. what im asking is can it happen in reverse... if you BELIEVE that something is happening to you (but it's not) can you actually CAUSE it to happen?

 

[Cooper]

Yes..

 

[Illuminattile]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nocebo

 

[ARon]

Isn't that kind of what a Hypochondriac is?

 

[Jokerman]

if you BELIEVE that something is happening to you (but it's not) can you actually CAUSE it to happen?

:thumb:

 

[Chronic]

Might find this interesting

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_pregnancy

 

[Jokerman]

Might find this interesting

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_pregnancy

My favorite line on there: "Bitches that are pseudopregnant will lactate..."

You gotta watch dem fake-ass bitches telling you they pregnant with your kid!

 

[Farzin]

You should watch House MD.

 

[Lil KaMiKaZe]

Jockerman = street hop's Dr. House

 

[Sebastian]

^
No, not even close.

 

[Lil KaMiKaZe]

^
No, not even close.

you're omar epps,you never agree with him

 

[ARon]

^lol

SOmeone answer me though. Isn't this what a hypochondriac does. I'm not really sure if they get sick all the time or anything but I've been told by my Dr. my cousin was makin herself sick. She had to go to therapy cus she was diagnosed with Hypochondria, so isn't it the same thing?

 

[Chronic]

^lol

SOmeone answer me though. Isn't this what a hypochondriac does. I'm not really sure if they get sick all the time or anything but I've been told by my Dr. my cousin was makin herself sick. She had to go to therapy cus she was diagnosed with Hypochondria, so isn't it the same thing?

From what I understand a hypochondriac is excessively paranoid about being sick. Actually getting sick might be the result. So it's sort of the same yeah,

 

[Preach]

i thought the part about dying of fright after being bit by a non-venomous snake was the best. i mean, come on. that's 0wn3d.

 

[EDouble]

you're omar epps,you never agree with him

LMAOd

 

[ArtsyGirl]

Stress can cause you to get sick, so if your stressed about getting sick I guess that can cause symptoms..
Your mind will fuck you over if you let it.