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I'm interested in "plastic rose syndrome" but google isn't giving me anything that seems relevant. Happen to have a link to some info?

• ars 16y ago
  It seems to be about allergies, so add that to your search. From what I can tell it's the idea that someone allergic to roses would also be allergic to plastic roses, if he thought the roses were real.
  • Alex3917 16y ago
    This is basically it, that someone who was allergic to roses would also have an allergic reaction if they saw a plastic rose. (The actual incident of a patient having an allergic reaction to a plastic rose was observed by a doctor in the late 19th century, but there are controlled studies showing placebos causing allergic reactions from the modern era.) That is why the anecdotes about allergies being cured with LSD make sense, because if the allergy was psychosomatic to begin with then it would make sense that someone could get over their fear of the substance under the influence of the drug.
• khafra 16y ago
  Sounds like another name for a nocebo.