> (Disclosure: Mindfulness helped my anxiety a lot. I believe it to be more than placebo, but then I would, wouldn't I?) I don't see why this would need to be

> (Disclosure: Mindfulness helped my anxiety a lot. I believe it to be more than placebo, but then I would, wouldn't I?) I don't see why this would need to be dismissed as a placebo. A placebo is something that works by tricking the mind into have an effect on the body, right? The key being that there really is an effect. So couldn't mindfulness be seen as purposefully harnessing the placebo effect?