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> But maybe I'm just less frustrated by the pain, or less inclined to admit the pain to myself or to others, or less inclined to trust myself. Maybe believing f
by jt2190 2y ago
> But maybe I'm just less frustrated by the pain, or less inclined to admit the pain to myself or to others, or less inclined to trust myself. Maybe believing feels good, so I want to do it.
That wouldn’t be the placebo effect then, it would be more of a psychological phenomenon in the realm of how your mental outlook can influence how you experience pain. That is also heavily studied.
Edit: This video is good intro to the placebo effect: “Harnessing the power of placebos” Alia Crumb, 2017 (video) https://youtu.be/WcQnSW1wpGA?si=A2tzqvd45BLiMADW https://youtu.be/WcQnSW1wpGA?si=A2tzqvd45BLiMADW
Edit 2: I think what you’re describing is generally called “pain tolerance”.
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- BugsJustFindMe 2y ago> That wouldn’t be the placebo effect then This is my point! I would argue that a lot, if not most or even all, of what gets called a placebo effect is clearly confounded by these obviously-not-placebo-effect-as-defined effects without any distinction, and to me that casts the field into myopic disrepute. > I think what you’re describing is generally called “pain tolerance”. No, I think that's yet another different thing.
- amenhotep 2y agoYou get that these studies aren't actually measuring pain, right? They're measuring things like "how the patient rates the pain on a scale of 1-10". The difference between a "genuine" placebo and a "psychological" placebo is not detectable in that data.