Mood-freezing (catharsis) pills

8-BIT BOBBY on March 21, 2021 at 4:58 am

Idea: Mood-freezing (catharsis) pills

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Not sure who this is supposed to fool. The idea has been around for a while, though the evidence says don’t bother. Cheer up or get professional help.

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There is a popular notion that anger should be expressed rather than repressed. Encouraging people to express anger is a surprisingly old idea. Anger was promoted by some medieval and early modern societies as a means to kick-start or revive a flagging, exhausted body, with physicians purposefully g

Mike on March 21, 2021 at 4:00 am

Idea: Mood-freezing (catharsis) pills

Link: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/placebo...

Placebos work even if you know they are placebos. Go for it.

Placebo can work even if you know there’s nothing in it

Link: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/artic

Pills that contain no active ingredients appear to reduce exam anxiety in students even when they know they are taking a placebo, research suggests.The study was the first to use healthy participants