If You Can Make Yourself Sick, You Can Make Yourself Better
Think Tank #161
Few people deny the reality of psychosomatic illness. When it comes to its limitless power to make things worse, devil (in this case the mind) gets its due.
However, while most people will accept the fact that you can think yourself into a hospital bed, they’re much less likely to accept the fact that you can think yourself out of one. Placebos are just that—placebos. Fake cures. Not permanent, not real.
What is this tendency towards negativity?