Placebo Archives - Adam Eason

Overcoming My Caffeine Dilemma, With Placebo and Self-Hypnosis

Adam Eason — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 09:53:45 +0000

Caffeine has posed some major issues for me. On one hand, it fills me with joy, energy and strength (that sees me able to run and lift more). On the other hand, it impairs my sleep quality greatly, makes me anxious, twitchy and paranoid. My experience oscillates greatly with prolonged consumption of caffeine; that is, […]

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My Take On The Adage “You Should Never Meet Your Heroes”

Adam Eason — Thu, 22 Jun 2017 09:18:51 +0000

We have seen it written over and over that you should never meet your heroes, and the internet holds so many accounts of people who upon meeting their heroes, found that it was simply not as they had hoped. Some had unrealistic and high expectations that could not be met, others had fantastical ideas about […]

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Tablets, Tablets Everywhere, and Not a Self-Hypnosis Session In Sight

Adam Eason — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 15:14:42 +0000

With this article, I’m of course playing with the age-old phrase “water, water everywhere nor any drop to drink” from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner. I wanted to write something witty, sharp and quick along the lines of “stupid people everywhere and not enough of them are learning to use hypnosis or their own […]

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My Jerry Maguire Moment

Adam Eason — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:50:21 +0000

Today was going to be the day I wrote a blog showing you lots of photos from my holiday and getting myself back into the fold gently. Next week I’ll share holiday snaps. Instead, I got back from holiday and with the mind space I had, have begun having a Jerry Maguire revolution with the […]

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Do Placebos Work When You Know It Is A Placebo? Is That Still A Placebo?

Adam Eason — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 10:49:27 +0000

Last September, I wrote about why I firmly believed hypnotherapists should investigate and become aware of the placebo effect. (You can read the article on hypnotherapy and the placebo effect here) There has been some discussion and further research findings recently that brought up an interesting question: do placebos work when the patient is aware […]

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Hypnotherapy And The Placebo Effect – Why All Hypnotherapists Should Know About It

Adam Eason — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:42:17 +0000

Last year, I had the worst cold and flu bug of my life and the cough that followed seemed to hang around forever. it just would not go away. I was so miserable as a result. I kept coughing in the middle of talking, which is not ideal if you are a hypnotherapist, right? it […]

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Placebo Paradox, Homeopathy and The Irving Kirsch Classic

Adam Eason — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:52:14 +0000

Here in the UK, as covered in much of the media, particularly at a time of economic downturn… A House of Commons body has recommended that homeopathy no longer receive state support. For many it is because of the perfectly good reason that there is no evidence that the theory behind homeopathy has any validity. […]

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