Athlete's fatigue is in the mind..

Interesting stuff Mike. The placebo seemed to be highly effective. I wonder if athletes at the Olympics will be tested for placebos

Mark

Do you think one could count eg affirmations as similar placebo-effects?

Only in double-blind studies

Milamber

Affirmations? Simply read Roger's article every day and everything will get better and better, and you will love and appreciate it more and more day by day in every way!

That's an interesting article.
One remark though. Roger speaks about thinking styles, but what makes it that affirmations are about thinking styles and not about feeling styles? When I affirm 'Every day in every way I'm getting better, better and better.', I'm not really thinking about why that is so. And even if it would be about thinking, what makes it that I wouldn't be able to recognise I can have lesser days too?

Ok, it's not one remark anymore, and I'll make another one. When I have to interpret the sentence, give it a concrete meaning (since I don't live in abstraction), I wouldn't think it says something the general tendency of my life to be better and better. Eg instead of being depressed many times, I'm still depressed but overall my situation has gotten better.

Final note, the meaning Roger gives to the sentences are not always the meaning someone else could give to it. Let me offer an alternative reading:

"Every day in every way I'm getting better, better and better." - Really? That's miraculous! I thought everybody has bad days?

I'm improving upon my life, step by step. I know it won't be easy but a road of 1000 miles starts with one step.

"Everything is coming to me easily and effortlessly." - Whatever happened to "Success is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration" ?

The things I need to improve myself are within my grasp. I don't need to work a year to be able to pay 20 personal sessions with a therapist.
etc.