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If you live a life of make-believe, your life isn't worth anything until you do something that does challenge your reality. And to me, sailing the open ocean is a real challenge, because it's life or death.
- I Believe In You
Believe in your dreams. Believe in today. Believe that you...
- I Believe In You
Nov 21, 2014 · Foolish dreamers live in a world of illusion; wise realist plant their feet on the ground (Proverbs 14:18..MSG). HOW DO YOU LIVE IN REALITY? Living in reality is a life-long process that starts with truth. The truth about self. William Shakespeare says it best with his famous quote, “To thine own self be true.”
- The Perils of Being Overly Immersed in Reality
- Make-Believe Intervention 1: Hypnosis
- Make-Believe Intervention 2: Placebo
- Make-Believe Intervention 3: Psychedelics
- Make-Believe Intervention 4: Virtual Reality
- Conclusions
In 1966, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Pierre Marty described a new form of depression—essential depression—that was strongly tied to physical symptoms2. People who have essential depression are very bound to external reality, but they are disconnected from their inner worlds. When afflicted with this condition, people describe an absence of vital...
Hypnosis is a recognized medical intervention. When people are hypnotized, they experience an altered state of consciousness in which they start to authentically feel that what is being suggested is real. As a result, they experience a trance state in which their perception of time might be altered. When done properly, the recipient of hypnosis tap...
Placebos are "sham" medical interventions that improve a person’s medical condition because they expect the placebo to work6. Placebos can be useful for pain relief, but they impact more than just the analgesic system of the body7. They are also capable of generating effects on the immune and endocrinesystems. For instance, there is evidence of imm...
When people use psychedelics under supervision, the effects can be quite profound. Psychedelics can reduce inflammation10, and they can influence the immune system, too11. As a result, researchers believe that these drugs can be feasible for treating diseases with chronic inflammatory etiology and pathology, such as atherosclerosis, rheumatoid arth...
Like psychedelics, the impact of virtual reality (VR) is also related to embodied simulation. And VR can significantly reduce pain intensity12, reduce stress13, and even reduce inflammation and oxidative stress while improving brain plasticity14. In a recent virtual reality study conducted at Mayo Clinic, VR reduced anxiety and emotional distress a...
Hypnosis, placebo, psychedelics, and VR are all methods of experiencing the world that are transient and rely heavily on belief, simulation, embodiment, and fantasy. As we learn more about how these potent methodologies influence our health, we might ask: Is the antidote to how toxic realities affect our health simply a believable fantasy that we c...
Oct 22, 2012 · In effect, he is warning us not to pretend, not to engage in fantasy or live in a make-beleive world. And this line, “Beware of the leaven, that is, the hypocrisy of the Pharisees” serves as the opening framework of all that is to follow.
Oct 1, 2024 · I want to know whether I can live with what I know and with that alone. Everything considered, a determined soul will always manage. I don't know whether this world has a meaning that transcends it. But I know that I cannot know that meaning and that it is impossible for me just now to know it. What can a meaning outside my condition mean to me?
Nov 29, 2016 · The Role of Make Believe Play in Adult Life. “You cannot change the past, but you can change how you feel about the past.” We often hear how important it is for children to use their...
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Mar 18, 2015 · It is hard. The world is cursed. But still you find reasons to keep on living.”. — Princess Mononoke (1997) 10. “No matter how many weapons you have, no matter how great your technology might be, the world cannot live without love!”. — Castle in the Sky (1986) 11. “Deny death, and you deny life.”.
