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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

some of the superstitious do believe that if you felt disturbed that's one way to be rid of them. zero shits given and tell wm to fuck off.

I kind of want to know how that works psychologically tbh.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Oo I can answer this one!

It's kind of like the placebo effect, in which believing that it will work makes it work. Anxiety/fear/etc are self-perpetuating systems- the behaviors (e.g., avoidance, hypervigilance), feeling in your body (heart rate, muscle tension), and thoughts (e.g., "I'm not safe") all reinforce one another, and breaking one part of that chain can make the whole system collapse.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Username checks out