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Is it possible to die through the nocebo effect if someone keeps thinking that they are going to die soon ?
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Yes: Our thoughts and beliefs have a very powerful effect on health. Just as placebos have been shown to be strong enough to cure cancer, nocebos can apparently be fatal at times. How healthy we think we are may affect our health as strongly as how healthy we really are! see http://www.Theatlantic.Com/health/archive/2011/09/the-dark-side-of-the-placebo-effect-when-intense-belief-kills/245065/.
Answered 7/15/2013
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