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Re:Ask HN: Has anyone gotten complete, permanent relief from... by vorpalhex on Thursday October 12, 2023 @11:13AM (#37858340)
Tinnitus may have a psychological component. Many people, in this thread, talk about reducing or removing alcohol and having improvement. Alcohol does very weird things to sleep and the stress cycle.

One of the things that occasionally freaks people out is that magical talismans, regardless the magic.. actually work - at above placebo! In fact, even fake magical talismans.. work.. at above placebo..

Psychological things are very real and can be measured but can be influenced in funny ways. Something may genuinely fix or help the issue and not actually treat the direct symptom.

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Re:Ask HN: Has anyone gotten complete, permanent relief from... by bigDinosaur on Thursday October 12, 2023 @11:37AM (#37858699)
The fake magical talisman is the placebo, so it cannot be superior to the placebo. At least I'm not sure of any useful study to demonstrate anything about real talismans if you're not using the fake one as a placebo.
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