The Paris Bedbug Fiasco Is an Age-Old Story

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The Paris Bedbug Fiasco Is an Age-Old Story
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The way we expect to feel affects how we actually feel.

There are many examples of people coming down with a wide range of symptoms, even laughing.In early fall, stories began to emerge about a bedbug infestation in Paris. Then something odd happened. Much of the news coverage shifted to the notion that, in reality, theThe idea that a huge group of people think they have some bonafide medical issue but are actually healthy is a story that has repeated itself for centuries. We have a name for this phenomenon. We have an understanding of how it works.

The similarity to Paris in 2023 is hard to miss, a misperception of tiny insects that wreak havoc on our bodies. One worker said she “felt something bite me on my leg and when I scratched my leg, the came up under my fingernail.” Even though that quote is from more than 60 years ago, you would believe us if we told you that it was from a Parisian less than 60 days ago.

gave undergraduates an inert pill but told them it was a “fast-acting and legal drug similar to psychedelic mushrooms.” Nearly two in three participants reported some effect of the drug. One student said that colors were moving; another ”had trouble understanding what people were saying for approximately 20 minutes.” Expectations even influence our physiology.

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