Reddit reviews Suggestible You: The Curious Science of Your Brain's Ability to Deceive, Transform, and Heal

I don't have a reference for you on this because I got it from an audiobook, and I don't feel like looking up details, but I've heard from a reputable source that recent double blinds seem to suggest that ECT isn't that much more effective than a placebo.

If you want more details, read: https://www.amazon.com/Suggestible-You-Curious-Science-Transform/dp/1426217897

The chapter on placebos.

The book itself is very interesting when it comes to depression, considering how much brain chemistry seems to be responsive to placebo/suggestion.

Highly recommended, fun, easy, and quick read.

it is weird, but the mind is incredibly weird. I would try to be optimistic about your situation, in that, if you sort of got yourself into this at least partially because of psychological factors, you may well get yourself out.

I have a couple friends who don't have significant T, but can hear it in very quiet rooms, and have told me that when they focus on it, it becomes "deafening".

I am presently reading and really enjoying this book, and you might, as well: https://www.amazon.com/Suggestible-You-Curious-Science-Transform/dp/1426217897

There's an interesting pop-science book called Suggestible You by Erik Vance, which talks at length about the recorded powers of the placebo effect, the problem with trying to test drugs without relying on it, and of course its evil cousin, the nocebo effect, which is the sort of thing that makes people sick because they heard windmills are bad.