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« on: March 03, 2009, 11:57:17 AM » |
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What do people think about this?
Can you heal yourself with positive thought?
Can you win a poker competition based on belief that you will win?
Can you affect your day by thinking positively?
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RED-DOG
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« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2009, 12:00:29 PM » |
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What do people think about this?
Can you heal yourself with positive thought?
Can you win a poker competition based on belief that you will win?
Can you affect your day by thinking positively?
Ommmm..... |
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The older I get, the better I was.
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AndrewT
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« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2009, 12:01:34 PM » |
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I'm pretty sure that studies have shown that negative people tend to get more ill than positive people, because being in a happy state of mind releases stuff (hormones, chemicals or something) which make the immune system work better (or a negative frame of mind releases immume system inhibitors - one of the two).
The placebo effect is well documented (but not properly understood).
Having belief in yourself in a poker competition will lead you to not be passive, which will actually help you win.
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kinboshi
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« Reply #3 on: March 03, 2009, 12:02:30 PM » |
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Positive thought helped Andrew after his ludicrous answer in the reverse sheep game - so there must be something in it.
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'The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry.'
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« Reply #4 on: March 03, 2009, 12:08:05 PM » |
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What do people think about this?
Can you heal yourself with positive thought?
Can you win a poker competition based on belief that you will win?
Can you affect your day by thinking positively?
No. |
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kukushkin88
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« Reply #5 on: March 03, 2009, 12:13:55 PM » |
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The answer to can you affect your day by thinking positively is unquestionably yes. Your chances in the poker tournament improve as a result of positive thought but it alone won't be enough to win. The heal yourself one is probably the most interesting, being stressed has a negative effect on the immune system so to some extent positive thinking will help but it obviously very much depends on the ailment.
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Dewi_cool
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« Reply #6 on: March 03, 2009, 12:15:59 PM » |
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I'm not sure
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The very last hand of the night goes to Dewi James, who finds ACES and talks Raymond O’Mahoney into calling his all-in preflop bet of 15k. “If I had AQ, I’d call!” says Dewi. Raymond calls holding pocket 66’s.
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Graham C
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« Reply #7 on: March 03, 2009, 12:16:05 PM » |
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What do people think about this?
Can you heal yourself with positive thought?
Can you win a poker competition based on belief that you will win?
Can you affect your day by thinking positively?
Healing - no, if you do then there was nothing wrong with you Poker - not win, but you can lose by being negative. Wierdly, I think I suffer more bad beats when I'm really tired. Stuff like AA losing to smaller pairs seems to happen more when I'm tired. Obviously I don't have scientific stuff to back this theory up. Day affected - yeah I think so. |
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AndrewT
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« Reply #8 on: March 03, 2009, 12:24:46 PM » |
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Positive thought helped Andrew after his ludicrous answer in the reverse sheep game - so there must be something in it.
No - that was a bribe. I offered to give JonMW's hat a little polish. |
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tikay
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« Reply #9 on: March 03, 2009, 12:28:58 PM » |
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I'm not sure
Needs more love. |
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tikay
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« Reply #10 on: March 03, 2009, 12:29:30 PM » |
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What do people think about this?
Can you heal yourself with positive thought?
Can you win a poker competition based on belief that you will win?
Can you affect your day by thinking positively?
No. No. Yes. |
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All details of the 2016 Vegas Staking Adventure can be found via this link - http://bit.ly/1pdQZDY (copyright Anthony James Kendall, 2016). |
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Dingdell
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« Reply #11 on: March 03, 2009, 12:32:05 PM » |
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Positive thought helped Andrew after his ludicrous answer in the reverse sheep game - so there must be something in it.
No - that was a bribe. I offered to give JonMW's hat a little polish. Something like Prosze mi pomoc? |
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AndrewT
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« Reply #12 on: March 03, 2009, 12:36:45 PM » |
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Positive thought helped Andrew after his ludicrous answer in the reverse sheep game - so there must be something in it.
No - that was a bribe. I offered to give JonMW's hat a little polish. Something like Prosze mi pomoc? Yes - a little something I learned in Conflictsaw. |
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cia260895
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« Reply #13 on: March 03, 2009, 12:59:51 PM » |
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so if you think positevly and it doesn't happen, does that then make things worse?
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Dewi_cool
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« Reply #14 on: March 03, 2009, 01:09:46 PM » |
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so if you think positevly and it doesn't happen, does that then make things worse?
I'm not sure |
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The very last hand of the night goes to Dewi James, who finds ACES and talks Raymond O’Mahoney into calling his all-in preflop bet of 15k. “If I had AQ, I’d call!” says Dewi. Raymond calls holding pocket 66’s.
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