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Definition: Using that its all natural and that is healthy and will help you more then any medication or that it will help your hair grow faster because its all natural and so worth the price, which it usually costs a lot.
Connection: Just because a item is all natural doesn't mean that is healthy or better, in some cases something all natural can actually be dangerous to someone's health. For example unfiltered water. Unfiltered water can contain may different minerals that are actually really bad for our health. The link below takes you to a article about the true dangerous of trusting when someone says its all natural, sometimes your not only paying extra for no reason but it could be one big lie.

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Taking herbal remedies is tempting. Testimonials abound from people who have solved their medical problems with "safe, natural" and over-the-counter pills. And there's plenty of literature - in print, on the Internet and on TV - from companies that manufacture and sell these products. But informed consumers need to know that there are very few valid medical studies on herbal remedies, their safety, effectiveness or mechanisms of action.

Although herbs seem harmless (after all, we use them to season our food), some can be potentially dangerous, especially to anyone taking medication for a heart problem. Unlike conventional medications, herbal supplements do not undergo rigorous scientific study using randomized, controlled clinical trials that are designed to measure objective "end points." Serious, even fatal, interactions have been reported between cardiac medicines and some supplements. Cleveland Clinic cardiologists warn that anyone who takes digoxin, diuretics, hypoglycemics, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, spironolactone, or warfarin should not use supplements, without first checking with their doctor: (See chart.)
Cleveland clinic cardiologists warn cardiac patients against taking these herbal remedies If you take digoxin, diuretics, hypoglycemics, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, spironolactone, or warfarin, do not use the following supplements, without first checking with your doctor.
Many of the drug interactions result from the fact that the herbs contain naturally-occurring compounds called coumarins that are anticoagulants. (In fact, warfarin is a coumarin, as its trade name, Coumadin, implies.) The additional anticoagulants in the herb interfere with the workings of the prescription drugs, says Mike Militello, PharmD, cardiology clinical pharmacist at Cleveland Clinic. For example, dong quai (Angelica sinensis) contains coumarin components, "but there are many others as well," Dr. Militello notes.

High levels of vitamin K are also a problem. "Vitamin K actually reverses the effects of warfarin," Dr. Militello notes. He urges anyone taking warfarin to avoid excessive amounts of alfalfa, as well as agrimony, plantain, and stinging nettle. (Since vitamin K is also found in green, leafy vegetables, they should also be avoided.)

Other supplements are known to cause heart problems, whether or not the consumer is also taking heart medications. These include:

Aloe - used internally to relieve constipation and externally to soothe irritated skin and burns. When taken internally, aloe can cause abnormal heart rhythms with prolonged used.

Arnica ( Arnica montana) - applied externally to reduce pain from bruising, aches and sprains, and to relieve constipation. Arnica is potentially toxic to the heart and can raise blood pressure if taken internally.

Black cohosh ( Cimicifuga racemosa) - used to relieve menopausal symptoms. Can cause lowered blood pressure when taken at high doses.

Feverfew ( Tanacetum parthenium) - believed to prevent and treat migraines, arthritis and allergies. Feverfew can interfere with blood clotting when taken internally.

Ginger - purported to alleviate nausea and motion sickness, lower blood cholesterol, decrease platelet aggregation, and as a digestive aid and antioxidant. Ginger can interfere with blood clotting and increase the risk of bleeding when taken with blood-thinners. High dose has been associated with abnormal heart rhythm and blood pressure changes.

Ginseng ( Panax ginseng) - supposed to slow aging, increase mental and physical capacity, increase sexual performance, and boost immunity. It should not be taken by people with hypertension. Ginseng can interfere with blood clotting and increase risk of bleeding when taken with blood-thinners.

Stinging nettle ( Urtica dioica) - thought to fight urinary tract infections, kidney and bladder stones, and rheumatism. It is used externally to control dandruff. Nettle should not be taken by people with fluid retention caused by reduced heart or kidney function.

Unlike prescription medications, herbal remedies are classified as dietary supplements and therefore bypass the tight Food and Drug Administration scrutiny that prescription medications must undergo. In fact, the Dietary Supplement Health Education Act of October 1994 doesn't require manufacturers of herbal products to prove that their products are either safe or effective.

To make matters worse, computer software used by pharmacists to alert them to potentially dangerous drug interactions don't recognize adverse interactions with herbal products. If the lure of, say, improved memory or relief from arthritis pain seems strong, do your heart a favor and talk to your doctor before trying a "safe" herbal remedy.

Reviewed by Mandy Leonard, Pharm.D., Manager, Drug Information Center, Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Reviewed: 12/13

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Taking herbal remedies is tempting. Testimonials abound from people who have solved their medical problems with "safe, natural" and over-the-counter pills. And there's plenty of literature - in print, on the Internet and on TV - from companies that manufacture and sell these products.

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Post #2-Red Flag: Using scientific sounding language 

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Post #2-Red Flag: Using scientific sounding language 

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Definition: Using big words to make something sound smarter and leading people to believe that something is real when it really isn't.
Connection: We have all been there reading things and random words we don't know that are long and complicated are thrown around making something seem more reliable then what it actually is. Lets take anti-vaccines for a example we all know why its important but some people are convinced about the language and no we have a growing problem of people not using the vaccines. The link below takes you to a youtube video that they use this type of language to try and convince people.

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Completely Unvaccinated Adult Explains Why She Doesn't Vaccinate Her Child

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Definition: Creating a mystery leaves people in a sense of wonder. This leaves people with a sense of doubt about real science because real science can not explain and give you the same results.
Connection: When you think about Ouija boards what is the first thing you think about? You think about the mystery and how it is something that you can never explain, therefore your brain automatically jumps to the paranormal. That someone is talking to you from the afterlife. The unexplainable creates a mystery that we as humans usually don't question because who doesn't love a good mystery. Below is a link to why Ouija boards really work. Showing us that just because its a mystery we cant just expect it to be the paranormal.

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The True Story of the Ouija Board | It Might Get Weird

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Definition: Using peoples faiths or religions in order to convince them that something is happening to them for a certain reason. Or even that if they don't use or do something that they will be punished in the afterlife. We see this in the bible or in media or older people all the time.
Connection: People who worship a one religion are often left seeing the same type of ghost for example. Since we have to beliefs we are more likely to believe the same bad things will happen to us. The link below links to a article explaining why this is so. And allows us to think that just because something is happening to someone that it usually has nothing to do with faith but allowing ourselves to believe that is the reason why our brains are seeing certain things in some cases.

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If you've ever seen a ghost, you have something in common with 18 percent of Americans.

But while there's evidence that our brains are hardwired to see ghosts, the apparitions we see tend to vary.

Historians who study and catalogue ghostly encounters across time will tell you that ghosts come in a range of shapes and forms. Some haunt individuals, appearing in dreams or popping up at unexpected times. Others haunt a specific location and are prepared to spook any passersby. Some are the spitting images of what were once real humans. And then there are the noisy and troublesome poltergeists, which appear as uncontrollable supernatural forces instead of people.

What might explain such discrepancies? And are some people more likely to see ghosts than others? It turns out that our religious background could play a role.

Religion might ease one fear

Some argue that religion evolved as a terror management device, a handy way to remove the uncertainty surrounding one of the scariest things we can imagine: death.

Almost every religion offers an explanation for what happens to us after we die, with the assurance that death isn't the end. And there is, in fact, evidence that very religious people don't fear death as much as others.

Protestants, Catholics and Muslims all believe in a day of resurrection and judgment, in which our souls are directed to heaven ( "Jannah" in the case of Muslims) or hell based upon our good deeds (or misdeeds) during our time spent on Earth. Catholics also believe in a halfway house called purgatory, in which people who aren't quite worthy of heaven but are too good for hell can pay their dues before getting a ticket to paradise.

Buddhists and Hindus believe in a cycle of death and reincarnation that can eventually result in a permanent spiritual state, provided you play your cards right over each successive lifetime. Even the Jewish faith, which doesn't really focus on the afterlife, assumes that an afterlife does exist.

By following a clear set of rules, worshipers can assert control: They know what they have to do to make good things, rather than bad things, happen to them after they take the big dirt nap.

Tormented souls and sinister demons

But there's a catch.

Religion's talent for easing our anxiety about death may have had the perverse effect of increasing the likelihood that we'll be on edge about ghosts, spirits and other supernatural beings. This, however, may depend upon how religious you actually are.

All of the available evidence suggests that those who describe themselves as believers - but who don't attend church regularly - are twice as likely to believe in ghosts than those at the two extremes of religious belief: nonbelievers and the deeply devout.

With most religions populated by an impressive cadre of prophets, gods, spirits, angels and miracles, the tenets of religious faith might shape what you see. They could determine whether a visitor from the spirit world is a welcome or unwelcome guest, while also influencing whom you think you're meeting.

For example, in Medieval Catholic Europe, ghosts were assumed to be the tormented souls of people suffering for their sins in purgatory. But during the Protestant Reformation, since most Protestants believed that souls went immediately to heaven or hell, paranormal activity was thought to be the work of angels, demons or other decidedly nonhuman supernatural beings.

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While most Protestant sects today are largely silent about the existence of ghosts, Catholic theology remains amenable to the existence of ghosts. Catholics typically believe that God may permit dead individuals to visit their counterparts on Earth, but the church has traditionally condemned occult activities such as seances and Ouija boards.

In some religions, such as Voodoo, spirits and ghosts play a central role. Religions such as Buddhism and Hinduism support a belief in ghosts, but ghosts play only a minor role in the religion itself. For Hindus, ghosts are the souls of individuals who suffered a violent death or of people who were not accorded the appropriate and required death rituals. Buddhist ghosts are reincarnated individuals who may be sorting out bad karma.

Muslims don't believe that dead people can return as ghosts, so if a Muslim thinks he's encountered a ghost, it's thought to be the work of Jinn - beings that contain a mix of spiritual and physical properties, whose intentions can be malevolent or benevolent depending upon the situation. There are several other religions, such as Jehovah's Witnesses, that also believe ghostly apparitions are demons in disguise rather than the souls of deceased people.

Jews typically discourage occult activities designed to contact the dead, and there seems to be less consensus within Judaism as to the status of ghosts. However, Jewish oral traditions include stories of evil ghosts ( Dybbuks) and kindly, helpful ghosts ( Ibburs) who try to insert themselves in human affairs.

It appears people across eras, religions and cultures have always been curious about a spiritual world that exists behind the curtain of death.

Together, it speaks to how thoughts, fears and visions of death are integral to human life.

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How the god you worship influences the ghosts you see

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If you've ever seen a ghost, you have something in common with 18 percent of Americans. But while there's evidence that our brains are hardwired to see ghosts, the apparitions we see tend to vary.

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Post #7- Reason to believe: Lack of evidence

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Definition: Some things cant fully be explained, nor do some people want things to be explained. Therefore when there isn't enough evidence they can just say there isn't a reason to believe in something else.
Connection: There isn't enough evidence in some peoples eyes that ghosts do not exists and even the evidence that there is against it there is some for it, so they say who really knows.

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Definition:  What the world revolves around. Money can make people do some sketchy things. Blackmail, fraud. The rising amount of people who pretend to be a medium in order to make money off peoples beliefs or the hope that they can say good bye to a loved one, is horrible.
Connection: Mediums we come across a lot of them in our lives, from card readings, from people claiming that they can hear or see our loved ones and that they have a message for us in order to make money. I'm not saying this is always the case, but I am saying that more often then not it is. The link below shows us 7 tricks that many people use in order to make a quick buck while saying they are a medium.

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Let's do a psychic reading. Right now.

I'm getting the sense that you're the type of person who places great value on being liked and admired. At times, you can be prone to doubting whether or not you've made the right choices in your life. You can be excessively critical of yourself. You aren't a perfect person, but for the most part, you've made up for your weaknesses. You've got a lot of potential that has not been used to your advantage yet. You're an independent thinker. To a certain degree, you need some change in your life-too many restrictions make you uncomfortable. That said, finding security is one of your main goals. There have been times when social anxiety has been a problem for you.

Sound about right? Most people will see something of themselves in there. But it's not magic. It's called The Forer Effect (also called the Barnum Effect, also called "The Why Your Aunt Still Believes In Astrology Effect"), and it's one of the simple tools that so-called psychics and mediums use to convince you that they can talk to the dead, look into your soul, and accept all major credit cards.

Here's how they do it. You might find a little cold reading useful someday.

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1. Making claims that could apply to anyone

Bertram Forer was a psychologist who gave his students a test, saying it would help him create a personality profile for each of them. Secretly, he gave every student the exact same profile, regardless of their answers, and asked them to rate how accurate they thought it was. The majority of the students said it was right on-the-mark. In another example of the study, students were given two profiles, one real, another fake-most thought the fake profile was the real one.

If you look back at those statements in the intro, not only are they actually pretty vague, but they can apply to almost anyone, like Sergio! They're also, for the most part, positive; a few negative traits are sprinkled in to make it believable, but none of them are so terrible that you would immediately reject them. Miss Cleo never told anyone, "Honey, I'm getting a real strong feeling that you murder puppies and wear socks and sandals at the same time." No one wants to hear they're a monster.

It's a trick that plenty of psychics use. By making these kinds of statements, they can make you believe they've got access to incredible insights, when they're really just telling you what you want to hear, and doing it in a way that prevents you from noticing the trick. A psychic wouldn't make a strong, declarative statement, such as, "You suffer from clinical social anxiety," but they might say, "At times, social anxiety has been a problem for you in your life."

Of course that's true. It's true for almost every single human being on the planet.

2. Getting them to tell you the important info

Most people who see a psychic aren't there reluctantly. It's not like the dentist, or the in-laws you don't visit because you know the consequences of not going will be worse. Because of this, it's pretty easy to get a client to play along.

All a psychic needs to do is start out by explaining that the messages they get can be vague, and they might need help to understand why they're important. If the client agrees, boom, they've got cooperation. "I'm seeing a name with the letter C. Oh, it was the letter K? Thank you. When I get these impressions from the spirit world, sometimes mistakes like that can happen. Now I'm sensing that this person was either your father, or knew your father, or was maybe on his side of the family. I may need your help here. Oh, it was your mother's father? Yes, right, it's getting clearer now. It was your grandfather. I knew it involved a father somehow. It's starting to come together."

By the end of the session, the client has actually done most of the work, because they're ready to believe. Which is like taking your doctor seriously after he asks you to help him with the surgery.

3. Saying things that will be true for at least someone

On shows like Crossing Over, an audience full of people watches as John Edward (or, as labeled him, The Biggest Douche in the Universe) claims to be in contact with spirits from the other side. In what seems like a fairly short amount of time, he's able to find someone who believes he has actually managed to communicate with their dead relatives.

It's also extremely easy to pull off. All you have to do is keep your reading as vague as possible. Notice how these guys always say something like "I'm getting a male figure, someone with the name Bob or Ben, something along those lines." In an audience, it won't be hard to find someone who knew a guy named Bob who died. Or, perhaps, the psychic will say, "I'm seeing someone, an older relative, they had a heart problem."

When heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide, that psychic is about as magical as WedMD. Showing off your psychic skills to a room full of people? Just make sure you stick to vague statements. Focus on common relationships, physical traits, or causes of death. Very quickly, you'll get someone to spot something you say that fits. As soon as you appear to be right once, people will be more likely to buy in throughout the process.

4. Keeping it vague lets you backtrack when you miss

Sometimes, a statement a psychic makes, no matter how vague, will miss the mark. When that happens, they've got ways of backtracking to cover up their error. Claimed you're speaking with the client's mother, only to learn that she's still alive? Say that no, it must be someone who knew the mother well, or had some sort of relationship with her. Just told someone they're about to make a big decision in life, but they tell you this isn't true? Say that it's now looking like they did make a big decision earlier in the year, or are at a stage in their life where some changes are happening.

By always keeping it vague and explaining that the spirit world doesn't always communicate clearly, a psychic can seem legit even when caught in a clear lie. That's why shows like The Long Island Medium (contains way more alcohol than a regular medium!) are great study tools for teens whose parents check their closet for weed.

And they show you how to play the same tricks. If you've made a claim that doesn't fit, just step back and reframe it in a more general way. Act as though the person isn't contradicting you, just clarifying things for you. If you convince them that you're not wrong, that they're just helping you arrive at the right answers, they'll look past the fact that you're full of shit.

5. Watch for subtle reactions that reveal major details

There's a reason that psychics often talk slowly, and it isn't merely because the cell signal between here and the afterlife is kind of spotty. Whenever they make statements, they're waiting to see how a client will respond. Even when someone isn't speaking-although a lot of a psychic's act depends on the person revealing information like, "No, he wasn't my uncle, I think you're talking about my cousin"-the simple shifts in body language, facial expression, and plenty of other subtle cues, will help the psychic know if they're on the right track. You can do the same. If you say something during a reading that makes sense to someone, they might nod or smile. Being the subject of a psychic reading is like listening to a joke. You're waiting for the person to say something specific, and when they do, you're going to react. That's the whole point. The psychic just needs to watch out for those reactions.

In one of the most popular TED Talks ever, entertainer Keith Barry successfully guesses the name of a woman's ex with her barely saying a word. Barry doesn't reveal much of his secrets, but unlike others who use these tricks, he doesn't try to tell his audience that he has actual powers. He just lets them know that they're telling him more with their reactions than they could possibly realize.

Or he's an actual wizard who doesn't want to be discovered. Seriously, watch that video. The last time our minds were that blown we promised ourselves never to buy brownies from the frisbee club bake sale again.

6. Looking for minor clues that reveal important info

People are always sharing information about themselves, even when they aren't saying a word. For example, a wedding ring shows that you're in a committed relationship, have the life experiences of someone who has been married, and are chronically stressed. Sitting in the front row during an audience reading, or leaning in close, can mean that you're eager to believe the psychic. Someone sporting an Ed Hardy shirt is subtly announcing that they still live with their parents.

Psychics train themselves to spot these clues and use them in their reading of a subject. You can learn a lot about a person simply by paying closer attention to clothing, behavior, speech patterns, etc. Psychics just know how to do it better than most. Practice it yourself. Pay attention to the clothing of the people around you, and the way they carry themselves. You'll start to notice what this says about them, because it's often really obvious.

7. Just learning everything they need to know ahead of time

Psychics working with an audience, or even a large group of people, have it pretty easy. A simple trick they often use is to pick the subject of their reading ahead of time, spotting someone they know they want to focus on. Then, they have plenty of time to look for clues that will help them get a sense of who they're dealing with. If possible, they also can try to get someone else in the audience to have a conversation with this person beforehand, gathering as much info as possible.

If you're planning on giving a psychic demonstration while hanging out, spot your subject long before you bring your "skills" up. Hell, these days, you could probably get their name, then check their social media accounts on your phone to gather a bunch of info. Psychics are often just really good Googlers.

Or stalkers.

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7 Tricks Psychics Bullshit People With That Everyone Should Know

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Definition: Hope is greater then anything. With a enough hope we have been taught since a very young age that anything can happen. Leading us to believe that if we hope enough we can talk to someone from the afterlife.
Connection: Mediums give a lot of people hope that they are getting a message from the other side and it is just what they are hoping for and need to cope with the death of someone usually.

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Reporter Breaks Down And Cries During Psychic Medium Reading On LIVE TV

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Post 9# - Reason to believe: Comfort zone

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Definition: Some people are suck in their ways and even know they have so much proof that something is not true, they still choose to go with it because they don't want to leave their comfort zone. Mostly because the fear of the unknown.
Connection: When we were little we had it suck in our heads that our imaginary friends were real. Mostly because we felt as if they protected us and if they were gone who would be our friends. usually this is something we would grow out of but for some people it grows into something else, maybe even the paranormal to explain things that are right in front of them. Some people just need the push to leave the comfort zone.

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COMFORT ZONE - Powerful Motivational Speech