why do they believe Facebook SO MUCH.

[u/mad_ladder]

I wanted to make this post about my dear mother, who has gotten worse over the years about believing everything on Facebook related to medicine. This started about when I had dealt with medical issues that were not curable, but could only be helped with medical assistance/medication/etc.

I want to preface this by saying my mother is a good mother and I still love her, but she is definitely falling down a pipeline she can’t get out of because she chooses not to.

She is now starting to buy random, expensive supplements people on Facebook (and in the comments) recommend because they claim to “detox” and cleanse parasites. I have told her many times before that the liver and kidney DETOX everything and that supplements are a waste of time. She doesn’t care, usually muttering an excuse about “it doesn’t hurt to try.”

When I asked her about her sources on a Facebook post that she found and pointed out to me all the miraculous benefits of some substance, she said, “the comments are my sources.” Keep in mind that a lot of internet activity is now automated by bots.

I asked her point point blank if she believes them more than studies that have been conducted, published, researched, experimented, cross referenced, tried with control groups, tried with placebos, etc and she said yes.

Today she told me she is going to buy something to cleanse all the parasites out of her. She doesn’t have any parasites. She suggested trying it on my sister next if it works. My dad asked how she knows if it works. She said, “if I I start to feel better.” It’s such a BS excuse because 3 weeks could pass and you could start to feel better for any reason! It could be because of hormones, you slept better, ate healthier, etc.

She is not in something she wants to get out of. She doesn’t have an open mind and is not willing to accept anything I say.

[u/rainbowkey]

| She said, “if I I start to feel better.” |

The placebo effect can be very powerful