What’s so troubling about these drugs is that the damage they do creeps up on a person. So many guys on them don’t feel anything, believe they’re being protected and believe all is well with them. I read a recent Substack that posited that these drugs benefits may be highly placebo in nature. The belief guys have in the purported protection they offer creates a kind of psych-biological safety that is actually what’s protecting a person from becoming positive. Whether that’s true or not these prep drugs make guys feel safe, but it’s a bit of selling your soul to the devil kind of safe
He has some very intriguing ideas. One is an idea, one that we’ve talked about, that PrEP is simply masking the signals read as being ‘positive’. But he goes into a fair amount of depth about how that’s probably working.
I think it’s this post in particular where he talks about the emotional aspect:
Yes, doctors used to acknowledge the placebo effect- give sugar pills to patients to "cure" their perceived "disease." Doctors have now replaced sugar pills with poison. So, rather than "curing" a patient of their perception of a "disease," the doctors are now creating real harms.
I frequently hear similar anecdotes- people who interact with the medical establishment for minor ailments, and end up with life threatening conditions.
What’s so troubling about these drugs is that the damage they do creeps up on a person. So many guys on them don’t feel anything, believe they’re being protected and believe all is well with them. I read a recent Substack that posited that these drugs benefits may be highly placebo in nature. The belief guys have in the purported protection they offer creates a kind of psych-biological safety that is actually what’s protecting a person from becoming positive. Whether that’s true or not these prep drugs make guys feel safe, but it’s a bit of selling your soul to the devil kind of safe
Do you have a link to the substack? I’d love to read it.
Yes.
https://eyestoseeandearstohear.substack.com/profile/posts
He has some very intriguing ideas. One is an idea, one that we’ve talked about, that PrEP is simply masking the signals read as being ‘positive’. But he goes into a fair amount of depth about how that’s probably working.
I think it’s this post in particular where he talks about the emotional aspect:
https://eyestoseeandearstohear.substack.com/p/x-sex-shame-fear-and-the-diagnostic
Oh I know him. I think we follow each other. I hadn’t seen that post. Thanks.
Yes, doctors used to acknowledge the placebo effect- give sugar pills to patients to "cure" their perceived "disease." Doctors have now replaced sugar pills with poison. So, rather than "curing" a patient of their perception of a "disease," the doctors are now creating real harms.
I frequently hear similar anecdotes- people who interact with the medical establishment for minor ailments, and end up with life threatening conditions.