Interesting facts about our brain The brain sees no difference between reality and imagination The brain reacts equally to everything you think about In this sense for it there is no difference between objective reality and your fantasies For this reason the so-called placebo effect is possible If your brain thinks you are taking a pharmaceutical drug and not a sugar pill it reacts accordingly Take a placebo thinking it s aspirin and your brain will give your body a command to lower your body temperature The nocebo effect works the same way but in reverse If a hypochondriac watches the evening news and hears about the outbreak of a new disease he may even begin to physically feel its symptoms The good news however is that if you look at the world with rose-colored glasses you probably feel happy more often due to abnormally high levels of serotonin the joy hormone Any constructive thought or daydream of a bright future can improve your physical well-being right here right now