Social pain (psychache), such as ostracisation/rejection/bullying, can hurt as much as physical pain. Forgiveness and acetaminophen have interactive effects on experiences of social pain. Telling victims to just “let it go” is just like withholding pain medicines from patients recovering from surgery.
We need to tell the victims that psychological wounds are like physical wounds. They will heal but the healing processes can be long and painful. Psychological pain may come back in waves, and the scars may remain just like physical scars. If the psychological pain is unbearable, don’t hesitant to seek mental health. “It’s okay not to be okay.” Don’t be persuaded to think “it is all in the head.” Psychological wounds are as real as physical wounds. Good luck.
I hit something a little different for my depressed attitudes and it works as good as a prescribed medication. Alpha GPC
Old doctor joke: Patient: “Hey Doc, it hurts when I do this.” Doc: “Quit doing that!” Same holds true of social pain. Trust yourself, stay true to yourself, avoid the pain sources, and ‘find the others’.
More easily said than done, for some of us.
More like proof paracetamol fucks up your brain, we already know it kills empathy
And according to America’s Leading Experts™️, it causes autisim
This is pretty funny given the recent political assertions that Tylenol causes autism, because rejection sensitive dysphoria is a symptom of autism/adhd
Wait
I’m abnormally sensitive about rejection because of my AuADHD?
What the flipping fuck. Fuck this shit. What drugs just turn off my brain so I can just be a blob of flesh until I die of old age since they don’t like how often I complain about existence being so goddamn difficult.
Sheesh, tell me about it, just about every quirk of my personality turns out to be an ADHD symptom in the end.
What drugs just turn off my brain so I can just be a blob of flesh
Alcohol.
No, that would be one of the worst options. There are far better ones. Not going to advise those either though – substance dependency is not a pleasant thing for anyone.
I hear you, I’m ND too. Reading about things like RSD being common in people like us has at least helped me be easier on myself.
Existence is goddamn difficult and I wish I had an answer, because turning my brain off sounds wonderful. Alcohol can do that, but it comes with some awful consequences. I’ve also abused quetiapine, but eventually that fucked me up too. Weed does not play nice with my brain
Man quetiapine just made me panic and feel like I couldn’t breathe. Actually there are a shit ton of “sedating” medications that do that to me thinking about it.
Except of course benzos, but thanks to those being cross tolerant with z drugs, they really gotta pump those in me to work at all.
I’ve had a little success with clonodine.
I remember abilify completely shut off my ability to think. Still had emotions, just no reasoning.
People talk about Dating being this thing that’s easy to do. Yeah. Maybe if you had any choice over what was and wasn’t difficult.
Im thinking about walking into therapy tomorrow and just asking “do I have to work if I’m just gonna be miserable anyway?”
What the flipping fuck. Fuck this shit. What drugs just turn off my brain so I can just be a blob of flesh until I die of old age since they don’t like how often I complain about existence being so goddamn difficult.
Marijuana.
Different people react differently to molecules. In some people (I think higher prevalency in people with Autism/AD(H)D) the THC is more likely to cause psychosis.
These things are not “one size fits all”, at all.
You get deep enough into any emotion and it will start overlapping physical neurotransmitter pathways.
Just ask anyone thats done research into schizoid personality disorder.
“The part of the computer that does one thing is connected to the part of the computer that does another thing 🤯”
Except our brains can change their wiring.
the cause of my autism is also the cure, i see
ugh it was until i turned 27 and started getting hungover from singular beers >:(
Increased hangover even with less alcohol kicked in for me in my early 30s, but mine was likely due to interaction with prescribed medications I’m still on. Either way, my organs thank me.
yeah I’m only half mad because i have other health issues i need to be working on, i don’t need to be adding a carcinogen into the mix
plus, all the homebrew and cocktail hipsters are also getting old, so the NA beverage industry is gaining momentum
Seedlip and Pearson’s spirits, Asahi Zero and Athletic beer, Lyre’s cocktails, and BOLLE and French Bloom wines are some of my craft NA faves
There is also research that shows that acetaminophen is not a particularly effective pain reliever, or at least, that it is only an effective pain reliever for a subset of the population.
So I don’t know how much this would prove.
Anecdotally it doesn’t work for me, exactly. It sort of makes me feel numb and slow. So sometimes I take it specifically to get that feeling. This happens even in small doses.
So not that much unlike alcohol then
This could also extend to acetaminophen being addictive (coping mechanism) and prone to abuse. It’s just less likely (obvious or known) when people are physically harmed by acetaminophen toxicity.
Taking pain meds every day because you’re in otherwise unmanageable pain is not the same as taking meds every day for the high*.
“Abusing Tylenol” isn’t a thing. There are no highs off of it, even. The problem is the cause of the pain, not the treatment.
*High != bad, and addiction isn’t a personal failure either.
Using anything to escape or dull an emotional state is the very root of addiction. Just because use doesn’t result in the onset of a high doesn’t mean it can’t be used to alter a psychological state, which, is the basis of the article. Your definition of addiction seems to be extremely narrow. Using pain medication in place of healing emotionally fits.
Who said addiction is personal failure? We’re all addicted to things that make us feel better one way or another.
Don’t astroturf for the GOP.
Wow, you’re a goddamn knob, aintcha.
You don’t have an actual argument, do you?
