Kwerl@lemmy.zip to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoManosphere, tobacco and gambling are driving avoidable harm and premature deaths among men, studies findsheffield.ac.ukexternal-linkmessage-square31linkfedilinkarrow-up1185arrow-down13
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minus-squareRumorsOfLove@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·8 days agoCigarette coats in cynicism what would otherwise be unmanageable anxiety about a scary future
minus-squareJake Farm@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoAre you being poetic or does nicotine actually lessen anxiety?
minus-squareskulblaka@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 days agoIt does, actually. Most smokers find it relaxing. Not to the extent that other, more “noticeable” drugs would, like smoking cannabis, but it does have a physiological effect of lowering anxiety.
minus-squareJake Farm@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 days agoAnd here I had heard it makes it worse.
minus-squareRumorsOfLove@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 days agoI am trying to say, dont fucking do it. Dont miss out on living your life first person. If you wanna play like a character, open a video game.
minus-squareRumorsOfLove@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoNicotine kinda takes you away from yourself, like pressing f5 in Minecraft. And the disadvantage is that you dont actually learn how to cope with it. A sustainable solution involves practices that do the opposite. Get face-to-face with your anxiety and learn how to beat it. I only smoke cigarettes around my mom.
minus-squareskulblaka@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 days agoLong term that’s probably true. Depending on any chemical for anxiety relief isn’t going to be doing the root cause of that anxiety any favors. But at the particular moment that you’re out having a smoke, no, it’s great.
Cigarette coats in cynicism what would otherwise be unmanageable anxiety about a scary future
Are you being poetic or does nicotine actually lessen anxiety?
It does, actually. Most smokers find it relaxing. Not to the extent that other, more “noticeable” drugs would, like smoking cannabis, but it does have a physiological effect of lowering anxiety.
And here I had heard it makes it worse.
I am trying to say, dont fucking do it. Dont miss out on living your life first person. If you wanna play like a character, open a video game.
Nicotine kinda takes you away from yourself, like pressing f5 in Minecraft. And the disadvantage is that you dont actually learn how to cope with it.
A sustainable solution involves practices that do the opposite. Get face-to-face with your anxiety and learn how to beat it.
I only smoke cigarettes around my mom.
Long term that’s probably true. Depending on any chemical for anxiety relief isn’t going to be doing the root cause of that anxiety any favors.
But at the particular moment that you’re out having a smoke, no, it’s great.