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Post by djo on Oct 26, 2020 19:38:23 GMT -5
When I was in college, I was diagnosed with a form of schizophrenia called "schizoaffective disorder (bipolar type)." I have learned that approximately 90% of people with schizophrenia use tobacco. I thought that was interesting. I can't speak for everyone, but for myself I use tobacco because sitting on the front porch with a nice pipe calms the chaos in my head and gives me better focus. Like I said, interesting.
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Post by chasingembers on Oct 26, 2020 21:28:48 GMT -5
When I was in college, I was diagnosed with a form of schizophrenia called "schizoaffective disorder (bipolar type)." I have learned that approximately 90% of people with schizophrenia use tobacco. I thought that was interesting. I can't speak for everyone, but for myself I use tobacco because sitting on the front porch with a nice pipe calms the chaos in my head and gives me better focus. Like I said, interesting.
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Post by djo on Oct 26, 2020 22:43:55 GMT -5
It is also interesting that you would say that. I'm a painter.
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Post by chasingembers on Oct 27, 2020 3:02:55 GMT -5
It is also interesting that you would say that. I'm a painter. My first wife, God rest her soul, was bipolar manic/depressive. She was an abstract artist and wrote poetry. |
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Post by mrlunting on Oct 27, 2020 3:42:17 GMT -5
Some of the most interesting people I know have schizophrenia.
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Post by Legend Lover on Oct 27, 2020 3:55:50 GMT -5
When I was in college, I was diagnosed with a form of schizophrenia called "schizoaffective disorder (bipolar type)." I have learned that approximately 90% of people with schizophrenia use tobacco. I thought that was interesting. I can't speak for everyone, but for myself I use tobacco because sitting on the front porch with a nice pipe calms the chaos in my head and gives me better focus. Like I said, interesting.
I'm sorry to hear that, brother. I'm glad you have found that tobacco helps to settle the 'chaos in [your] head'. I didn't know that statistic about tobacco use. I would never have thought it was that high. |
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Post by Plainsman on Oct 27, 2020 9:20:26 GMT -5
Interesting indeed. I have known many artists in my time. Among them, not a few schizoid personalities. Mostly among painters. Very seldom among sculptors and photographers. Most of them highly functional, and very few with obvious... problems. I never found it a barrier to friendship.
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Post by briarbuck on Oct 27, 2020 9:39:18 GMT -5
Being hyper creative myself, these types of "issues" can be part of the package. I can get very bi-polar. Caffeine and nicotine help keep me calm and not on a roller coaster. Personally I like being a little nuts.  |
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Post by roadsdiverged on Oct 27, 2020 11:03:30 GMT -5
It definitely helps with my issues. From picking a tobacco, to the last puff. My whole ritual settles my mind and helps me refocus.
On bad days I can go through my cellar and get lost in the ridiculous amount I've accumulated.
(Depression, anxiety, adjustment disorder)
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Post by Cramptholomew on Oct 27, 2020 11:19:22 GMT -5
Nicotine helps my anxiety. It has a paradoxical effect. Caffeine, on the other hand ramps me up, and makes it worse.
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Post by bigwoolie on Oct 27, 2020 11:25:35 GMT -5
I was shown a list of 10 PTSD symptoms once, I had 8 of them. The "art" of smoking cigars and pipes definitely helps keep me on an even keel and easier to get along with. Keeping a really hot temper tamped down and hidden away has always been my greatest personal battle. A long, leasurly, meditative smoke on a regular basis surely helps
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Post by briarbuck on Oct 27, 2020 14:39:54 GMT -5
Nicotine helps my anxiety. It has a paradoxical effect. Caffeine, on the other hand ramps me up, and makes it worse. For those of us that have ADD on steroids (me) caffeine makes me calm. Caffeine has zero affect other than allowing me to concentrate. Back in the day before riddelliine speed did the same thing to me, made me placid and calm. |
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Post by pepesdad1 on Oct 27, 2020 14:44:06 GMT -5
Personally, I love being crazy (not really a good description) as it keeps others at bay.
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Post by theloniousmonkfish on Oct 27, 2020 15:10:05 GMT -5
Nicotine helps my anxiety. It has a paradoxical effect. Caffeine, on the other hand ramps me up, and makes it worse. For those of us that have ADD on steroids (me) caffeine makes me calm. Caffeine has zero affect other than allowing me to concentrate. Back in the day before riddelliine speed did the same thing to me, made me placid and calm. Ran out of coffee at work once, by the end of the shift everybody thought I was on coke and reciting some insane stand up routine. Coffee helps. Lots of coffee. |
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Post by mrlunting on Oct 28, 2020 7:12:45 GMT -5
Nicotine helps my anxiety. It has a paradoxical effect. Caffeine, on the other hand ramps me up, and makes it worse. I second that. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Oct 28, 2020 8:38:34 GMT -5
Not a recommendation, but I met a guy who was on leave from a mental hospital. He told me to be wary in case he got weird. He was perfectly fine for several hours. I found out later that he was on acid. 🤔🙁
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Post by mrlunting on Oct 28, 2020 10:37:10 GMT -5
Not a recommendation, but I met a guy who was on leave from a mental hospital. He told me to be wary in case he got weird. He was perfectly fine for several hours. I found out later that he was on acid. 🤔🙁 LMAO!!😂🤣😆 |
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Post by instymp on Oct 28, 2020 17:12:42 GMT -5
Yup, speed made me calmer, downers not so. (A long time ago)
Now, any of that or Hippy Cabbage is like putting dynamite in the cracks.
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