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3. Approaching hot girls.
just wear a liquid cooling vest
Edit: I read the side effects are basically the same, including ED.
> Fifteen received 40 mg of propranolol after spending 2 minutes in proximity to a large tarantula, 15 got placebo, and another 15 received propranolol without exposure to a tarantula. What about a group who was exposed to the tarantula without the propranolol?
The 15 that got placebo didn’t get propranolol
I was temporally prescribed metoprolol for some palpitations but also discovered it does helps with anxiety symptoms, so I still use it sometimes. At first it gave me nightmares but they stopped. I wanted to try propranolol (probably better) but I read the side effects are worse than those of metoprolol so I didn’t. Edit: I read the side effects are basically the same, including ED.
That you can acquire the drug readily for other medical reasons is not in any way a reason to start self-prescribing it for anxiety. Without the trauma-inducing psych session, the anti-PTSD benefit they describe has no chance to occur. And it’s a bad plan to give yourself traumatic recall flashbacks - a bad trip by any definition - without some sort of competent mental support from competent human beings.
Living with someone with crippling PTSD and anxiety disorders, I'm thrilled to hear about this study. As someone who's dealt with an oppressive government (which is where the PTSD and anxiety came from), I wonder if this therapy can be weaponized by the powerful to oppress the powerless. The rise of the warrior cop is bad enough, but what about a crack squad that has been chemically desensitized to killing in cold bl…
That worry feels like a stretch, because right now, the many oppressive governments of the world are not in the least suffering logistical difficulties due to their stormtroopers getting PTSD. There are I think 2 main reasons why not: - Stormtroopers are people who have non functioning empathy, by nature or nurture, they don't experience killing in cold blood as horrific. - Stormtroopers are a cheap commodity. The op…
Living with someone with crippling PTSD and anxiety disorders, I'm thrilled to hear about this study. As someone who's dealt with an oppressive government (which is where the PTSD and anxiety came from), I wonder if this therapy can be weaponized by the powerful to oppress the powerless. The rise of the warrior cop is bad enough, but what about a crack squad that has been chemically desensitized to killing in cold bl…
I read Eichmann in Jerusalem recently. One of the main arguments of the book is that people don't need to be extraordinary (i.e. lacking a conscience or particularly fanatical) in order to do terrible things.
The book is controversial but I think that argument is correct. The problem with Nazi Germany was not a generation of Germans who happened to be born without consciences. And, horrifyingly, we've seen this pattern repeat across time and space. It just isn't necessary to chemically alter people to get them to perform actions that we would describe as evil.
This is also pictured in NOVA: memory hackers on Netflix (last accessed in Brazil, in case it is region locked). It documents the process of treating arachnophobia in a patient that clearly has an extreme aversion to spiders and it is incredible.
I have been taking low dosage Propranolol for about a year now. It was prescribed for me for my hemiplegic migraines. Combined with exercise and occasional CBD oil it has completely eliminated migraines from my life. This medication is absolutely brilliant and harmless. Also keeps my resting heart rate around 55. If you struggle with migraines, talk to your neurologist, for me it was a life changer.
My resting heart rate is about 55, and I don't do a lot (arguably not any) of cardio. I'm probably in the group of people who shouldn't take propranolol.