briunj04 said:
Do any of you get sickened by drugs? I'm not talking about hating drugs, but getting physically repulsed by them. Even if someone is just smoking a cigarette in my vicinity, my stomach starts twisting and I get dizzy. Maybe it's my D.A.R.E. influenced mind or my suburban life, I can't be anywhere near drugs or alcohol. Even thinking about them makes me a bit nauseous. It's probably for the best, but it gets annoying when I have to hang out with my smoking relatives.
Does anyone else have this problem?
I do, sort of, in a different way. As in, I don't get sick, I get depressed. It is kinda destroying my will to live to be honest.
I am not attracted to females who drink, as it completely removes all cuteness they have. That pretty much leaves the pool of females I'd like to be with at a cruelly small minority (I often wonder whether they even exist). I don't enjoy being around drunk people, as some people get really annoying and disrespectful when they're drunk (especially when they pester me with the "I'm better than you because I drink" talk, which doesn't really help my view of it).
I don't know why I'm so unattracted to that kind of behaviour. It might have something to do with negative experiences in my past, or thoughts that have echoed in my head and intensified over the years. Also, as also mentioned earlier in the thread, I've wondered if it has something to do with empathy as well. I like people when they show respect, empathy, and care for other people. Alcohol, in my experience, seem to be the enemy of that. Though I wish I did not think of it that way.
Granted, many drugs aren't
by far as harmful as they're thought to be. Many drugs are also vastly different from one another, and have vastly different uses. Meaning it would be quite difficult to equate caffeine, alcohol, and psilocybin as all being equally harmful and addictive.
The confusing part? I've realized I'm actually a drug user myself. I drink a lot of tea, sometimes for the specific intent of "intoxication" (which might sound weird, but it is really quite pleasant). I drink a little alcohol, but never socially, and I don't really like the effects of it. And I regularly consume catnip tea, and on rare occasions I drink lemon balm tea.
What stunned me though, was when I realized just how prevalent drug use is. Humanity's most used drug is caffeine, a mild stimulant, and it is consumed by virtually everyone knowing or not. Herbs also has a bunch of drugs at their disposal (like catnip {apparently a partial opioid}, lemon balm, and tea {caffeine + theanine, which is a GABAergic drug just like alcohol}). Related, I liked this [http://www.duncan-associates.com/Is-Recreational-Drug-Use-Normal.pdf] article for explaining drug use in society.
So now I try to force myself as best I can to tolerate others using drugs, without getting so incredibly depressed by it. It isn't easy, at all.