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> Ever since I’ve paid attention to it and she’s definitely right - days where my anxiety is higher follows drinking 2-3 days before. Yup I've noticed this as

> Ever since I’ve paid attention to it and she’s definitely right - days where my anxiety is higher follows drinking 2-3 days before. Yup I've noticed this as well. At first I thought I was drinking too often, so I didn't drink at all for ~3 months and tried again. Same thing. I'm "hungover" for a day and more anxious than usual for 1-2 days after that. I've made a point to only drink anything on Friday now to avoid anxiety at work

kerng 6y ago
I think alcohol supresses/alters your default state (gets you "high" so to speak). Then when you become sober things are back to normal - which initially is scary but one soon adjust to it again.
- tyre 6y ago
  There is a difference between feeling anxious and going from high to normal. If you've suffered from anxiety, the difference is pretty clear. This isn't what they're describing.
  - kerng 6y ago
    Alcohol surpresses it - so maybe high was the wrong word, hence I put it in quotes- you are not high from alcohol, just numb I guess.
- marzell 6y ago
  Alcohol is a CNS depressant. This doesn't mean it makes you feel 'depressed', but rather that it dulls some sensations, which can include anxiety (it may also cause mood swings that reverse this affect).. so yeah when it wears off, that anxiety or other thoughts/feelings that it helped avoid may come back even stronger.
- jpeg_hero 6y ago
  with alcohol you can't create more happiness, you can only borrow it from the future.
  - mytdi 6y ago
    > with alcohol you can't create more happiness, you can only borrow it from the future. I like that quote! Can I use it? Whom do I attribute it to?
    - jpeg_hero 6y ago
      attribute it to too many late nights in the pub ;)
- Delk 6y ago
  The neurobiological effects of alcohol are fairly complex. I don't think most of its effects can be attributed to a single mechanism or reason. It might be that coming back from the (subjectively positive) effects of alcohol could be offsetting in some cases, but I've also found that even smaller things that wouldn't necessarily trigger that much anxiety can do it sometimes after a night of drinking. I don't think it's just a disconcerting return to normal; I've sometimes noticed myself catastrophising after drinking in a way that's significantly greater than I otherwise would. I wouldn't be surprised if there were some kind of a biological reason for that, although not something singular that uniformly affects all people the same way. (Individual variance is also pretty huge when it comes to any effects of alcohol, so some people might not experience that at all.) It could of course also be that, for some people, alcohol reduces inhibitions enough to give way to your demons, at least inside of your head even if not in behaviour. That might also be a part of it.

kerng 6y ago

I think alcohol supresses/alters your default state (gets you "high" so to speak). Then when you become sober things are back to normal - which initially is scary but one soon adjust to it again.

tyre 6y ago
There is a difference between feeling anxious and going from high to normal. If you've suffered from anxiety, the difference is pretty clear. This isn't what they're describing.
- kerng 6y ago
  Alcohol surpresses it - so maybe high was the wrong word, hence I put it in quotes- you are not high from alcohol, just numb I guess.
marzell 6y ago
Alcohol is a CNS depressant. This doesn't mean it makes you feel 'depressed', but rather that it dulls some sensations, which can include anxiety (it may also cause mood swings that reverse this affect).. so yeah when it wears off, that anxiety or other thoughts/feelings that it helped avoid may come back even stronger.
jpeg_hero 6y ago
with alcohol you can't create more happiness, you can only borrow it from the future.
- mytdi 6y ago
  > with alcohol you can't create more happiness, you can only borrow it from the future. I like that quote! Can I use it? Whom do I attribute it to?
  - jpeg_hero 6y ago
    attribute it to too many late nights in the pub ;)
Delk 6y ago
The neurobiological effects of alcohol are fairly complex. I don't think most of its effects can be attributed to a single mechanism or reason. It might be that coming back from the (subjectively positive) effects of alcohol could be offsetting in some cases, but I've also found that even smaller things that wouldn't necessarily trigger that much anxiety can do it sometimes after a night of drinking. I don't think it's just a disconcerting return to normal; I've sometimes noticed myself catastrophising after drinking in a way that's significantly greater than I otherwise would. I wouldn't be surprised if there were some kind of a biological reason for that, although not something singular that uniformly affects all people the same way. (Individual variance is also pretty huge when it comes to any effects of alcohol, so some people might not experience that at all.) It could of course also be that, for some people, alcohol reduces inhibitions enough to give way to your demons, at least inside of your head even if not in behaviour. That might also be a part of it.