That's what a friend noted in his dissertation. Women were more likely to go for help, while men were likely to self medicate - alcohol, then weed, followed by pills/chemicals of varying kinds. It was only when things got too severe, or the person went in for some form of addiction treatment (alcoholism, drug whatever) that the anxiety disorder was discovered.
My own approach is that intoxicants are nice to do when occasion warrents, but its a good indicator of your in trouble when you let them rule your life. larry On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 11:41:38 -0500, Tony Weeg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > your masters thesis is correct. > > from what ive found, in VERY VERY non-scientific studies > of my own > > trouble is, if someone is puffin a spliff for anxietous reasons... well, they > are just compounding their problem. as ganja has the tendency to create > an even higher anxious setting. > > tw > > On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 11:01:17 -0500, Larry C. Lyons > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thing is too that people will self medicate - if they are feeling > > anxious etc they're more likely to do drugs or alcohol. When I was > > doing my master's thesis, I included a drug and alcohol use > > questionnaire. I found what quite a few other studies found, there's > > a strong relationship between using drugs or alcohol and > > panic/anxiety. This relationship was stronger for men than for women. > > > > > > > > larry > > > > On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 09:48:23 -0600, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I don't think you can truly be "happy" until you are happy with yourself, > > > when you've accepted yourself, and are confident in who you are. When you > > > learn at an early age to derive your happiness from the acceptance and > > > attention of OTHERS, and then all of a sudden that acceptance and > > > attention > > > disappears.....you are left feeling hollow and unhappy. Since you've never > > > learned to derive happiness from within, you look for other external > > > sources.....often times drugs and/or alcohol. These too are false...and > > > the > > > cycle continues. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What? 'Mood Changers'? > > > > Why can't people just BE HAPPIES! > > > > Why all the 'mood changers' and stuff?? > > > > > > > > Go watch a comedy or have a good laugh with a friend or go lime or > > > something for > > > > a 'mood changer'. > > > > Wtf. > > > > > > > > I don't understand. > > > > > > > > -Gel > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:136139 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
