N.B. This is a serious topic. Please stop spreading propaganda about acetaminophen being addictive or causing autism. Please read the study. The point of the study is not about acetaminophen. It is about social pain can hurt as much as physiological pain. Only people with trait of high level of forgiveness responded to acetaminophen. Acetaminophen will not work for you if you not a kind. forgiving person. No need to worry about acetaminophen if you have a weak trait. Kindness can be learned by not trolling
Social pain (psychache), such as ostracisation/rejection/bullying, can hurt as much as physical pain. Forgiveness and acetaminophen have interactive effects on experiences of social pain. Telling victims to just “let it go” is just like withholding pain medicines from patients recovering from surgery.
We need to tell the victims that psychological wounds are like physical wounds. They will heal but the healing processes can be long and painful. Psychological pain may come back in waves, and the scars may remain just like physical scars. If the psychological pain is unbearable, don’t hesitant to seek mental health. “It’s okay not to be okay.” Don’t be persuaded to think “it is all in the head.” Psychological wounds are as real as physical wounds. Good luck.
I once saw an episode of a TV show on exactly this topic. The way they simulated social pain was by telling three people they were playing a game of catch together on a computer but, in reality, each person had its own game with 2 NPCs that would eventually just leave the player out and start throwing the ball among themselves and I just think that’s so mean but kinda funny.
So, not only sticks and stones; now words can hurt you!
Yes, it is the essence. Words can hurt. That’s what we have been telling people.
Always have been (able to.)
This appears to be a tiny undergrad study on something neat. I think y’all are reading too much into this. Also, there appears to be no link between acetaminophen and autism but that has absolutely nothing to do with this study.
You get deep enough into any emotion and it will start overlapping physical neurotransmitter pathways.
Just ask anyone thats done research into schizoid personality disorder.
Tylenol has never worked for physical pain in my experience, but can’t say I ever tried it for emotional pain. Glad to hear it does something.
You telling me I can painkiller my way away from the massive amounts of cringe I generate? Say less, lemme go buy a costco-sized barrel of excedrin
Great now autism is going to spread from parent to children
Propaganda can be spread like wild fire
Old doctor joke: Patient: “Hey Doc, it hurts when I do this.” Doc: “Quit doing that!” Same holds true of social pain. Trust yourself, stay true to yourself, avoid the pain sources, and ‘find the others’.
So not that much unlike alcohol then
I hit something a little different for my depressed attitudes and it works as good as a prescribed medication. Alpha GPC
So it no longer causes autism? /s
No and neither can 5G
Acetaminophen reduces fever, not pain
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Taking pain meds every day because you’re in otherwise unmanageable pain is not the same as taking meds every day for the high*.
“Abusing Tylenol” isn’t a thing. There are no highs off of it, even. The problem is the cause of the pain, not the treatment.
*High != bad, and addiction isn’t a personal failure either.
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I use water to escape the emotional state of feeling dehydrated. and I exercise to escape the emotional state of wishing I was more physically healthy.
just throwing around the “addiction” term like this is extremely damaging to yourself and those who suffer from real addictions
Acetaminophen doesn’t cause addiction. Pls stop spreading propaganda. Acetaminophen doesn’t cause euphoria and there is no withdrawal.
Spreading propaganda is addictive.
