Can dxm be used to supress emotions, going to a funeral

[Joewenston]

I really dont even wanna go as i just hate going to thembut its a childhood friend and many many peers will be there.
I know ill cry like a big baby once im there do you guys think taking 150 mg of dxm could help me?

 

[atara]

Well, depending on your tolerance, you'll get huge pupils and act like a drunk. I think you owe it to the guy to be sober at his funeral :<

 

[sekio]

That's a bad (and disrespectful) plan. DXM won't help you -if anything you'll feel worse...


People are supposed to cry at funerals. That's what they're for - mourning the dead.

 

[amapola]

Yeah dude. It's okay to cry at a childhood friend's funeral :S

 

[RainWater]

I wouldn't recommend it. During my experiments with DXM it actually made me more emotional. I was 'dissociated' but because of that lack of inhibition my true feelings were more prone to come out. If that makes sense.

 

[stumblestoprepeat]

crying is good for the soul! I imagine you'd feel better after bawling at a funeral than coming down from dxm after the funeral.

 

[kingme]

a funeral deserves respect, your firend deserves it and you deserve the respect of others for your feelings. its no shame mourning a loss, especially in that setting.
these experiences are better lived through sober. try not to be afraid of what you feel or how others will think about that.

 

[knock]

I honestly think suppression of emotions causes harm. From experience. The whole point of a funeral is to begin to come to terms with your loss and that starts with admitting the loss, i.e. showing your emotion.

 

[Thorns Have Roses]

Yeah, if you're not gonna cry a bunch at a funeral or whatever, when would you? It's not like it'd be in bad form or anything. I'm sure their family will appreciate seeing how much you and other people cared for the deceased. At least that's my opinion or whatever.

As to the effectiveness of DXM for the stated use, ehhh probably not. Maybe an opiate or benzo would work better. Whatever you find the most apathy inducing.

 

[Solipsis]

Totally agreed that you should just go au naturel and react that way as well.

If it's your close relative and you can't cope with anything because it's so much... then perhaps
dosing your emotions by slowing down with a benzo may be okay, but that's like when my
brother lost his 3yo daughter.

Not trying to belittle your grief but as long as yóu can handle it then you should handle it.
It doesn't matter one bit if other people can handle the way you grief like crying.

I think people who judge that are a coward and probably can't deal well themselves, and they
project it. Screw them. Look after yourself.

 

[Mitchi]

Yeah. Opiate or benzo!

In some cultures it's okay to cry at funerals in others, it's not.
I understand your concerns

 

[purple_cloud]

I also say go at it sober. Even if different cultures handle funerals differently, they all have in common the fact of showing respect for the dead. A small dose of a benzo, if they are available to you, may help with the anxiety you have about going --- but I wouldn't suggest or condone anything above that for a funeral.

 

[Specktrail]

I think dxm is a bad idea... I say a rather large dose of a benzo of some sort..large for you that is ... everyone tolerence is different...

 

[melange]

actually a combination of dextromethorphan/quinidine is in clinical trials for treating the pseudobulbar affect(refers to a neurologic disorder characterized by involuntary crying or uncontrollable episodes of crying and/or laughing, or other emotional displays).


----edit, I actually just read it was approved by the fda in 2010

 

[melange]

also I have been in 2 emotionally trying episodes on dxm(one a funeral, and the other the death of my sisters child) and both times it made me OVER emotional, as in I was a fucking crybaby hardcore, like overly crying, like I was hammered on alcohol.

 

[DwayneHoover]

Dont do it. Dont do anything. I have a friend who took valium to chill for a friend's funeral and ha said he regretted it deeply. He hated not being able to feel anything. He had a much more difficult time integrating and getting past the death because of the valium at the funeral he felt.

Funerals are ALL ABOUT ACKNOWLEDGING REALITY, NOT ESCAPING IT!!! Dont do any "doses" either. A couple snorts of achohol before perhaps but thats it.

You NEED to feel those tough emotions, man... you have them for a reason. They are a sign of your self remodeling and reconstructing.

Worried about crying??? C'mon... the ONE place where it is accepted that its OK even GOOD and a sign of respect for *EVERYONE* to cry is at a funeral, even great big strong manly men. If not there, where??? Tears are your body's way of shedding the pain to the outside so that it does not hurt so much on the inside, where it can fester and be damaging. Need to get rid of that stuff and the only way to do that is to just be a REAL man and go THRU it. So go with the flow.

 

[Mitchi]

But the problem is that he is worried of crying "too much". Dissolving... This is how I read it.

PS: Don't drink, you will cry more and you might smell of booze

 

[Legerity]

It's good to cry. You can cover emotions but they don't go away; they just end up building up and coming out in other ways. Yes DXM could numb you out, but that's not necessarily a good thing.

Don't worry that you will cry "too much", you'll feel whatever you feel there's nothing wrong with that.

 

[Mercc96]

If there are women present whom are crying. Stiff upper lip, if its just guys who are sobbing , go for a manhug and sob.

 

[melange]

"It's ok Cornelius, you can cry."