• Log in with Facebook Log in with Twitter Log In with Google      Sign In    
  • Create Account
  LongeCity
              Advocacy & Research for Unlimited Lifespans

Photo
- - - - -

Every time I light a cigarette, I experienced a feeling as If I'm wasting time and I should go do something useful. What

nicotine brain

  • Please log in to reply
4 replies to this topic

#1 us3yournam3

  • Guest
  • 77 posts
  • -7
  • Location:Serbia
  • NO

Posted 07 May 2016 - 06:50 AM


And how would one mimic it?


  • Pointless, Timewasting x 1
  • Dangerous, Irresponsible x 1

#2 pamojja

  • Guest
  • 2,837 posts
  • 720
  • Location:Austria

Posted 07 May 2016 - 12:40 PM

 

Every time I light a cigarette, I experienced a feeling as If I'm wasting time and I should go do something useful.

And how would one mimic it?

 

So after every cigarette you actually do something useful? Otherwise I wouldn't see a reason to mimic it.

 

I read Osho once said cigarette smoking would be a substitute for pranayana. Maybe try a yoga class?

 



sponsored ad

  • Advert
Advertisements help to support the work of this non-profit organisation. To go ad-free join as a Member.

#3 us3yournam3

  • Topic Starter
  • Guest
  • 77 posts
  • -7
  • Location:Serbia
  • NO

Posted 07 May 2016 - 05:04 PM

 

 

Every time I light a cigarette, I experienced a feeling as If I'm wasting time and I should go do something useful.

And how would one mimic it?

 

So after every cigarette you actually do something useful? Otherwise I wouldn't see a reason to mimic it.

 

I read Osho once said cigarette smoking would be a substitute for pranayana. Maybe try a yoga class?

 

Yeah I go and do something useful.



#4 sativa

  • Guest
  • 536 posts
  • 46
  • Location:United Kingdom
  • NO

Posted 07 May 2016 - 08:40 PM

Well it's probably due to the alkaloids in tobacco, nicotine is a stimulant and, amongst other things, agonises the alpha 7 nicotinic receptor which is implicated in cognition.

Harmalas in tobacco act as anticholinesterase inhibitors (=more acetylcholine) and inhibit kynurenic acid production (kynurenic acid negatively affectsany receptors and pathways)

sponsored ad

  • Advert
Advertisements help to support the work of this non-profit organisation. To go ad-free join as a Member.

#5 SearchHorizon

  • Guest
  • 167 posts
  • 28

Posted 19 May 2016 - 01:39 AM

I think nicotine is a D1 and D2 receptor agonist - but also leads to increased serotonin release. Reward/motivation centers are targeted through nicotine use.







Also tagged with one or more of these keywords: nicotine, brain

1 user(s) are reading this topic

0 members, 1 guests, 0 anonymous users