• crime [she/her, any]
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      2 years ago

      surely you're thinking of nicotine??? either that or you have the least amount of adhd of anyone on earth, caffeine is absolutely a stimulant

      • KobaCumTribute [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        Nicotine also has clear psychoactive effects beyond just alleviating addiction to nicotine. I honestly wonder how the myth that it's not psychoactive began, if it's from some people just not reacting as strongly as others to it or if it's a distorted retelling of the state a nicotine addict can end up in where the strongest effect it has is stopping its own withdrawal symptoms.

        • Darthsenio_Mall [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          I think there's a popular quitting cigarettes book that frames nicotine addiction like this and maybe framing it in that way helps some people to quit? pretty sure this is a half remembered thing from an episode of true anon