Research on the effects of Australia's most widely-taken pain relieving drug on our thoughts, emotions and perceptions has uncovered some disturbing findings.
Thankyou SO much for your post, Robyn! You come up with the most thought-provoking posts :-)
It sounds like a bit of a vicious circle: the people taking paracetamol (acetaminophen) end up taking more risks and, while blunting a pile of emotions, the extra risk-taking due to these drugs probably leads to more injury, so they take MORE paracetamol (acetaminophen) to dull the pain (and thus more emotions/sensitivities).
No wonder they couldn't do 'covid' earlier. They needed to make sure so very many people in the world - not just Australia - had access to these drugs so they wouldn't be TOO put out when the totalitarianism kicked in! :-o
I don't take this drug - and there is NO paracetamol in the house. We don't even have any other painkillers, either. The best we can offer is a (fairly natural) topical anti-inflammatory spray! Could be why I felt a helluva lot more than 'put out' by the plandemic. I'm as I'm meant to be: totally human, with emotions and all.
But the sheeple are so much easier to herd when they're pumped full of drugs daily and lied to, right?!
Uurgh.
As more and more of these drugs are shown to have nasty little side-effects, I think it is best to stay away from ALL pharmaceuticals, if you can, and live life more naturally. Works for our family, anyway!
Yes, I think you've nailed it. I actually think that pretty much all of the problems we're facing right now boil down to refusal to face reality - including the reality of pain. Pain is inevitable, it has a purpose, and we try to dodge it at our peril.
I guess that's why Brave New World is actually more terrifying than 1984. The idea of zombified humans taking soma to ease even the mildest discomfort, is actually worse than the idea of humans terrified into submission.
When you put it like that, yes, Brave New World does sound worse. Neither books are good options as a reality, though!!
So, the crux of it all is that we have a population of non-realistic and non-responsible people. To avoid pain, the population pops paracetamol like candy, effectively dulling their ENTIRE central nervous systems.
Sounds to me like the best way to get our society back on track is to ANNIHILATE Big Pharma! Only then might people be able to wake up to reality, even if it's riddled with pain!
I do wonder why most people are so afraid of pain. Going through pain like childbirth can actually be really empowering. And vice versa - blocking pain can be disempowering. Same with emotional pain. You experience it and do some therapeutic processing and feel empowered, versus covering it up with whatever kind of psychotropic drugs or other substances that do nothing to help process the emotions and have all kinds of side effects.
I couldn't agree more. I felt invincible after giving birth!!!! After getting through that experience by using only my breath and my mind to manage the pain (oh, and my husband's strong fingers on my back :) ), I knew that I could survive anything else that life threw at me - and it's thrown plenty at me since then.
Ditto for emotional pain. We grow stronger by facing it, not by numbing it.
"Given the widespread use of paracetamol internationally, its effects on our ability to process our emotions, empathise with others' joy and suffering, learn from negative experiences". Thanks Robyn, this now explains the behaviour of some of the teachers, bosses & general bastards I have known over the years. Some of them must have thought they were m&ms they were that bad & most definitely there must be a pinch of this in every 💉.
It's startling to contemplate, isn't it? Panadol use is so ubiquitous in this country, that I can vividly remember one of my high school friends carrying some around in her pencilcase, 'just in case' she ever developed a headache. I remember thinking that was really weird at the time, but none of my other friends seemed to think so!
And, now I see that, as well as paracetamol, another class of Safe and Effective drugs, certain reflux medications, have been associated with a higher risk of dementia. According to a study published in the journal Neurology, commonly-prescribed drugs like Prilosec, Nexium, and Prevacid were linked to a +33% increased risk of developing dementia when used for four years or longer [https://n.neurology.org/content/early/2023/08/09/WNL.0000000000207747]. It’s almost as if the drug-making industry’s primary purpose in life is to make money, and anything that actually works without posing a risk to users is a side-benefit, if that.
I don’t take them and try to avoid ever taking paracetamol either. Keeping hydrated is the best preventative against headaches (those brain cells need water, too) and a good diet and healthy gut takes care of any reflux.
Thankyou SO much for your post, Robyn! You come up with the most thought-provoking posts :-)
It sounds like a bit of a vicious circle: the people taking paracetamol (acetaminophen) end up taking more risks and, while blunting a pile of emotions, the extra risk-taking due to these drugs probably leads to more injury, so they take MORE paracetamol (acetaminophen) to dull the pain (and thus more emotions/sensitivities).
No wonder they couldn't do 'covid' earlier. They needed to make sure so very many people in the world - not just Australia - had access to these drugs so they wouldn't be TOO put out when the totalitarianism kicked in! :-o
I don't take this drug - and there is NO paracetamol in the house. We don't even have any other painkillers, either. The best we can offer is a (fairly natural) topical anti-inflammatory spray! Could be why I felt a helluva lot more than 'put out' by the plandemic. I'm as I'm meant to be: totally human, with emotions and all.
But the sheeple are so much easier to herd when they're pumped full of drugs daily and lied to, right?!
Uurgh.
As more and more of these drugs are shown to have nasty little side-effects, I think it is best to stay away from ALL pharmaceuticals, if you can, and live life more naturally. Works for our family, anyway!
Yes, I think you've nailed it. I actually think that pretty much all of the problems we're facing right now boil down to refusal to face reality - including the reality of pain. Pain is inevitable, it has a purpose, and we try to dodge it at our peril.
I guess that's why Brave New World is actually more terrifying than 1984. The idea of zombified humans taking soma to ease even the mildest discomfort, is actually worse than the idea of humans terrified into submission.
When you put it like that, yes, Brave New World does sound worse. Neither books are good options as a reality, though!!
So, the crux of it all is that we have a population of non-realistic and non-responsible people. To avoid pain, the population pops paracetamol like candy, effectively dulling their ENTIRE central nervous systems.
Sounds to me like the best way to get our society back on track is to ANNIHILATE Big Pharma! Only then might people be able to wake up to reality, even if it's riddled with pain!
Big pHarma will keep making obscene profits as long as there's a market for what they're pushing: refusal to take responsibility for one's own health.
I do wonder why most people are so afraid of pain. Going through pain like childbirth can actually be really empowering. And vice versa - blocking pain can be disempowering. Same with emotional pain. You experience it and do some therapeutic processing and feel empowered, versus covering it up with whatever kind of psychotropic drugs or other substances that do nothing to help process the emotions and have all kinds of side effects.
I couldn't agree more. I felt invincible after giving birth!!!! After getting through that experience by using only my breath and my mind to manage the pain (oh, and my husband's strong fingers on my back :) ), I knew that I could survive anything else that life threw at me - and it's thrown plenty at me since then.
Ditto for emotional pain. We grow stronger by facing it, not by numbing it.
"Given the widespread use of paracetamol internationally, its effects on our ability to process our emotions, empathise with others' joy and suffering, learn from negative experiences". Thanks Robyn, this now explains the behaviour of some of the teachers, bosses & general bastards I have known over the years. Some of them must have thought they were m&ms they were that bad & most definitely there must be a pinch of this in every 💉.
It's startling to contemplate, isn't it? Panadol use is so ubiquitous in this country, that I can vividly remember one of my high school friends carrying some around in her pencilcase, 'just in case' she ever developed a headache. I remember thinking that was really weird at the time, but none of my other friends seemed to think so!
And, now I see that, as well as paracetamol, another class of Safe and Effective drugs, certain reflux medications, have been associated with a higher risk of dementia. According to a study published in the journal Neurology, commonly-prescribed drugs like Prilosec, Nexium, and Prevacid were linked to a +33% increased risk of developing dementia when used for four years or longer [https://n.neurology.org/content/early/2023/08/09/WNL.0000000000207747]. It’s almost as if the drug-making industry’s primary purpose in life is to make money, and anything that actually works without posing a risk to users is a side-benefit, if that.
I don’t take them and try to avoid ever taking paracetamol either. Keeping hydrated is the best preventative against headaches (those brain cells need water, too) and a good diet and healthy gut takes care of any reflux.
Oh yes, and those PPIs are also linked to pneumonia, potential fatal C diff infections, kidney disease, bone fractures, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, heart attack, stroke, stomach cancer, depression, allergic disease, and... premature death. But apart from that, totally Safe and Effective. See https://empowertotalhealth.com.au/the-purple-pill-that-kills/, https://empowertotalhealth.com.au/the-perils-of-proton-pump-inhibitors-part-2/