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Emotion intensification: Difference between revisions
>Graham m Reference: Drugs enhance and suppress emotional processing (measured using social stimuli). Drug-induced changes in emotional processing in this review were not related to subjective drug effects. |
>Graham m Reference: Alcoholics tend to perceive more intense emotion than controls in the faces of their interactants, even if no emotion is expressed. |
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For example, an individual who is currently feeling somewhat anxious or emotionally unstable may become overwhelmed with intensified negative emotions, paranoia, and confusion. In contrast, an individual who is generally feeling positive and emotionally stable is more likely to find themselves overwhelmed with states of emotional euphoria, happiness, and feelings of general contentment. The intensity of emotional states felt under emotion enhancement can shape the tone of a trip and predispose the user to other effects, such as [[mania]] or [[unity and interconnectedness|unity]] in positive states and [[thought loops]] or [[feelings of impending doom]] in negative states. | For example, an individual who is currently feeling somewhat anxious or emotionally unstable may become overwhelmed with intensified negative emotions, paranoia, and confusion. In contrast, an individual who is generally feeling positive and emotionally stable is more likely to find themselves overwhelmed with states of emotional euphoria, happiness, and feelings of general contentment. The intensity of emotional states felt under emotion enhancement can shape the tone of a trip and predispose the user to other effects, such as [[mania]] or [[unity and interconnectedness|unity]] in positive states and [[thought loops]] or [[feelings of impending doom]] in negative states. | ||
Emotion enhancement is most commonly induced under the influence of [[dosage#common|moderate]] [[dosage|dosages]] of [[psychedelic]] compounds, such as [[LSD]], [[psilocybin]], and [[mescaline]]. However, it can also occur under the influence of [[cannabinoid|cannabinoids]], [[GABAergic]] [[depressant|depressants]],<ref>Kamboj, S. K., Joye, A., Bisby, J. A., Das, R. K., Platt, B., & Curran, H. V. (2013). Processing of facial affect in social drinkers: a dose–response study of alcohol using dynamic emotion expressions. Psychopharmacology, 227(1), 31-39. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-012-2940-5</ref> and [[stimulant|stimulants]].<ref name="Miller2015"/></onlyinclude> | Emotion enhancement is most commonly induced under the influence of [[dosage#common|moderate]] [[dosage|dosages]] of [[psychedelic]] compounds, such as [[LSD]], [[psilocybin]], and [[mescaline]]. However, it can also occur under the influence of [[cannabinoid|cannabinoids]], [[GABAergic]] [[depressant|depressants]],<ref>Kamboj, S. K., Joye, A., Bisby, J. A., Das, R. K., Platt, B., & Curran, H. V. (2013). Processing of facial affect in social drinkers: a dose–response study of alcohol using dynamic emotion expressions. Psychopharmacology, 227(1), 31-39. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-012-2940-5</ref><ref>Philippot, P., Kornreich, C., Blairy, S., Baert, I., Dulk, A. D., Bon, O. L., ... & Verbanck, P. (1999). Alcoholics’ deficits in the decoding of emotional facial expression. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 23(6), 1031-1038. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1530-0277.1999.tb04221.x</ref> and [[stimulant|stimulants]].<ref name="Miller2015"/></onlyinclude> | ||
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Compounds within our [[psychoactive substance index]] which may cause this effect include: | Compounds within our [[psychoactive substance index]] which may cause this effect include: | ||