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| Guide to Drugs ~ Desmond Reid ~ The nervous system in the body has an inhibitory effect when the body is in a state of extreme emotion. It's part of the human body's ability to stay in a normal state: " homeostasis ". This is what makes cliff-divers like cliff diving: the nervous system inhibits the abnormal state of fear, essentially by simulating the reaction opposite to fear: ecstasy. A classical example of this is a slightly depressed person who takes stimulant drugs. His nervous system increases his depression to counteract the abnormal stimulation, so that he needs to take stimulants even to feel how people normally feel. Now, when he's off drugs, he will be very depressed. This explains some withdrawal symptoms etc. |
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