PTSD, Exercise and Weed

[xet]

Sorry to hear about your baby brother. That is horrible that happened to him.

My great great grandfather smoked cigars and danced every day until he was 103 years old.

I believe smoking can accelerate cancer but is itself not the cause of cancer.

I believe the cause of cancer is the absence of oxygenated respiration on a cellular level which is caused by nutritional deficiency whether that is vitamins, amino acids, essential fatty acids, minerals, or the cofactors these elements all inherently share or initiate and these deficiencies ultimately drive an anaerobic cellular environment which breeds bacteria until synthesizing cancer viruses from cell to cell and eventually organ to organ.

I believe our body has the ability to initiate Apoptosis in every cell in our body in perpetuity with sufficient nutritional requirements and in general we live too short of lives and our society is to centrally focused on consumerism to care of the methods on how to reverse aging and extend life. I believe these methods are known and practiced today but it's too esoteric for the public to comprehend at least for them it is easier to be an old dog practicing their old tricks.

 

[Gypsy Nirvana]

Smoking - that's a tricky one - but we all know that generally it's not good to do - but some of us still do partake - and it does help if you do happen to smoke and also exercise regularly - for better lung health - cardio exercise particularly helps to clean/clear out the lungs - with the increased respiration that entails -

- I've known people that have never smoked - but still got lung cancer - and others like my own Father - who smoked all of his life - and died at 81 years old of something unrelated - I'm sure that you can exacerbate the likelihood of getting the big 'C' by smoking though - it's just one of those pleasures that I still manage to enjoy at this time - and I doubt that I will ever change - although maybe I should - Hmmm -

 

[xet]

Smoking - that's a tricky one - but we all know that generally it's not good to do - but some of us still do partake - and it does help if you do happen to smoke and also exercise regularly - for better lung health - cardio exercise particularly helps to clean/clear out the lungs - with the increased respiration that entails -

- I've known people that have never smoked - but still got lung cancer - and others like my own Father - who smoked all of his life - and died at 81 years old of something unrelated - I'm sure that you can exacerbate the likelihood of getting the big 'C' by smoking though - it's just one of those pleasures that I still manage to enjoy at this time - and I doubt that I will ever change - although maybe I should - Hmmm -

I have also read a few scientific studies about how the pure tobacco plant - not pesticide soaked plants - but natural pure plant when smoked coats the lungs and air passageways with it's medicinal oils which acts like a shield for killing foreign bacteria and virus' including corona viruses and flu viruses.

It's like do anything but don't over do it. Master the art of moderation. Classical liberalism as it was once known. "Variety is the spice of life." That would mean Monotony is the spice of death. Don't eat 60 cheese burgers this week. Don't smoke until tar is dripping like goop in your lungs and you are wheezing for air. Don't run on a fractured foot. Don't lift on an injured back.

 

[Creeperpark]

What is rationalizing behavior?
Rationalization is a defense mechanism (ego defense) in which apparent logical reasons are given to justify behavior that is motivated by unconscious instinctual impulses. It is an attempt to find reasons for behaviors, especially one's own. Google

I asked my brother many times to quit smoking but he rationalized his behavior all the way to his death. I bought him a Bountiful Vaporizer but he refused to use it even when he had cancer and to his death.

 

[xet]

What is rationalizing behavior?
Rationalization is a defense mechanism (ego defense) in which apparent logical reasons are given to justify behavior that is motivated by unconscious instinctual impulses. It is an attempt to find reasons for behaviors, especially one's own. Google

People rationalize not smoking because someone they knew died a young age from smoking.

Others rationalize smoking because everyone in their family smoked and lived 90 - 105 years old.

Choose your own adventure!

 

[Gypsy Nirvana]

Generally - you are into a no-win debate - if you take up the argument that smoking isn't bad for you - even if you enjoy it - we all seem to enjoy things - that are not so good for us - in the long run - even simple pleasures like driving - riding a bike - or base jumping - can be equally fatal -

 

[xet]

Generally - you are into a no-win debate - if you take up the argument that smoking isn't bad for you - even if you enjoy it - we all seem to enjoy things - that are not so good for us - in the long run - even simple pleasures like driving - riding a bike - or base jumping - can be equally fatal -

What a psychological toll big agri has done on society by addicting people to tobacco soaked in pesticides, robbing the crops they grow of the nutrition that once filled it's soils, and all as leverage for their cancer institutes and chemical industries which cure nothing and in general issue a giant sucking sound of empty promises on our society.

In a concurrent alternate dimension society had known and overcome these toxins and sinister agendas and each individual lives to 128,000 years old on average and issues like harnessing the total energy of a dozen googols of galaxies is what ailed them.

 

[St. Phatty]

I prefer the smell of Tobacco to the smell of Vaping.

When I'm walking in the parking lot, if I can walk behind someone who is smoking an old fashioned cig, I just enjoy the smoke. Vaping isn't the same.

 

[xet]

I tell you what fellas this harpsichord is so heavy metal, listening to it had me feeling high without being high (that link is a private youtube front end so you can surf youtube without the ads) https://y.com.sb/watch?v=crpUIUzExAw

 

[Sparkus_Maximus]

I prefer the smell of Tobacco to the smell of Vaping.

When I'm walking in the parking lot, if I can walk behind someone who is smoking an old fashioned cig, I just enjoy the smoke. Vaping isn't the same.

Indeed my friend, those old-habits are hard to break, more often than not. Nicotine is Incredibly addictive, in a similar way opiates are...

 

[Sparkus_Maximus]

What is rationalizing behavior?
Rationalization is a defense mechanism (ego defense) in which apparent logical reasons are given to justify behavior that is motivated by unconscious instinctual impulses. It is an attempt to find reasons for behaviors, especially one's own. Google

I asked my brother many times to quit smoking but he rationalized his behavior all the way to his death. I bought him a Bountiful Vaporizer but he refused to use it even when he had cancer and to his death.

I'm sorry about your brother my friend... My mom passed away from lung-cancer back in 2014... Even after the diagnosis, she could not stop smoking. It is such an insidious, pernicious habit, playing on that endorphin reward system we all have. The rationale given at the time was, "I may as well be comfortable" and smoke, as I'm not going to get out of this predicament anyway. It's irrational to every non-smoker, yet those of us who have been addicted to nicotine can see (the method within the madness)...

 

[xet]

 

[exploziv]

To me it feelt more like a habit than a dependency. I am sure we will slowly ban tabacco in the future. I mean even big tabacco moved to the natural leaves vape/cardriges pretty fast. They can slowly let go of the classic cigarettes from the portofolio. Legal weed cigarettes might also be the avenue for them to follow in the usa, where it's legal. I mean it's same thing, you just change the filling.
Some highly developed countries already have new laws banning young people from buying cigarettes or even all tabacco products in some cases.

 

[Sparkus_Maximus]

To me it feelt more like a habit than a dependency. I am sure we will slowly ban tabacco in the future. I mean even big tabacco moved to the natural leaves vape/cardriges pretty fast. They can slowly let go of the classic cigarettes from the portofolio. Legal weed cigarettes might also be the avenue for them to follow in the usa, where it's legal. I mean it's same thing, you just change the filling.
Some highly developed countries already have new laws banning young people from buying cigarettes or even all tabacco products in some cases.

Yes, Too bad that the US chooses corporate -profits over the notion of being a highly evolved society. Corporate criminals own and control Everything here, and even Ray Charles could see it.

 

[xet]

I just cannot seem to figure out why my Ancestors lived past 100 smoking every day when Redditors and consensus is smoking equals death.

It is almost like people are smoking big chemical industry poisons soaked on a tobacco substrate.

No, that cannot be true, smoking equals death and this statement is not in any way shape or form similar to the ignorance of "Reefermadness."

The moral thing to do is to allow sentiments to rule over me in the absence of facts with the force of 1,000 striking rods.

WHO AM I TO COUNTERVAIL SENTIMENTS or be led by facts?

No way a medicinal plant is medicinal in the absence of poisons.

No way Man could possibly be empowered and set free by knowledge to partake in things unafflicted by the New World Order's poisons.

And on the topic of vaporizing .. is inhaling ionized Nitric Oxide and Ozone safer than smoke (because all smoke is equal or else how could we get past the end of all truth: smoking equal death) a flame-lit pure grown herb ? Where do I get the downgrade to enjoy eating the big corporation swill?

 

[RobFromTX]

When you think about it - the human body does have the capacity to carry it's own bodyweight - to push and pull it's own bodyweight too - and I think that we should all aim to attain that goal - and maintain it - if being strong is as important to you - as it is to myself as I age -
- and you don't need a gym to do press-ups - pull-ups - and air-squats (I do 200 per day) - so no cost - other than sweat and effort -

Most people naturally get weaker as they age into old age - but you can slow this down - or even remarkably get stronger - if you train hard for it - and it's not so difficult to do - just using the weight of your own body - partially or fully - it makes you feel more confident too - to know that you are strong enough and balanced enough to not fall over easily - and if you do - you are strong enough to prevent an injury - so many older people die from falls and the associated injuries sustained - because they are so weak - and cannot support their own weight - to stop the fall -

Exactly! Bodyweight exercises can be done anywhere and are even better if you can do them slowly.

 

[RobFromTX]

Friend you already know smoking causes throat cancer. My baby brother just died from throat cancer. He only smoked joints and nothing else. His death was horrible because his eating and breathing caused so much pain. Before he could eat he had to gargle with novocaine and wait 15 minutes. Even after using the prescription mouthwash, he said that with every bite it felt like he was swallowing razor blades. Towards the end his feet swelled up and all of his skin turned into blisters and he couldn't walk. No slipper or shoe could fit his feet, only ace bandages. His feet were big open wounds and would get wet and have to be changed. Lastly, his belly swelled up so big it ripped the skin with lesions, he looked bigger than a pregnant woman. He Went Through HELL. I have photos but they're too graphic to post. Friend Vape don't smoke.

Im sorry for your loss. Ive always smoked but i only go through about an eigth a week. Do you think thats still a risk factor? I havent smoked joints since i was practically a teen but ive often thought of investing in a vape. The ones with good reviews appear to be insanely expensive

 

[Sparkus_Maximus]

Im sorry for your loss. Ive always smoked but i only go through about an eigth a week. Do you think thats still a risk factor? I havent smoked joints since i was practically a teen but ive often thought of investing in a vape. The ones with good reviews appear to be insanely expensive

It would seem to imply that smoking joints (somehow) causes the risk. I think "smoking" (anything) poses the same risk, so in that respect it seems to me that it doesn't matter (how) you smoke, as long as there is Combustion - happening, instead of vaporization.

 

[RobFromTX]

It would seem to imply that smoking joints (somehow) causes the risk. I think "smoking" (anything) poses the same risk, so in that respect it seems to me that it doesn't matter (how) you smoke, as long as there is Combustion - happening, instead of vaporization.

Things happen for different reasons. My uncle died of throat cancer and he never smoked or drank or did anything really. But I suppose its better to cut back while the goings good. Ive read you get more stuff in your lungs smoking from pipes than bongs and joints. If thats the case I need a change of pace

 

[Chi13]

Since commenting in this thread a few months ago, I have increased my exercise a fair bit and incorporated some of the suggestions and practices that others do.

Walking and Tai Chi are my main exercises, but also some bodyweight work. I now track my walking with a pedometer which has been a game changer as it has become somewhat obsessive to make sure I do a minimum of 10,000 steps, but over the last 6 weeks I have averaged over 15,000 a day. Tai Chi about half an hour to two hours depending on mood.

Some years ago I got a book called You are your own gym which has some great bodyweight exercise suggestions. I kind of mix exercises up as I think you get too comfortable with doing the same strength exercises day in day out.

I also now do the Asian squat daily (thanks Gypsy), and might do the hanging thing as I have a pretty handy beam and can no longer do chin ups at my age.