that when a person becomes intoxicated, they speak what is usually suppressed in their minds, in other words, they say what they secretly think of others, true feelings become verbal. or is it just the alcohol talking ? No comic answers, please, I`m serious about this matter.
2006-10-02 18:12:10 · 13 answers · asked by flamingo 6 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
There's a phrase called "in vino veritas"- it means "in wine brings truth" I think it's pretty true, people get less inhibited and speak what they *really* feel/think.
2006-10-02 18:23:00 · answer #1 · answered by kimmyb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh yes, as I lived on a marine base for 4 years. (Not a psychologist) Alcohol: the combination of liquid courage and truth serum. It had to get its nicknames from somewhere.
I don't think it's because alcohol is a magic potion that forces the drinker to spew forth everything in the back of their mind. I think it's more like a preemptive Freudian Slip. Alcohol lowers inhibitions. People will be less aware (or care less) of others' feelings or reactions to things they may say or do, so it makes it easier for them to say it. It's like a false comfort zone, or feelings of invincibility. So if a person were wanting to say something to someone, and were too afraid for some reason, they might just spit it out if they were a little tipsy because it had been on the tip of their tongue all day/night/week/etc. The alcohol just made it more comfortable for the person to do so- there are no consequences for them in that state.
BUT- sometimes alcohol just makes people say some weird $hit. I believe it's because their brain is working much different when alcohol is involved. They may say something seeing it in their point-of-view, but everyone else "takes it the wrong way." They could be thinking about some long-strewn out flow-chart thought, and then suddenly say something aloud that makes no sense to everyone around them.
You just kind of have to take it case by case by each person.
2006-10-02 18:37:12 · answer #2 · answered by punchy333 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not a psychologist, but I am a student of psychology. Alcohol does suppress inhibitions and there are links between "truth telling" and the use of alcohol. When inhibitions are lowered you are more likely to say things that you would normally not when you are sober. Don't believe someone when they say: "I didn't mean what I said when I was drunk." They are just trying to do damage control
2006-10-02 20:06:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alcohol goes to the brain. The more alcohol you take, the more parts of your brain gets affected.
The first part of the brain that gets affected, even by .02% alcohol in the blood, is the frontal lobe. This is the area responsible for reason, caution, inhibition, sociability, talkativeness and intelligence. Since alcohol by nature is a depressant, it will slow down the brain's functioning, unleashing inhibitions....
2006-10-02 20:15:42 · answer #4 · answered by kay 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not a psychologist, but i have been a drunk, i believe that alcohol does uninihibit suppressed feelings, and people will say what they have been wanting to say when they are sober,, I know i have done it, and heard about it later....
2006-10-02 18:17:14 · answer #5 · answered by Marvin C 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
not a shrink here but work in a bar & grill, and I have seen some doosey's!!!....Some are fun, some are loud, some get angry, some get too lovey dovey, some talk stupid, some just babble....Think it depends on how much they drink, what they are drinking...Beer makes some people say/do things, where liquor is a whole nother' story!!!....Think it depends on the person, how much consumed and what they have surpressed in their life..If they are happy or not, and the alcohol surfaces some of it, and then again, some people re-invent events to suit them, some have violent tendencies that is induced by booze....
2006-10-02 18:25:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you have secret desires to say something to someone.
i see no problem here it just that you may have used the excuse of drinking to attack someone, I See no problem with that either, but which is true and which isn't: is the problem for the facts to be self evident as true. have another drink and party on try not to mix insults anytime with perceived impression with one eye open, sounds like someone trying to run a guilt trip on you, to avoid this drink in the closet, everybody in the closet drinks and no body else has an ear full from it
2006-10-02 19:12:57 · answer #7 · answered by bev 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not necessarily, alcohol just tends to reduce inhibitions somewhat. So, if someone says they really hate you, chances are, they feel the need to hurt you, but were too scared to say anything and are just using the booze as an excuse to say they didn't say it later.
2006-10-02 18:33:12 · answer #8 · answered by judy_r8 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not a psychologist, but I do believe that in most cases it is the alcohol talking.
2006-10-02 18:17:27 · answer #9 · answered by Angie R 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ok....drinking makes most people loud and obnoxious.
Me, I start loud and obnoxious, so nobody notices I'm not drinking...
Honestly though, I've never said anything while drunk (at least, not that I remember, and I remember saying a LOT of stupid things while drunk) that I didn't at least THINK while sober!
2006-10-02 18:22:12 · answer #10 · answered by jbtascam 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋