disinhibiting
Loosening behavioral controls
Disinhibiting means removing or reducing inhibitions—the internal restraints that normally hold behavior in check.
Alcohol is disinhibiting; so are certain drugs and brain injuries.
The word appears in clinical and psychological contexts: The disinhibiting effects of the medication concerned her doctor.
Something disinhibiting makes people act on impulses they would ordinarily suppress.
Setting free from constraint
- freeingReleasing from confinement
- releasingAllowing to escape
- unburdeningRelieving oneself of weight
- catharticEmotionally releasing, relieving
therapeutic · unblocking · vulnerability · authenticity · self-expression · breakthroughs · unsuppressed · unguarded
Carelessly ignoring danger
- risk-takingAccepting possible harm
- impulsiveActing without deliberation
- spontaneousArising without external cause
- unrestrainedNot held back
carousing · binge · overindulgence · hedonism · debauchery · promiscuity · raucous · rowdy
Intoxicating hydroxyl compound
- intoxicationSubstance-induced mental impairment
- drugsTherapeutic chemical compounds
- inebriationDrunken state
- drunkennessImpaired state from alcohol
sedatives · stimulants · cannabis · psychedelics · barbiturates · benzodiazepines · tipsy · buzzed
Making more courageous
- looseningReducing tightness or tension
- socializingEngaging with others recreationally
- minglingCasual social interaction
- outgoingSociable and unreserved
extroverted · talkative · gregarious · flirtatious · forthcoming · unfiltered · candid · blunt
Chronic cognitive impairment
- lesionsAreas of damaged tissue
- damageHarm or impairment
- impairmentDiminished function or capacity
- dysregulationImpaired regulatory function
prefrontal · cognitive · traumatic · stroke · degenerative
liberating
Setting free from constraint
- freeingReleasing from confinement
- releasingAllowing to escape
- unburdeningRelieving oneself of weight
cathartic · therapeutic · unblocking · vulnerability · authenticity · self-expression · breakthroughs · unsuppressed · unguarded · uncensored
reckless
Carelessly ignoring danger
- risk-takingAccepting possible harm
- impulsiveActing without deliberation
- spontaneousArising without external cause
unrestrained · carousing · binge · overindulgence · hedonism · debauchery · promiscuity · raucous · rowdy · looseness
alcohol
Intoxicating hydroxyl compound
- intoxicationSubstance-induced mental impairment
- drugsTherapeutic chemical compounds
- inebriationDrunken state
drunkenness · sedatives · stimulants · cannabis · psychedelics · barbiturates · benzodiazepines · tipsy · buzzed · high
emboldening
Making more courageous
- looseningReducing tightness or tension
- socializingEngaging with others recreationally
- minglingCasual social interaction
outgoing · extroverted · talkative · gregarious · flirtatious · forthcoming · unfiltered · candid · blunt · oversharing
dementia
Chronic cognitive impairment
- lesionsAreas of damaged tissue
- damageHarm or impairment
- impairmentDiminished function or capacity
dysregulation · prefrontal · cognitive · traumatic · stroke · degenerative
disinhibitinginhibiting
Preventing or slowing action
suppressing · restraining · repressing · constraining · controlling
disinhibitinginhibiting
Preventing or slowing action
self-censoring · guarding · tightening up · clamming up · withdrawing