Discussion did anyone used to be a stoner but had to stop smoking weed because it put you too much in your own head? (Aka a place you obviously don't want to be)

[Apology]

Just wondering if I'm the only one that this has happened to

I remember around a decade ago when I was a student, i loved cannabis. Now being stoned is like legitimately the worst feeling to me.
I hate the inside of my mind, and I do whatever I can to avoid being too consumed up in there, which is exactly what smoking a ton of weed does to me. Being stoned now is not fun, it's very uncomfortable. Borderline panic inducing. I can't remember the last time I actually liked weed

 

[Apology]

Anyone? with how many people smoke weed i would've expected a reply by now

 

[iguazo falls]

hey yea if i overdid it i would just go kind of psychotic. i think my house at the time was just lowkey haunted though too. or maybe smoking weed exacerbates the poor build quality and lack of any shit given by the landlord... hence the ghosts. i used to also get into OCD thought loops.

something that helps me is having hard sweets bc i think the onset of dry mouth triggers panic in me since dry mouth is like the "oh shit a drug is doing its drug thing" for me.

i don't think you are alone, many people react different ways to drugs over time. any time i have abused a drug i end up not really being able to come back to it in the same way because the physical negatives/body load overpower any euphoria, if any euphoria is left. i can't even really drink and have much fun because i'm just thinking about how annoying pissing all the time is and how annoying its gonna be to take a shit the next day. and i'm 20 LOL.

another factor is weed is a lot stronger now. i know 10 years ago isn't too long ago in the big picture but now everything has just way too much thc.

 

[starboy2k]

honestly…..weed made my imagination wayyyy more creative the more I smoked it.
its was easier to cook, easier to clean, easier to go outside and exist, all while being high.
its when I stopped it that the mini psychosis would start but that stage doesn't last very long.


weed and many other vices kept me alive for as long as I would like to admit.

 

[Happinessisasmile]

I'm really sorry it adversely affects you. It's one of the only things that relaxes me. Puts me in a good headspace. I like heavy Kush strains(Indica) generally has a sedation effect. But different strains affect people differently, some are more relaxation/giggly. I know someone that gets paranoid on indica's. Alcohol has negative effects for me. Course can't walk around stoned 24/7, I'd never get anything done:)

 

[Insufficent]

I used to smoke street weed and hash for about 4,5 years.
Probably self-medicating depression. After couple of months it was full blown addiction. If I had it I smoked it if I didn't have it then I
I was looking for more. Shit was ugly. Lived in my mom's "basement", played video games, dropped out from high school, got fat and more depressed.
Took a loan from a bank just to pay the bills etc.
Of course there were some good times, I really got into drawing, but itse been so long I only remember it as a negative episode in my life.
Had a couple of "almost" psychotic episodes. One was a total sense of dread and another time I was watching cartoons, I thought they were talking to me and about my life. Oh and after couple of months I started having conversations with people inside my own mid. It's still going but it's more like a planning what could happen if this go "that way" or "this way".

 

[Apology]

honestly…..weed made my imagination wayyyy more creative the more I smoked it.
its was easier to cook, easier to clean, easier to go outside and exist, all while being high.
its when I stopped it that the mini psychosis would start but that stage doesn't last very long.


weed and many other vices kept me alive for as long as I would like to admit.

Why'd you quit smoking then

I'm really sorry it adversely affects you. It's one of the only things that relaxes me. Puts me in a good headspace. I like heavy Kush strains(Indica) generally has a sedation effect. But different strains affect people differently, some are more relaxation/giggly. I know someone that gets paranoid on indica's. Alcohol has negative effects for me. Course can't walk around stoned 24/7, I'd never get anything done:)

Funny enough i have quite a bit of weed, but it's sort of just stuff that people give to me. I collect it in containers cuz it's sort of something my friends or gf like to smoke whenever they come over and we hang out in my shed.

you're probably thinking how I get free weed well... my mom sometimes will pass whatever she finds onto me. Like older stoner people she knows will give her "samples", plus i work as a delivery driver and sometimes people tip me in weed.

Cannabis is everywhere now. i legitimately never need to go out looking for it or even buy it. Ahd I rarely, if ever, smoke it too, so whatever i have just piles up and increases over time.

 

[eatantz]

hopefully ill never quit i love weed more than my life

 

[starboy2k]

Why'd you quit smoking then

Funny enough i have quite a bit of weed, but it's sort of just stuff that people give to me. I collect it in containers cuz it's sort of something my friends or gf like to smoke whenever they come over and we hang out in my shed.

you're probably thinking how I get free weed well... my mom sometimes will pass whatever she finds onto me. Like older stoner people she knows will give her "samples", plus i work as a delivery driver and sometimes people tip me in weed.

Cannabis is everywhere now. i legitimately never need to go out looking for it or even buy it. Ahd I rarely, if ever, smoke it too, so whatever i have just piles up and increases over time.

weed cost money……money i don't have

 

[dragonofenvy]

I have what I can describe only as identity fragmentation. Like there's multiple headspaces in my mind. Marijuana makes them all come together. Sometimes it's very helpful for me to reason through my values and what I want out of life, or for my writings I like to do. Other times it feels as though the crushing weight of reality is pressing in on me, or I begin to re-experience my traumas. I've been trying to quit for the past few weeks. I've only used once in the last 3 weeks. I'm hoping that abstinence will help improve my memory and lessen my anhedonia and allow me to learn better ways to cope and move forward in life rather than use weed to continue to numb myself into compliance with my situation.