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Re: i get all receded, uncomfortable, socially awkward and paranoid when i smoke weed. [Re: BobbyMcgee]
#19377202 - 01/06/14 01:07 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I think part of the problem is that modern weed is too strong. 30 years ago I needed to smoke a fat joint to get high, which is like 10 -20 hits or more. These days, with pretty much the only weed I can get now, one small hit and I'm ripped. If I was to stuff a bowl, or roll a joint it would be way too much. I'd get paranoid and confused and possibly even dizzy. That's no fun..
Try smoking a fraction of the weed you normally smoke and see what it's like. Just like schrooms and acid, you have to find the right dose.
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Re: i get all receded, uncomfortable, socially awkward and paranoid when i smoke weed. [Re: Jesus Christ]
#19377236 - 01/06/14 01:25 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Dankfish said: I like smoking pot occasionally. I had the paranoia problem when I was younger but it's gone away mostly. I feel like it often just makes me to careful to be myself around people, which I don't ever get from other drugs (sans high doses of psychedelics but you know how that is).
I had the opposite. No paranoia at all when I was younger and it stared making me paranoid when I got older.
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Jesus Christ said: have you tried vaping? or eating? maybe your body just doesn't like the smoke
edit: physically it can help a lot to not smoke, and vaping is so much cleaner. eating is another story but still clean
Edibles completely relax me.
I also like indica heavy strains because they relax me.
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Re: i get all receded, uncomfortable, socially awkward and paranoid when i smoke weed. [Re: BobbyMcgee]
#19377323 - 01/06/14 01:48 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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same for me, I even thought a few times about opening a thread like this myself. I'm 26 and I've never been a smoker apart from the occasional joint when I was younger. Then about a year ago a friend of mine decided he wanted to try weed and I said "why not"...turns out he really liked smoking and now it's a habit for him. For the first few months I liked it a lot too, I felt happy, relaxed and I was all "why didn't I smoke for so long? it feels so good and it's better than alcohol".
Then one day something changed, I started to get slightly anxious until one time when I got really really paranoid. That day I think the doors of paranoia just opened wide for me and now I can't really enjoy a smoke anymore. I get anxious, I feel dumb and I can't stand the typical short-term memory loss anymore, I spend half the time thinking about what I just forgot and the other half getting paranoid over everything. I believe that I am mostly what's causing the problem, because every time I smoke I just can't keep my mind from thinking "oh, I hope I don't get paranoid again!", but I decided to not smoke for a while anyway (or do it only if I'm drunk) cause right now I'm getting no pleasure at all from it and I'm also afraid that the anxiety might start getting at me even when I'm sober.
And I agree that people insisting even when you clearly tell them that it will just make you feel worse are a real pain.
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Re: i get all receded, uncomfortable, socially awkward and paranoid when i smoke weed. [Re: Kel]
#19377334 - 01/06/14 01:50 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Shit just gets to real for me when I smoke...and not even really real, more like paranoid delusions real. I start seeing connections in things that arent actually connected and come up with these elaborate conspiracy plots against me in my head.
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Re: i get all receded, uncomfortable, socially awkward and paranoid when i smoke weed. [Re: ViscousGoo]
#19377460 - 01/06/14 02:19 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Weed gives me minor social anxiety. If i'm going out with friends I'll only take a small hit or two but I try to stay away from it all together when it comes to social interactions and going out. My main problem with bud is how lazy it makes me (or so I think) maybe I've always been lazy to begin with.
But nothing really beats smoking a fat joint by yourself and throwin on some headphones
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Re: i get all receded, uncomfortable, socially awkward and paranoid when i smoke weed. [Re: ViscousGoo]
#19377895 - 01/06/14 03:53 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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ViscousGoo said: Shit just gets to real for me when I smoke...and not even really real, more like paranoid delusions real. I start seeing connections in things that arent actually connected and come up with these elaborate conspiracy plots against me in my head.
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Re: i get all receded, uncomfortable, socially awkward and paranoid when i smoke weed. [Re: ViscousGoo]
#19377958 - 01/06/14 04:13 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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ViscousGoo said: Shit just gets to real for me when I smoke...and not even really real, more like paranoid delusions real. I start seeing connections in things that arent actually connected and come up with these elaborate conspiracy plots against me in my head.
Yeah dude. I have some crazy self related conspiracy theories. Like how my one friend faked his death and EVERYBODY went along with it just to see if I cared and all this shit. There are more, but that's a good example of one, and a really fucking painful thing to believe is true. cause you do, in that moment.
I smoked for like two years straight all day every day. I was abusing it, it was habitual. Didn't even make me that happy, just like contented.
Started doing alot of psychs, and then after the mother of all bad traps that I wasn't ready for and fought to the teeth, so it really traumatized me, BOOM. no more weed. Could not smoke without freaking out lol. I've tried so many time and had like 3 good experiences for so many more bad ones over the last like 4 years.
Just smoked the other night, leaving a party with 2 really good buddies. The one knows everything about me, the other is new but I feel the same way about that person I'm just so comfortable with them both, and the new friend said she really wanted to try smoking with me. She didn't push it and I had explained shit to her, but she said it would be cool. So I suggested I smoke cause it would just be us 3 after we left and I felt comfortable sharing with them if I started to wig. I did start freaking, but instead of retreating inwards I started telling them about it and got everything out and eventually realized it was awesome and was laughing my ass off, dancing in my undies, and ramblin like a mad man.
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Re: i get all receded, uncomfortable, socially awkward and paranoid when i smoke weed. [Re: JPDancer]
#19378143 - 01/06/14 05:08 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I find it helps if I tell myself "I didn't smoke to fucking put myself down or overthink shit" and just enjoy it. Try to crack a joke or something. Don't be in your head so much.
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Re: i get all receded, uncomfortable, socially awkward and paranoid when i smoke weed. [Re: evileye001]
#19378278 - 01/06/14 05:37 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Don't worry man I think a lot of people on this forum can relate to that, myself included. What is forgotten is that weed, much like psychedelics, is good at bringing up things that we bury or are struggling with deep down. Although it may be a fairly mild and benign, it'll be exaggerated with cannabis. Perhaps there is some social anxiety that you feel in general; at least that's how it is for me.
We so causally smoke socially, often including people we don't know and at a time we're not really intending on doing inner work. Have you ever tried smoking alone, maybe with the intention of letting go of that stuff? I usually get some level of tension when I smoke these days, but I've found that when I actually get some time alone with it, much like psychedelics, it can be therapeutic.
Treat it a bit like mushrooms, set and setting count.
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Re: i get all receded, uncomfortable, socially awkward and paranoid when i smoke weed. [Re: Aopocetx]
#19378353 - 01/06/14 05:50 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Good advice here from alot of people who seem to feel the same way.
Happened to me the same way and I rarely smoke these days but it seems to have gotten better/ i dont seem as sensitive to it. I guess thats a good and bad thing, i havent used psych's in a while either.
One thing ive found that took years before I tried is....... low dose edibles
Im talking .1 or less, usually less. I find that it provides a shift in consciousness that is not overwhelming and I am more functional/centered. Try it for yourself, you'd be surprised how little it takes when the edible/oil is made properly. I usually eat maybe .05, a tiny fraction. It also makes the liftoff from smoking not so abrupt if you choose to do so after having a baseline edible feel.
Here is the tek I posted on how to make canna coconut oil based on badkats tek from GC. Its super easy and allows very small amounts needing to be consumed. http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/18572661
Take care and dont feel down when your friends give you a hard time for passing on smoking. We all went through that and its just what some people do. You know when it feels right and what feels right, you can still tune in to the same feel with them without smoking  Share your love and space as it comes.
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Re: i get all receded, uncomfortable, socially awkward and paranoid when i smoke weed. [Re: weshroom]
#19378741 - 01/06/14 06:56 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I know how you feel at least when it comes to smoking socially. I really only like pot when getting ready for bed. Since I'm alone or at least only with someone I feel completely comfortable with I feel free to just be quiet and inward. I have finally decided to just turn down weed in social situations because I've had one too many bad times. Edibles are another story through, they give me energy and I can function better. They are rare for me though.
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Re: i get all receded, uncomfortable, socially awkward and paranoid when i smoke weed. [Re: absinthewilde]
#19378861 - 01/06/14 07:18 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I'm fairly new to smoking weed. I occasionally still find myself stuttering, getting muscle spasms, and being paranoid; there are other occasions where I eat some edibles by myself and find myself having the best time of my life. (this is because I am not worried about getting in trouble for marijuana)
I think marijuana is an amazing drug! It's s shame that it doesn't work for everyone.
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Re: i get all receded, uncomfortable, socially awkward and paranoid when i smoke weed. [Re: SkeletalSpore]
#19378978 - 01/06/14 07:40 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I have this problem as well. All I can say is different strains do help. Indica have higher CBD content which isn't as stimulating but is does relive some anxiety if you don't smoke too much.
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Re: i get all receded, uncomfortable, socially awkward and paranoid when i smoke weed. [Re: LysergicX7]
#19380087 - 01/06/14 11:11 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Personally it's almost the opposite for me. It makes me a lot of comfortable in social settings, I can be kind of shy normally and when I'm stoned it takes that edge off soo much and Ive been smoking every day for a while now.I can understand how it would effect others differently though, and not for everyone but I love it and it helps me with a lot of things. Having access to dispensaries I've had buds with supposedly higher cbd than thc and they are pretty amazing for pain and anxiety. I've seen CBD edibles before too, I didn't try them but I could see those doing some good
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Re: i get all receded, uncomfortable, socially awkward and paranoid when i smoke weed. [Re: evileye001]
#19381360 - 01/07/14 08:51 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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ViscousGoo said: Shit just gets to real for me when I smoke...and not even really real, more like paranoid delusions real. I start seeing connections in things that arent actually connected and come up with these elaborate conspiracy plots against me in my head.

Pretty sure that's a trait/early sign of schizophrenia (the 'connecting dots which dont exist') e.g thinking there is underlying meaning in the news specifically for YOU and such.
The fact you accept they're paranoid delusions is a good sign though? Maybe speak to a psych about it bro.
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Re: i get all receded, uncomfortable, socially awkward and paranoid when i smoke weed. [Re: teenagehippie]
#19381518 - 01/07/14 09:34 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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ViscousGoo said: Shit just gets to real for me when I smoke...and not even really real, more like paranoid delusions real. I start seeing connections in things that arent actually connected and come up with these elaborate conspiracy plots against me in my head.

Pretty sure that's a trait/early sign of schizophrenia (the 'connecting dots which dont exist') e.g thinking there is underlying meaning in the news specifically for YOU and such.
The fact you accept they're paranoid delusions is a good sign though? Maybe speak to a psych about it bro.
Dude you don't know what you are talking about and suggesting to someone that they may "have early signs of schizophrenia" is pretty naive and fucked up. I am sure you did not mean to come off like this. You are not a therapist/psychologist so I think it unwise to offer your opinion on the matter. Just sayin'.....
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Re: i get all receded, uncomfortable, socially awkward and paranoid when i smoke weed. [Re: afrogus]
#19381682 - 01/07/14 10:23 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Wasn't my intention to upset or worry anyone! Take everything I say with a pinch of salt as it is mostly speculation combined with my knowledge from internet research.
I have a friend who shows quite a lot of signs and can seem a little psychotic at times. I keep an eye on her without telling her what I think because I wouldn't want to 'plant seeds' or worry her in general. Once we took somme MDMA at a rave and got high afterwards and she spoke about 'everything building up to this moment'. And how certain things we were saying were like signs for things. That night got pretty scary at times, hard for me to take what she was saying in after 1/2g mdma, 3 joints and a decent amount of ketamine lol.
All due respect I know i'm not a psych or a therapist which is exactly the reason I suggested he go see one. If it is truly nothing to worry about -a psych would confirm this...
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Re: i get all receded, uncomfortable, socially awkward and paranoid when i smoke weed. [Re: teenagehippie]
#19381739 - 01/07/14 10:36 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I think it's normal if you get paranoid or make connections where there aren't any once or twice but if it goes to the extent where you stop doing certain things then it's probably time to see a doctor...
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Re: i get all receded, uncomfortable, socially awkward and paranoid when i smoke weed. [Re: Aopocetx]
#19381779 - 01/07/14 10:46 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Don't get me wrong guys, i'm not saying having these thoughts = insta-schizo, just that there could be something to it.
I'm sure it's fine having these thoughts as long as you hold on to the fact/can always determine that they ARE just delusions.
The logical thing to do here would be to talk about it. Far from psych but if anyone needs a friend and sees some of what im saying in themselves by all means PM me.
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Re: i get all receded, uncomfortable, socially awkward and paranoid when i smoke weed. [Re: 1620] 1
#19381934 - 01/07/14 11:22 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I hate smoking socially. I enjoy it by myself on rare occasions.
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