Social Anxiety Support

VCL XI · 01-02-2009, 03:12 PM

Nah, doesn't do anything for me.

zzzBrian · 01-02-2009, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by snowfly

I start shivering really badly and chattering my teeth after I do it.. does marijuana make you cold (dumb question)? or is this some weird form of anxiety?

it certainly feels like i'm cold... but no, it's just anxiety. once the high wears off, however, i'm oddly relaxed and confident. it's weird.

milo001 · 01-04-2009, 05:22 AM

no.

panda · 01-05-2009, 02:38 PM

Not currently, but if it was legalized & regulated or I really, really trusted the source I would.

Gerard · 01-05-2009, 04:58 PM

No. I wish I tried it when I was offered at times to experience what it's like.

Anyway, I was thinking of this catchy song reading this thread.

Ben Harper "Burn One Down"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryLqfNwSSFE

BeNice · 01-05-2009, 05:31 PM

I need some marijuana. I worked all day, my back hurts, beer seems to be making me sick, TV sucks, and the kitty is purring in my lap but you that means he just wants to smoke weed.

Tony Torrance · 01-05-2009, 06:15 PM

I've had some really good times on mj. Haven't smoked in some time, but I wouldn't decline a free offer. Btw, it's important to stay away from schwag, which is the really cheap, low grade crap. Good weed can be as intense as mild acid, IMO.

Roberto · 01-05-2009, 08:07 PM

The first time I smoked was my best experience with mj - it was a little bit of everything. I didn't know what I was doing and had gotten hold of this stuff with more red hairs than chelsea clinton's *sigh* I smoked three bowls of it while waiting for something to happen...WOW! I freaked out and ran to my room as it started. i held on to the floor while my heart pounded, hoping to god it would all be over soon. I couldn't even get up and walk. Then I calmed down a bit and felt really high and giggly and dreamy and listened to music naked, and then I felt peaceful and relaxed. I don't remember any valuable introspection taken away from that experience, unfortunately. After that everything I tried to smoke has just made me feel tired.

Gerard · 01-05-2009, 10:18 PM

I remember few years ago, I was waiting to go to have my jazz piano lessons in this community center waiting upstairs in these comfy chairs, in my session room across the hall was some guy playing an Chopin nocturne and a Beethoven Sonata exquisitely. After he left, I smelled something. When my instructor came in, he said somebody's been hitting here.

So I was wondering, if it helps with the playing?

christ~in~me · 01-05-2009, 10:22 PM

used to

zzzBrian · 01-06-2009, 08:34 PM

i smoked today with an old friend of mine. It was great - there was no anxiety or anything. I was able to focus completely on what we were talking about instead of worrying about what he thought of me. It was great.

Roberto · 01-06-2009, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Gerard

So I was wondering, if it helps with the playing?

Everybody uses it differently. Some people are spiritual smokers and they can use their altered perception to gain enlightenment or enrichment to their art or world-view, and others just do it to get messed up and eat all the food in the house. I live with a smoker of the latter type. He definitely plays better when he's not high.

IllusionalFate · 01-07-2009, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Roberto

The first time I smoked was my best experience with mj - it was a little bit of everything. I didn't know what I was doing and had gotten hold of this stuff with more red hairs than chelsea clinton's *sigh* I smoked three bowls of it while waiting for something to happen...WOW! I freaked out and ran to my room as it started. i held on to the floor while my heart pounded, hoping to god it would all be over soon. I couldn't even get up and walk. Then I calmed down a bit and felt really high and giggly and dreamy and listened to music naked, and then I felt peaceful and relaxed. I don't remember any valuable introspection taken away from that experience, unfortunately. After that everything I tried to smoke has just made me feel tired.

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But yeah, a similar thing happened to me last night. I smoked a couple bowls out of my bong and 10 minutes later my heart started beating at like 200bpm, I thought I was gonna have a heart attack. I'm on tianeptine for SA too and I was freaking out at the thought that the two may be contraindicated.

nothing to fear · 01-08-2009, 09:50 PM

during my worst experiences, weed amplified my anxiety by 100. i used to get high all the time in grade nine and ten and often it was horrible for my anxiety. terrible fear and paranoia but i continued doing it because it was something new and kind of exciting. it was only until this year that i really started loving it.

positive experiences: there were times when i started at 14 where i'd have so much fun with my friends just laughing our asses off. that seems so foreign to me now.
currently, i think i love it best for the body high and for enjoying it with music. during the xmas holidays pretty much every single day i was high (even christmas, ha) and just played NES while listening to new animal collective, fun fun. i cut down since school started.

on how its introspective - i went through a period where i'd eat cookies almost every day which had the best weed ever. they gave me a great, mellow buzz, a nice body high, perfect with music, and during this period while stoned i'd do a lot of deep thinking on myself and the direction my life was going and i really looked at my things objectively and started to analyze myself and i began to piece some things together and it really ended up giving me a positive and motivating perspective.
the great thing about that weed is that it also didn't even affect my memory somehow and i didn't get any annoying physiological effects (dry mouth, fast heart, painful lungs). with the stuff i currently smoke my short-term is ****ing ****e which is why i cut down during school.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gerard

I remember few years ago, I was waiting to go to have my jazz piano lessons in this community center waiting upstairs in these comfy chairs, in my session room across the hall was some guy playing an Chopin nocturne and a Beethoven Sonata exquisitely. After he left, I smelled something. When my instructor came in, he said somebody's been hitting here.

So I was wondering, if it helps with the playing?

marijuana goes amazing with music. especially great at concerts. it makes it a bit of a different experience and i find it makes the music more layered and detailed.

lindsey · 01-10-2009, 07:28 PM

i've done it twice.

SadRosesAreBeautiful · 01-10-2009, 07:30 PM

No.

WintersTale · 01-10-2009, 07:41 PM

No, I don't.

Vine_of_Sodom · 01-17-2009, 07:13 PM

I have been smoking weed for the past year and a half and sure when you're stoned you don't really notice the anxiety, and for a while that was good enough for me but after smoking for a while u realize when you're sober the weed actually helps in the long run. ( at least for me it hsa been working so far)

Canadian Brotha · 01-23-2009, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr Deuce

I used to smoke every day and enjoyed it but then started to get paranoid and depressed when I smoked so I don't do it anymore. You're state of mind is very important with cannabis.

Marijuana was once a great inspiration and motivator for me but it turned into a trigger for my SA as it developed so now I steer clear of it.

Logan X · 01-23-2009, 03:52 PM

I don't touch the junk anymore.
It's almost best thing i ever did for myself.
The real best was the day i decided to quit being a damn drunk.

Now my life might not be any better, but at least i'm not a slave to those things and they wont ever rule my life again. Hopefully i can do the same for SA and Depression one day and be free of those too.

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01-05-2009, 05:31 PM	#26 (permalink)
BeNice Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Coastal New Jersey Posts: 6,832	I need some marijuana. I worked all day, my back hurts, beer seems to be making me sick, TV sucks, and the kitty is purring in my lap but you that means he just wants to smoke weed. __________________ Market capitalism can co-opt virtually any low-cost alternative and sell it right back at ridiculous prices. -Joe Bageant http://www.joebageant.com/joe/2007/0...eat-ameri.html

01-06-2009, 08:34 PM	#31 (permalink)
zzzBrian Status: Looking for answers Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Arizona Gender: Male Posts: 31	i smoked today with an old friend of mine. It was great - there was no anxiety or anything. I was able to focus completely on what we were talking about instead of worrying about what he thought of me. It was great. __________________ What's stopping you from feeling good?

01-10-2009, 07:28 PM	#35 (permalink)
lindsey Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: tennessee Gender: Female Posts: 34	i've done it twice. __________________ "it's snowing still," said eeyore gloomily. "so it is." "and freezing." "is it?" "yes," said eeyore. "however," he said, brightening up a little, "we haven't had an earthquake lately." from winnie the pooh, by a. a. milne

01-23-2009, 03:52 PM	#40 (permalink)
Logan X Status: I'm dead inside Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: LaSalle, QC Gender: Male Age: 36 Posts: 5,275	I don't touch the junk anymore. It's almost best thing i ever did for myself. The real best was the day i decided to quit being a damn drunk. Now my life might not be any better, but at least i'm not a slave to those things and they wont ever rule my life again. Hopefully i can do the same for SA and Depression one day and be free of those too. __________________ It ain't the fall that gets you. It's the sudden stop at the bottom.

01-02-2009, 03:12 PM	#21 (permalink)
VCL XI Status: n/a Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,566	Nah, doesn't do anything for me.

01-04-2009, 05:22 AM	#23 (permalink)
milo001 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 245	no.

01-05-2009, 02:38 PM	#24 (permalink)
panda Status: SAS Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Gender: Female Age: 22 Posts: 31	Not currently, but if it was legalized & regulated or I really, really trusted the source I would.

01-05-2009, 04:58 PM	#25 (permalink)
Gerard Status: SAS Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 4,992	No. I wish I tried it when I was offered at times to experience what it's like. Anyway, I was thinking of this catchy song reading this thread. Ben Harper "Burn One Down" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryLqfNwSSFE

01-05-2009, 06:15 PM	#27 (permalink)
Tony Torrance Status: custom user title Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: SoCal Gender: Male Age: 33 Posts: 133	I've had some really good times on mj. Haven't smoked in some time, but I wouldn't decline a free offer. Btw, it's important to stay away from schwag, which is the really cheap, low grade crap. Good weed can be as intense as mild acid, IMO.

01-05-2009, 08:07 PM	#28 (permalink)
Roberto Status: SAS Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Gender: Male Age: 25 Posts: 2,723	The first time I smoked was my best experience with mj - it was a little bit of everything. I didn't know what I was doing and had gotten hold of this stuff with more red hairs than chelsea clinton's sigh I smoked three bowls of it while waiting for something to happen...WOW! I freaked out and ran to my room as it started. i held on to the floor while my heart pounded, hoping to god it would all be over soon. I couldn't even get up and walk. Then I calmed down a bit and felt really high and giggly and dreamy and listened to music naked, and then I felt peaceful and relaxed. I don't remember any valuable introspection taken away from that experience, unfortunately. After that everything I tried to smoke has just made me feel tired.

01-05-2009, 10:18 PM	#29 (permalink)
Gerard Status: SAS Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 4,992	I remember few years ago, I was waiting to go to have my jazz piano lessons in this community center waiting upstairs in these comfy chairs, in my session room across the hall was some guy playing an Chopin nocturne and a Beethoven Sonata exquisitely. After he left, I smelled something. When my instructor came in, he said somebody's been hitting here. So I was wondering, if it helps with the playing?

01-05-2009, 10:22 PM	#30 (permalink)
christ~in~me Status: SAS Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: florida Gender: Female Age: 24 Posts: 408	used to

01-10-2009, 07:30 PM	#36 (permalink)
SadRosesAreBeautiful Status: Inactive - User Requested Join Date: May 2008 Gender: Female Age: 23 Posts: 1,525	No.

01-10-2009, 07:41 PM	#37 (permalink)
WintersTale Status: Falling into eternity Join Date: May 2007 Gender: Male Age: 27 Posts: 1,506	No, I don't.

01-17-2009, 07:13 PM	#38 (permalink)
Vine_of_Sodom Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Philadelphia Gender: Male Posts: 12	I have been smoking weed for the past year and a half and sure when you're stoned you don't really notice the anxiety, and for a while that was good enough for me but after smoking for a while u realize when you're sober the weed actually helps in the long run. ( at least for me it hsa been working so far)