Social Anxiety Support

dyssomnia · 01-23-2009, 04:00 PM

maryjane and i have a love-hate relationship. of course if i had the choice and unlimited money i would smoke all day and all night. but right now i'm struggling with quitting. smoking almost everyday for about 3 years now has really made my life a blur. i feel like i lose grip with reality being a haze all the time.

but man there is nothing i love more than lying in bed at the end of the day and sparking a bowl

FairleighCalm · 01-23-2009, 07:25 PM

No. But I'm for the legalization of cannabis and hemp. I wouldn't mind attending this school.
http://www.oaksterdam.com/

Phronima · 01-23-2009, 09:11 PM

Only tried it once but it made me feel like my skin was on fire. It made me really, really paranoid as well. No one could figure out what happened. It's not for me I guess. I'm more of a drink till I black out type.

2Talkative · 01-23-2009, 11:59 PM

Have in the past.... but I get really paranoid/Anxious.

TheRob · 01-25-2009, 08:52 PM

Weed made me paranoid. Alcohol made me forget.

IllusionalFate · 01-26-2009, 04:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Phronima

Only tried it once but it made me feel like my skin was on fire.

Same happened to me a few days ago. I thought it was because the weed was interacting with the Paxil I was on -- cannabis makes me such a hypochondriac.

sanspants08 · 01-26-2009, 02:40 PM

Weed is only relaxing for me if I'm in a situation where I won't have to do any tasks that involve focused concentration for a day or so. For me that means "only on vacation," which is like once a year, probably. Otherwise I have to drive a lot...which seems pretty dangerous when I'm high.

Before I worked a job that involved brainpower and commuting, it was great lol. I made my friends in college through it, basically. The people who smoked were a lot quieter and more contemplative than the obnoxious frat fellas. Since the "basement beer party" thing wasn't my scene, I went the stoner route to fit in. Then I got stoned enough that basement beer parties felt fine...

That had to do with the laid-back people I rolled around with as well. Anyway, smoking weed helped me chill out with already-chill people. With intense people it caused me to be more confused, which heightened the SA. So in conclusion, with me it was all about the pot-smoking situation: What's was on the agenda for the next day, and who I was smoking with.

Strange_One · 01-26-2009, 07:40 PM

used to smoke all day every day. Then I stopped because I started to get realy paranoid whenever I smoked. I don't know what changed. But it just wasn't taht great anymore. Instead of making me happy and relaxed it was making me depressed and panicky. I still smoke once in a while. I feel I need to to clear my head and just get rid of things that are bothering me. But when I smoke I need good music and a calm inviernment or I get paranoid.
I usually put on some almond brothers, greatful dea, keller williams, Tea leaf green, or slightly stoopid. I find if I've got calm music and noones around I'm great. But not everyday.

BeNice · 01-28-2009, 05:13 PM

I have pot.

Yay to being able to deal with not having anything to do.

yellowpaper · 02-09-2009, 05:15 PM

First time I tried it I had some kind of LONG anxiety attack/trippish thing... hallucinations and hardly remember anything, and my friend was actually pretty worried. =/

I used it quite a bit that year... and was always pretty anxious, never relaxed. When I'd be at home around my family, I'd have panic attacks or something in my room.

Basically, it intensified my anxiety a LOT. I honestly think that it may have contributed to my extra anxiety problems now maybe... idk.

Coupled with alcohol and i'm fine :P But, no, probably never again.

VipFuj · 02-09-2009, 06:10 PM

when i smoked with my friend(s) and we would just stay home and relax, it was great

but for whatever reason, they like to smoke and go out so my SA would go into hyperspeed. id even voice what i was thinking and what i was afraid of. in retrospect the stuff i get paranoid about is kind of funny since it's ludicrous. But i havent hung out with them in a while.

so if im just relaxing with friends ill endulge.

never own any myself though

its_Rob · 02-09-2009, 07:08 PM

No I don't smoke weed. I know I don't need drugs or alcohol to make me feel better. Having friends is the only thing I need to feel happy.

Halfie · 02-09-2009, 08:37 PM

I smoke a few times a month. I have a childhood friend who's smoked almost every day for years and I know when I visit there's a very good chance he'll offer me some. It has never made me more thoughtful or aware about anything, it just makes me retarded and messes with my sense of balance. I can smoke too much, and then I feel physically sick and even nauseated. It feels like my brain is literally being fried. (Yes, I know the brain doesn't "feel" anything, but that's the best way I know of describing it.) My friend only buys the best weed--heddes--so maybe that's why the experience can get too intense. But it's never made me paranoid. Maybe because I only do it with friends I've known since I was five, and because I never had negative preconceptions about marijuana use before I did it.

Except for those rare occasions when I smoked too much, it's pleasant, but I still think I prefer getting drunk.

TinaB · 02-09-2009, 10:23 PM

I loooooooove pot. I have a medical marijuana card in CA and it actually does help with being able to make important phone calls or going out. It keeps me from getting panic attacks when I'm like grocery shopping or doing other errands.
I had something of an alcohol problem during college and I haven't been drunk once since discovering pot and I couldn't be happier for it. My grades even improved in college once I started smoking. (Probably because I wasn't panicking and ducking into alcoves to avoid talking to people I had a clearer head) I was able to participate in class more as pot tends to make me more talkative.

Also, I met my fiancee over a bowl two years ago. You could sort of say I wouldn't have the best thing in my life were it not for pot.

bezoomny · 02-09-2009, 11:44 PM

I could never get into pot. I hate interacting with dealers and the smoke always choked me.

But now I have my Djarum Blacks, and the world is right.

aloss4words · 02-12-2009, 05:42 PM

I used to think pot helped my anxiety. But sometimes it seems like it just makes me more anxious and say stupid things.

hyacinth_dragon · 02-12-2009, 06:04 PM

Nah. Its not really my thing.

VCL XI · 02-12-2009, 07:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bezoomny

I hate interacting with dealers

Yep, I'm surprised so many on here apparently can...? I wouldn't even be able to find one if I wanted to. Then again, I've been asked twice by random degenerates for drugs, so I guess I'd just search the city squats for my dope-peddling doppelganger.

Sunshine009 · 02-12-2009, 07:32 PM

Not only can't you drive stoned without hitting something, but people can rob you and assault you and chances are you wouldn't do nothing. Being too passive has problems. I don't need to be any more of a wussie cat than I am, thank you.

No Limit · 02-12-2009, 08:13 PM

Well it helps me "quiet my mind down" with racing thoughts at the end of the day. I certainly wouldn't like to go to work like this though. BTW, I have access to the medical stuff so at least I know that it's quality. It's up in the air if you buy from a dealer.

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01-23-2009, 07:25 PM	#42 (permalink)
FairleighCalm Status: Fun...Fluid...Formidable Join Date: May 2007 Location: Location Location Gender: Male Posts: 5,601	No. But I'm for the legalization of cannabis and hemp. I wouldn't mind attending this school. http://www.oaksterdam.com/ __________________ Done.

01-23-2009, 11:59 PM	#44 (permalink)
2Talkative Status: MIA Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Vancouver BC Gender: Male Age: 28 Posts: 509	Have in the past.... but I get really paranoid/Anxious. __________________ "I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go. But two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds." - Henry Rollins

01-25-2009, 08:52 PM	#45 (permalink)
TheRob Status: In orbit, always Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Mission, KS Age: 33 Posts: 258	Weed made me paranoid. Alcohol made me forget. __________________ "Your solution is both fair and democratic ... and I want no part of it."

01-28-2009, 05:13 PM	#49 (permalink)
BeNice Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Coastal New Jersey Posts: 6,838	I have pot. Yay to being able to deal with not having anything to do. __________________ 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

01-23-2009, 04:00 PM	#41 (permalink)
dyssomnia Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: south florida Gender: Male Posts: 69	maryjane and i have a love-hate relationship. of course if i had the choice and unlimited money i would smoke all day and all night. but right now i'm struggling with quitting. smoking almost everyday for about 3 years now has really made my life a blur. i feel like i lose grip with reality being a haze all the time. but man there is nothing i love more than lying in bed at the end of the day and sparking a bowl

01-23-2009, 09:11 PM	#43 (permalink)
Phronima Status: Drifting Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Louisiana Gender: Male Age: 24 Posts: 76	Only tried it once but it made me feel like my skin was on fire. It made me really, really paranoid as well. No one could figure out what happened. It's not for me I guess. I'm more of a drink till I black out type.

01-26-2009, 02:40 PM	#47 (permalink)
sanspants08 Status: Has Ramen Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: York, PA/Gettysburg, PA Gender: Male Posts: 857	Weed is only relaxing for me if I'm in a situation where I won't have to do any tasks that involve focused concentration for a day or so. For me that means "only on vacation," which is like once a year, probably. Otherwise I have to drive a lot...which seems pretty dangerous when I'm high. Before I worked a job that involved brainpower and commuting, it was great lol. I made my friends in college through it, basically. The people who smoked were a lot quieter and more contemplative than the obnoxious frat fellas. Since the "basement beer party" thing wasn't my scene, I went the stoner route to fit in. Then I got stoned enough that basement beer parties felt fine... That had to do with the laid-back people I rolled around with as well. Anyway, smoking weed helped me chill out with already-chill people. With intense people it caused me to be more confused, which heightened the SA. So in conclusion, with me it was all about the pot-smoking situation: What's was on the agenda for the next day, and who I was smoking with.

01-26-2009, 07:40 PM	#48 (permalink)
Strange_One Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 20	used to smoke all day every day. Then I stopped because I started to get realy paranoid whenever I smoked. I don't know what changed. But it just wasn't taht great anymore. Instead of making me happy and relaxed it was making me depressed and panicky. I still smoke once in a while. I feel I need to to clear my head and just get rid of things that are bothering me. But when I smoke I need good music and a calm inviernment or I get paranoid. I usually put on some almond brothers, greatful dea, keller williams, Tea leaf green, or slightly stoopid. I find if I've got calm music and noones around I'm great. But not everyday.

02-09-2009, 05:15 PM	#50 (permalink)
yellowpaper Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Gender: Female Age: 20 Posts: 696	First time I tried it I had some kind of LONG anxiety attack/trippish thing... hallucinations and hardly remember anything, and my friend was actually pretty worried. =/ I used it quite a bit that year... and was always pretty anxious, never relaxed. When I'd be at home around my family, I'd have panic attacks or something in my room. Basically, it intensified my anxiety a LOT. I honestly think that it may have contributed to my extra anxiety problems now maybe... idk. Coupled with alcohol and i'm fine :P But, no, probably never again.

02-09-2009, 06:10 PM	#51 (permalink)
VipFuj Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Caulifornia Gender: Male Age: 22 Posts: 278	when i smoked with my friend(s) and we would just stay home and relax, it was great but for whatever reason, they like to smoke and go out so my SA would go into hyperspeed. id even voice what i was thinking and what i was afraid of. in retrospect the stuff i get paranoid about is kind of funny since it's ludicrous. But i havent hung out with them in a while. so if im just relaxing with friends ill endulge. never own any myself though

02-09-2009, 07:08 PM	#52 (permalink)
its_Rob Status: Depressed and homesick Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Ft. Bliss, Texas :'( Gender: Male Age: 19 Posts: 324	No I don't smoke weed. I know I don't need drugs or alcohol to make me feel better. Having friends is the only thing I need to feel happy. __________________ "Ugh... this is going to get bad" ~Bill

02-09-2009, 08:37 PM	#53 (permalink)
Halfie Status: SAS Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 24 Posts: 168	I smoke a few times a month. I have a childhood friend who's smoked almost every day for years and I know when I visit there's a very good chance he'll offer me some. It has never made me more thoughtful or aware about anything, it just makes me retarded and messes with my sense of balance. I can smoke too much, and then I feel physically sick and even nauseated. It feels like my brain is literally being fried. (Yes, I know the brain doesn't "feel" anything, but that's the best way I know of describing it.) My friend only buys the best weed--heddes--so maybe that's why the experience can get too intense. But it's never made me paranoid. Maybe because I only do it with friends I've known since I was five, and because I never had negative preconceptions about marijuana use before I did it. Except for those rare occasions when I smoked too much, it's pleasant, but I still think I prefer getting drunk.

02-09-2009, 10:23 PM	#54 (permalink)
TinaB Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 6	I loooooooove pot. I have a medical marijuana card in CA and it actually does help with being able to make important phone calls or going out. It keeps me from getting panic attacks when I'm like grocery shopping or doing other errands. I had something of an alcohol problem during college and I haven't been drunk once since discovering pot and I couldn't be happier for it. My grades even improved in college once I started smoking. (Probably because I wasn't panicking and ducking into alcoves to avoid talking to people I had a clearer head) I was able to participate in class more as pot tends to make me more talkative. Also, I met my fiancee over a bowl two years ago. You could sort of say I wouldn't have the best thing in my life were it not for pot.

02-09-2009, 11:44 PM	#55 (permalink)
bezoomny Status: the new disease Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Mississippi Gender: Female Age: 21 Posts: 2,814	I could never get into pot. I hate interacting with dealers and the smoke always choked me. But now I have my Djarum Blacks, and the world is right. __________________ bravo - echo - zulu - oscar - oscar - mike - november - yankee

02-12-2009, 05:42 PM	#56 (permalink)
aloss4words Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Gender: Female Posts: 372	I used to think pot helped my anxiety. But sometimes it seems like it just makes me more anxious and say stupid things.

02-12-2009, 06:04 PM	#57 (permalink)
hyacinth_dragon Status: SAS Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: USA Gender: Female Age: 26 Posts: 740	Nah. Its not really my thing.

02-12-2009, 07:32 PM	#59 (permalink)
Sunshine009 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Gender: Female Posts: 1,644	Not only can't you drive stoned without hitting something, but people can rob you and assault you and chances are you wouldn't do nothing. Being too passive has problems. I don't need to be any more of a wussie cat than I am, thank you. __________________ "God grant me the serentity to accept the things I cannot change, to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference" - serenity prayer

02-12-2009, 08:13 PM	#60 (permalink)
No Limit Status: SAS Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: San Francisco, CA Age: 28 Posts: 871	Well it helps me "quiet my mind down" with racing thoughts at the end of the day. I certainly wouldn't like to go to work like this though. BTW, I have access to the medical stuff so at least I know that it's quality. It's up in the air if you buy from a dealer. __________________ "Trying and failing is better than failing to try"