Some side effects ive noticed since I first started smoking were being constantly trapped in my own thoughts(which indirectly makes you selfish in social situations), thinking about plans but taking no actions, analyzing the shit out of the past , lack of appetite(losing gym gains), avoiding women who are into me, negative thoughts, less money, etc.
Yet somehow it feels right to be in my head, to be an overthinker even though its not.
When I take long period of breaks where I choose to chase goals and focus on self-improvement, I tend to complete some then feel empty inside so I head back to weed until I get motivated enough about a new goal to chase, but then the cycle repeats.
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Some side effects ive noticed since I first started smoking were being constantly trapped in my own thoughts(which indirectly makes you selfish in social situations), thinking about plans but taking no actions, analyzing the shit out of the past , lack of appetite(losing gym gains), avoiding women who are into me, negative thoughts, less money, etc.
Yet somehow it feels right to be in my head, to be an overthinker even though its not.
When I take long period of breaks where I choose to chase goals and focus on self-improvement, I tend to complete some then feel empty inside so I head back to weed until I get motivated enough about a new goal to chase, but then the cycle repeats.
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I had one instance where I felt so paranoid in public that I couldn’t function. Shortly after , I graduated college and quit to get a job. It made me so lazy and I knew I couldn’t advance with it being a part of my life. Life is good. I don’t miss it at all.
It took me 13 years to quit. The only thing that helped me was doing an Ayahuasca retreat in the Amazon jungle. I haven’t smoked for 1 year and 2 months as of now. Not even tempted if people around me are smoking. Highly recommend it.
Heavy pothead from 18-24. I stopped because I used it to cope with the stress of engineering school. Once I got a full-time job I realized how negatively it affected my life and just stopped slowly. I’ve been about 1 year clean and the last two years have been very sporadic.
Ultimately I feel a lot more clear headed and honed in on the goals I want to achieve. I have a lot more energy for things that matter.
Every time I go back to smoking regularly its because of stress. Other than that I smoke maybe on the weekends. I quit when I quit primarily because I feel healthier when I’m not smoking as much. I like to run sometimes. Go for long walks.
have cf and its getting worse i think, trying out quitting for a bit but i’m coughing lots now lol
I didn’t like who I was when I was high and it made me very paranoid.
I reached a point where the paranoia started getting to me. I’d find myself just sitting there, listening to my heartbeat, and convincing myself that I was dying. It stopped being fun.
tbh I kinda blame the legalization of pot in my state, I’d guess that the shit I was buying was a lot stronger than the junk we’d get in college.
Not a man,but i was a regular smoker for 8+ years.
health reasons. Started to swim again and running, lung health is important and yes I noticed a decrease.
Also kind of piss me off that I was always always smoking chasing the high, it was never enough since I woke up until I went to sleep I was smoking. It did also not help that when I smoked a little too much felt too high and got paranoid beacuse I was too high, so to come down I ate but crave shitty food.
Sometimes I was high and an emergency happened, like something minor but as I was too high so the situation was worse, so I started decreasing slowly not went cold turkey, just in the mornings and after certain hour I stopped no going to sleep high, and I saw so many benefits better sleep, metal clarity, my smell change and I kept like that until I gave up completly even alcohol.
I do enjoy sober life, is just way more stable and I don’t get grumpy if I can’t smoke, my teeth are not Getting yellow and if I get sick I can recoger faster.
I think it was starting to become a prision and that’s not why I started to smoke. I don’t miss it I think I out grow it. I hate edibles so smoking was my favorite way of consuming also the smoke was my dope more than the thc. I am not against it but is not that present in my life and I feel really good without it, bcuz smoking is really bad for your body.
it’s meant to relax me but spending way too much money to relax. instead bought some strong melatonin and now have much more money than before
I lost my ability to feel happiness. If I wasn’t high, all I could think about was getting high. I felt no exhilaration from anything anymore – working out, going to parties, having sex, it all just felt bland. I was never happy. I was either just bored, tired, annoyed, etc.
I still barely have the attention span for long form content, and I am still go through extended periods of depression, but I know now that weed doesn’t make that feel better, it makes it all worse.
A good therapist can help.
I quit weed because I was a wreck. It’s been 2 weeks and honestly it’s been hard, too much energy and I get frustrated at the tiniest things, but I also love the general motivation to do things that came back.
I had bad panic attacks and aggressive anxiety. Can’t even take a puff without my stomach going into a knot. Watching anime got surreal and I hated the future
Damn I used to be a huge pot head up to the end of college. Very shortly after college and maybe a bit towards the end… it made me uncomfortably paranoid every single time. Anxiety enducing paranoia. It was no longer relaxing and just made me tweak out, lose my social ability dramatically. I used to be able to be stoned at a party and chill/ talk like everything was normal, go grocery shopping even and talk to people in public… but then one day nope… tried to smoke even after it was happening everytime for a few more months nah…
Tried it AGAIN thinking a few years later it’ll be chill… same thing… waited another year same thing.
I guess I just grew out of it or whatever, my brain just didn’t agree with it anymore.
How did it change me? Idk, not much… was really only smoking before bed or parties when I was a smoker anyway, got all the responsibilities done than got high
I hated marijuana until I was in my 40s. All it did was ramp me up. I was a kickboxer, and when ever I smoked, all I wanted to do was fight. I wasn’t angry, it’s just what I love to do.
I was no fun at parties.
Now, I have chronic back/shoulder pain from a shredded serratus anterior (from BJJ) and genetic arthritis. Finally, after years of daily nerve pain, I see a doctor. Nothing to did but painkillers. Offers me opioids.
Fuck that. I grew up where jd Vance pretended to grow up. I’ve seen enough people die because of opioids. Never touch them.
Doctor offers me gabapentin. A benzo. To just take… Forever?
Fuck that. I don’t want benzos either. Keep in mind, this is for CHRONIC pain (no pun intended), so the doctors game plan is just take addictive medication you can od on. And in the case of benzos, you can die from withdrawal too.
So I’m just in pain everyday. It occurs to me that my state legalized medical. Within the day, I have marijuana. Pain is SHARPLY diminished, and amazingly enough, I’m not waking up 10-15 times, or getting only 3 hrs of sleep a night.
IDK if it’s an age thing (brain stops developing at 26ish), a mind set thing (undiagnosed depression I finally got a hang of in my 30s) or a maturity thing. But I’m not picking fights with strangers, or running wild. I haven’t become so shittily aggressive that I am asked to leave parties.
I’m actually delightful. I ramble a bit. I’m definitely dumber, a bit, but I’m a lot more patient and kind, which is a positive, since I’m a dad. Or maybe just not being in pain every night is chilling me out.
But I have the opposite arch than op.
Smoked so much all day everyday since I always had it at my fingertips for years. Figured not being high was like being high and just quit. It was even doing anything anymore anyways.
Lack of weed around me. Also, I moved back home and my mom isn’t a fan of weed.
After quitting, I coughed up a good amount of phlegm with black in them.
Drug tests at work and still kind of miss smoking weed once in a while. I was never a huge pothead though
The kids were getting older and started asking why dad was going into the backyard at night. Then my wife asked me to stop and said that it’s time to quit.
So I quit then and there. Haven’t missed it and it’s just a long gone part of my youth.
Smoked for 15 years then got into a toxic relationship. Amplified paranoid thoughts in my head. Taking a long break. I’m hoping to smoke again once I’m in a better mindset.
I’m not as lazy 🤣🤣 but the downer is that my fucked up dreams came back
enhanced anxiety and depression, wasnt worth it anymore.
I was never a heavy weed smoker.
When weed became legal in Canada, along with it came the wildest selection of gummies…you could dial in a dose! I had gummies to party, gummies to sleep, gummies to chill out all different THC/CBD mixes
The gummies were too tasty and too easy to “pop one”.
Soon I noticed my short-term memory was shot, and I was become stereotypically “stoner”
Mostly the things you said and anxiety
just got bored