cmdavis82 posted:

Can't we all just hit a bong!

I second that emotion. I've been smoking daily since 1975 and, while it hasn't exactly helped me develop intellectually, I'm a hard-working, tax-paying, productive member of society and less crazy than if I wasn't smoking weed.

PeedroPaula posted:

I've been smoking daily since 1975 and, while it hasn't exactly helped me develop intellectually, I'm a hard-working, tax-paying, productive member of society and less crazy than if I wasn't smoking weed.

That's whats up.

^ Yes i have found it often in the past - guess it's an awareness, focus thing? Pity I didn't apply this skill at that time to something more um, useful... Found life was rather unproductive with it as a constant feature, yawn...

From my experience, the anxiety from marijuana is very cloudy and hard to control. It's not like with hallucinogens, where you can question why you're afraid and point the trip into an introspective direction. I've had some potent psychedelic strains of weed, and I got caught in these horrible anxious thought loops...it felt irrational and delusional...I thought I was dying. When I tried acid the first time, I started getting uncomfortable at one point because things were getting really intense...but it wasn't like a marijuana-induced panic attack. It felt very "clear", and it was easy for me to see that the fear was irrational and laugh it off.

I mean, it could very well just be me, but I think marijuana does have a slightly psychotic vibe to it sometimes. But everyone is different, who knows.

I think depending on the person, it can make them crazy. I've had many friends smoke pot, and they seem normal. My brother starts doing it and he becomes a totally different person. Of course, he's on a myriad of other drugs as well, and I'm sure they contribute to make him ill tempered, but it started with pot (his ill temperedness, that is). I dunno, some say it doesn't have that effect and some say it does. Either way, I don't touch the stuff