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> As time goes on it won't feel "fun" it'll just feel "normal". And you just won't get as much out of your life as you could get, won't achieve as much relation

> As time goes on it won't feel "fun" it'll just feel "normal". And you just won't get as much out of your life as you could get, won't achieve as much relationship success, professional success, or personal fulfillment. You can form a bad relationship with literally anything. Social media, television, video games. The smartest and most passionate developer I have ever known smoked weed literally every day. There are many musicians who use marijuana regularly. They perform, practice, and achieve at a level I can only IMAGINE. What you are really talking about here is something nefarious: Self medication. Personally, I self medicate because I have a very busy mind and I need something to slow my brain down at the end of the day. Other people self medicate due to depression. This IS bad. It is a way to escape reality because you are unhappy. Anecdote: I smoked weed in high school pretty frequently. Then, I left for college, was super busy, didn't have any money, so I didn't smoke weed for almost a decade. Eventually I moved to a state that has legal weed, and I bought a joint, and I smoked it. And I found something: It wasn't just youthful rebellion, I enjoy being a little stoned! So now I do it occasionally.

effingwewt 4y ago
This is how I cope. My brain runs away with me, coupled with OCD (people love to romanticize it byt forget about the obsessive/compulsive part). With that and depression and anxiety, the meds prescribed to me were insane, as were the side effects (many permanent too- fuck that). Weed was the lesser of the evils. I don't drink because aside from the fact that I hate the taste of alcohol, what I really detest is the loss of self control. I spend most of my waking and much of my sleeping time trying to keep one thing or another under control. I don't have to fight them nearly so much with weed. I know it's an imperfect solution to myriad problems, but it helps me greatly,but I very much realize I am self medicating. When I quit smoking weed it takes me about a year to get back to full 'normal'. But I'm also miserable. I can't sleep, I wake in the night in the middle of thoughts that are making me anxious or whatever. I eat too much, I have less energy. I simply become better at hiding my issues.
- honkycat 4y ago
  You should look into Zoloft. A lot of my friends and family take it for anxiety. It is a pretty safe, minor, and not intense anxiety medication that I hear has a bit of a funky/fun edge to it. I was gonna start on it next month to try it out.
  - effingwewt 4y ago
    I did, but one of the side effects it had for me was it killed my sex drive completely. I know in the grand scope of things it may not be important, and maybe I'm being a child, but if I'm being honest I can't handle that on top of goings-on. I had a friend get a permanent twitch from it, too, but of the people that I know that take it (that I know of), those are the only bad side effects I've really heard of. On top of that it can still be very physically addictive and hard to wean off of. I do thank you greatly, I had been pretty excited to try it. I hope it works out for you, I just seem to catch nasty side effects. May it work for you and your days be peaceful!
surement 4y ago
> I have a very busy mind and I need something to slow my brain down I'm taking this a bit out of context but this is the biggest benefit for me. While sativa can make my mind rush with ideas, it also helps slow things down, especially if I'm learning something. It gives me the patience to do things at the right pace rather than try to rush to get results. This holds for things as varied as learning kubernetes (e.g. going back and forth between documents to make sure everything makes sense rather than only going forward even where there are bits that I don't fully grasp) or making sure I have the proper form during weight lifting (e.g. using lower weights when I notice a discomfort somewhere – I'm much more sensitive to these things while stoned – instead of powering through a too-high load and injuring myself, thus setting my progress back).

effingwewt 4y ago

This is how I cope. My brain runs away with me, coupled with OCD (people love to romanticize it byt forget about the obsessive/compulsive part). With that and depression and anxiety, the meds prescribed to me were insane, as were the side effects (many permanent too- fuck that). Weed was the lesser of the evils. I don't drink because aside from the fact that I hate the taste of alcohol, what I really detest is the loss of self control. I spend most of my waking and much of my sleeping time trying to keep one thing or another under control. I don't have to fight them nearly so much with weed. I know it's an imperfect solution to myriad problems, but it helps me greatly,but I very much realize I am self medicating. When I quit smoking weed it takes me about a year to get back to full 'normal'. But I'm also miserable. I can't sleep, I wake in the night in the middle of thoughts that are making me anxious or whatever. I eat too much, I have less energy. I simply become better at hiding my issues.

honkycat 4y ago
You should look into Zoloft. A lot of my friends and family take it for anxiety. It is a pretty safe, minor, and not intense anxiety medication that I hear has a bit of a funky/fun edge to it. I was gonna start on it next month to try it out.
- effingwewt 4y ago
  I did, but one of the side effects it had for me was it killed my sex drive completely. I know in the grand scope of things it may not be important, and maybe I'm being a child, but if I'm being honest I can't handle that on top of goings-on. I had a friend get a permanent twitch from it, too, but of the people that I know that take it (that I know of), those are the only bad side effects I've really heard of. On top of that it can still be very physically addictive and hard to wean off of. I do thank you greatly, I had been pretty excited to try it. I hope it works out for you, I just seem to catch nasty side effects. May it work for you and your days be peaceful!

surement 4y ago

> I have a very busy mind and I need something to slow my brain down I'm taking this a bit out of context but this is the biggest benefit for me. While sativa can make my mind rush with ideas, it also helps slow things down, especially if I'm learning something. It gives me the patience to do things at the right pace rather than try to rush to get results. This holds for things as varied as learning kubernetes (e.g. going back and forth between documents to make sure everything makes sense rather than only going forward even where there are bits that I don't fully grasp) or making sure I have the proper form during weight lifting (e.g. using lower weights when I notice a discomfort somewhere – I'm much more sensitive to these things while stoned – instead of powering through a too-high load and injuring myself, thus setting my progress back).