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A lot of good advice here; I'll throw in my 2c. What do you actually care about in life? Is it people? Ideas? Circumstances or something you can give yourself?
by bckr 4y ago
A lot of good advice here; I'll throw in my 2c.
What do you actually care about in life? Is it people? Ideas? Circumstances or something you can give yourself? If you can find just a tiny seed of caring about something outside of yourself, bigger than yourself, something that goes beyond basic pleasures, cultivate that, and it can lead to much greater happiness.
Speaking of pleasure and happiness, these two things are not the same. There's a book called The Hacking of the American Mind which really helped me understand this. Essentially, we have been conditioned to confuse pleasure with happiness. Pleasure is fleeting, a feeling we get from good food, or sex, or drugs, or video games; or, confusingly, from realizing that we are happy. Happiness is a deeper and longer-term circumstance. Replace "pleasure" and "happiness" with whatever words work for you.
Others have mentioned the importance of human connection. +1 to that. +1 to therapy as well.
I'll mention about the weed. Others are suggesting you detox / go cold turkey. This could work, or you could enter into a cycle where you stop and start again and just throw your emotions into greater chaos. Most likely, you are using the weed to self-treat depression/anxiety. Unfortunately, it does became habit forming, as much as pro-weed folks want to think it doesn't. So it's probably now causing some depression/anxiety which will get worse if you stop. What I recommend, from experience, is to start to play a game of finding the smallest dose that still works for what you're using it for. Try skipping a whole day once a week, then every few days, etc. and pay attention to how you feel on days you use and days you don't use, as well as the days after. I bet you'll feel great after a week of no using. It may also help to use and don't do anything else, just sit and be high, and perceive what it is about being high that you actually enjoy.
Best fortunes to you on your journey.