My friend has been using crystal daily for about half a year. Over the months, I think I've noticed some change but I'm not sure if it's my own mind playing tricks (I have been using too, and though I have slowed down and stopped for consecutive days; I don't feel right yet).
He doesn't seem able to empathise, seems pre-occupied with himself and more, so that he would objectively tick the boxes of a narcissistic personality. But, I don't think I can make balanced and unemotional observations and conclusions.
Have people noticed a similar change in somebody they care for after extended meth use? Before the binge, he always seemed confident and could be withdrawn. I question how well I knew him.
Perhaps it is a type of common delusion among recovering meth addicts that I'm experiencing, or maybe I am observing alright, but it is a common and reversible change in people who use for a long time. Surely meth could not trigger something like this to occur? Or, it's not something I've missed since I've known him (quite a while) and only just realised when my mind is at its most cloudy?
Thanks for sharing any information or experiences.
He doesn't seem able to empathise, seems pre-occupied with himself and more, so that he would objectively tick the boxes of a narcissistic personality. But, I don't think I can make balanced and unemotional observations and conclusions.
Have people noticed a similar change in somebody they care for after extended meth use? Before the binge, he always seemed confident and could be withdrawn. I question how well I knew him.
Perhaps it is a type of common delusion among recovering meth addicts that I'm experiencing, or maybe I am observing alright, but it is a common and reversible change in people who use for a long time. Surely meth could not trigger something like this to occur? Or, it's not something I've missed since I've known him (quite a while) and only just realised when my mind is at its most cloudy?
Thanks for sharing any information or experiences.