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Does weed get you less motivated

I agree with xstayfay.. Again, different strains...

Different strains or species/hybrid species should not all be lumped together as just cannabis or slang 'marijuana'.
 
It doesn't necessarily kill motivation but it can definitely alter it.

It's kind of a crapshoot, sometimes I will get high and feel like zoning out all day, but some of my most productive periods in life have also been when I was smoking the most, and sometimes I'll smoke a joint and clean the house top to bottom just because it feels good.

If you already have a tendency to be lazy and shirk responsibility, getting stoned or doing any other kind of drug probably won't help you.
 
I used to smoke weed every day about 8 years ago and it really did make me lazy. I could get up for work each day but once home in the evening after a smoke I would just mong out in front of the TV.
I even stopped going to the pub at weekends cos I would just sit at home smoking weed all day, doing nothing and not even going out with my mates.
One day I had had enough of it so knocked it on the head there and then and haven't smoked it since then.
 
when i smoke more alot i get lazy and turn into a really bad procrastinator..i think if your already prone to laziness it will make it worse or if you smoke enough it might change your personality more to the lazy side..but it dosent seem to do that to everybody
 
maxalfie said:
I used to smoke weed every day about 8 years ago and it really did make me lazy. I could get up for work each day but once home in the evening after a smoke I would just mong out in front of the TV.
I even stopped going to the pub at weekends cos I would just sit at home smoking weed all day, doing nothing and not even going out with my mates.
One day I had had enough of it so knocked it on the head there and then and haven't smoked it since then.
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that's kinda how i got. then i quit for 7-8 weeks, and was so stressed with school and summer classes that i started smoking daily again. now i have two HUGE tests this week, and i'm freaking the fuck out. i wish i could get back all of the hours i spent burning and transform it to study time.

fuck my life i always do this to myself.. i keep thinking everything will work out for me, but one of these days its not going to, and i'm going to end up not accomplishing my dreams. i really have to get my motivation and will power in check. my mind just wants to day dream all day. i would have to say day dreaming is my favorite past-time activity. i could just sit for hours and day dream if i had the time to.
 
I forgot to add, not only does it make me more motivated, but I have been using cannabis on a regular basis for almost 27 years. The only time I stopped for an extended period of time was while I was trying to conceive my daughter, while I was pregnant, and while I was breastfeeding, about 2 years.
 
i've been smoking weed for the past 6 years and I only got "less motivated" during the last 2 years, when I became addicted. I think it's addiction that causes people to act like this, not actual cannabis.
 
whataboutheforests said:
i've been smoking weed for the past 6 years and I only got "less motivated" during the last 2 years, when I became addicted. I think it's addiction that causes people to act like this, not actual cannabis.
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A person does not become physically addicted to cannabis, but some people do get psychologically addicted. Neither has happened to me.
 
WELL... this is how i got out of the motivation problem.

when i started smoking i had zero motivation and i was lazzy like and animal i had no control , i though weed is bad because it took off my motivation to work. till one day and very old friend told me this...

WEED = HABIT = you control it. in other words, its a bulding habit you make when you smoke weed. you build your own habits...

Korn3x , i can see you have build your own habit with weed.

btw people this is how i get weed to be controled. i look at it as if it were and habit maker , you only need to make your own habits and not stick up to the lazy ones or bad ones.
 
i've actually started doing better with it. i was able to smoke just a puff the other morning after a long ass study session all night. i didn't even smoke yesterday. just took my test today and i think i actually did decent. we'll have to see tho. just burned. got one more test this week so ima see if i can repeat the process.
 
yes , i feel unmotivated to do anything the next 2-3 days after i smoke a joint.
it still get shit done but i dont feel like it.

The difference is more noticeable when i am not smoking regularly.
 
Smoking definitely makes me more motivated

Getting high kinda just makes me stoked for life...making me think of all the different things I wanna do and still can
 
Korn3x said:
interesting post

and to the OP:

i would say that when i'm sober, i'm slightly less motivated, but i'm not sure if it's just placebo or not. when i'm high, however, i'm very motivated. it's like all my priorities are in line, and i know i have to go to the gym, play some basketball, hit the weights, etc.

i recently quit for like 7-8 weeks, and during this time i didn't really have much "me" time. it was like i was stressed all parts of the day, and i wasn't really spending my time like i wanted to. now that i started smoking again, i've already began to look up new dubstep songs (something i haven't done in the longest time), and partake in more activities in general that interest me.

idk i'd say weed motivates me in some ways, and doesn't in others.
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This is me, for the most part. I definitely engage in more [productive and beneficial] activities when I'm high. I don't think I would have held my job as long as I have without weed. It is a very social job, and anxiety etc has my social interface a wreck as it is. Sometimes being high energizes me to get up and knock off my to do list because I'm so relaxed when I'm usually just high strung about everything.
 
Pot is a very complicated drug, I've seen it effect different people in opposite ways. I've known a couple of people who smoke pot and hash all day every day and are very energetic, almost manic at times, certainly motivated if not overly motivated. One of my friends would rip a gravity bong at 6 am and then go into work to do accounting all day! Although in my case regular pot smoking has robbed me of my ambition to a great extent. I think tolerance is a huge factor, I've been smoking several times a day every day for several years minus maybe three weeks on vacations ect. I've gotten to a point where smoking only produces a vague lethargic confusion. It can even make me feel apathetic and depressed, it has lost all of its psychedelic and sensory enhancing aspects. A few days ago I decided I was bored enough of it to quit for a while. I'm only on day 3 now, and experiencing significant headaches, irritability, restlessness and ridiculous and panic filled dreams. I feel like so many people who smoke pot every day like to think that there are no negative effects of doing so, they don't really consider it a drug at all. Although judging from these withdrawal symptoms, I would certainly consider it a drug.
 
It doesn't make me less motivated as such, just general anxiety sometimes to the point of not wanting to leave the house
 
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