Feeling of needing SOMETHING?

[anti150]

I am posting this thread to see if anyone else has this feeling/problem or knows what and why it is..

I'm very proud to say that i'm not addicted to any drugs. Im not prescribed any, and i dont take any 1 drug daily nor am i dependent on anything to live my normal daily life. I do use drugs recreationally though. Marijuana, opiates, barbiturates, alcohol, Adderall, ect. I'm not implying I do 1 drug one day and another the next, i just take it as it comes or i might save up a cocktail for a special night every now and then. Some days/ weeks I'm sober as a duck. It just depends.

Now, that you understand my situation, I've noticed this feeling, like i always want to be on SOMETHING. Im just fine just occasionally smoking weed, but if i run out, its like i feel the need for a substitute. Like its too boring to be sober i guess. Has anyone else experienced the constant want to be in another state of mind like me?

 

[Felonious Monk]

It's more a spiritual yearning. Do you do anything for you? Meditation, exercise, even religion (though it's not my cup of tea, it is an option). It's often a sign that you're self-medicating to cover up depression, so you might want to talk to a therapist or psychiatrist as well.

 

[PotatoMan]

Yes I feel like this all now. I've recently quit everything but hallucinogens, beer and herb and i feel like life is suddenly boring.

What happens is when you use drugs for your fun mainly, your brain moulds itself to that you need drugs for excitement in life.

Try to fill your life with exciting things like sports, movies, days you may treat yourself, the gym etc.

 

[anti150]

It's more a spiritual yearning. Do you do anything for you? Meditation, exercise, even religion (though it's not my cup of tea, it is an option). It's often a sign that you're self-medicating to cover up depression, so you might want to talk to a therapist or psychiatrist as well.

I like this answer. Yes i exercise. I do Taekwondo and boxing. But I have recently moved and lost touch with all my high school friends, so it might be a touch of depression also.

 

[Steven_Tyler77]

Yeah, I know the feeling... I've experienced it pretty early in my drug using history. I'm very much like you, not addicted to anything, but I do get this feeling quite often. That's why doing drugs felt to me like a life-changing event: my psychoactive experiences did not lead to many objective changes (in terms of activities, social interests and relationships), but it brought about a lot of subjective ones, in regards to my inner world of thoughts and emotions. It's not a pastime like any other, that you can just ignore and move on; I find myself thinking about it even when I'm sober for extended amounts of time. I always assumed this is something that just comes with the territory, I mean if one gets into drugs, they're bound to experience it somehow, at some point.

 

[szuko000]

It sounds like the normal desire for fulfillment that everyone has but I think drug users associate it with drugs and the normal world calls it boredom. Boredom is what leads great people to achieve great things as it is a powerful motivator for humans. The problem is we, myself included, attribute this to the desire to do drugs when really we just desire to be doing something.

You just need to find a hobby or whatever your specific thing is that makes the world fall away, we all have our passion or calling that while your doing it no one exists, find out what it is for yourself!

 

[chrisastler94]

He get " spoiled" with highs on drugs and thats what happends sadly

 

[anti150]

It's not a pastime like any other, that you can just ignore and move on; I find myself thinking about it even when I'm sober for extended amounts of time.

I glad you brought this up. I also had this very intense feeling about smoking weed after the first time. I smoked at like 14 or 15; the first time and for YEARS it was always on my mind. I just COULD NOT stop thinking about weed. It almost sounds like i did meth or something haha. But it finally went away as time heals all things. But it was very strange none the less.

 

[wezface]

There's no word for it in English, but in Russian it's called toska.

Vladmir Nabokov describes it best: “No single word in English renders all the shades of toska. At its deepest and most painful, it is a sensation of great spiritual anguish, often without any specific cause. At less morbid levels it is a dull ache of the soul, a longing with nothing to long for, a sick pining, a vague restlessness, mental throes, yearning. In particular cases it may be the desire for somebody of something specific, nostalgia, love-sickness. At the lowest level it grades into ennui, boredom.”

-goodreads.com

There's also a word for it in Welsh, but I can't remember it because the Welsh language is like alphabet vomit. I find this feeling often accompanies an existential crisis. Try Tylenol:

New research suggests acetaminophen (Tylenol) may help individuals overcome non-specific fear and anxiety brought about by thinking about death or the human condition.According to lead researcher Daniel Randles and colleagues at the University of British Columbia, the new findings suggest that Tylenol may have more profound psychological effects than previously understood.

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The study, which posits an expanded view of how the human brain processes different kinds of pain, is published in the journal Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.

-http://psychcentral.com/news/2013/0...ems-to-ease-some-existential-fears/53821.html

 

[Demigodz4Life]

I don't know if it's the same study, but they also gave Tylenol to a bunch of kids who participated in a ball throwing game, and found it reduced the pain of rejection.