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I think im going insane, feeling very odd. advise please?

angryteabag

angryteabag

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Ive been feeling reeeally scattered over the past week, sleeping very little, ive been feeling really down as well. today i just feel plain out of it. i tried to read something and it made little sense. i feel like im not in my head sort of really mentally hazy

I looked at myself in the mirror after having a shower today and something about my eyes started freaking me out, now when i talk to my parents i feel like their eyes are freaking me out.

im kind of on the edge of a panic attack. Fuck have i gone insane?


Ive been stoned for the past week up till today, Im 18
 
Coming of age, in part, gives focus to 'not taking yourself so seriously'.
Hitting the lungs, nose,veins, muscles, stomach or evidently, ass hole-as i have seen here- for a week with intoxicants would be expected to take a toll on one's emotional stability .
Not to seem pedantic but most, if not all of the current drama-rama will slip into distant memory if just a few days abstinence were utilized .
 
I'd say if you're truly concerned, quit smoking pot for at least a full day (more than one is better) and see how you feel without it. If still 'odd' continue pondering the source with a clear head and get back to us.
 
dont listen to these people lol, keep smoking weed :).
maybe your just getting paranoid, take a shower n lay down.
 
I think hobhead may have hit the nail on the hobhead.

And D's... no, just no. Pot isn't good for everyone. For many it worsens fear/paranoia/panic, and creates a haze. This is probably what's happening here.
 
I suggest taking a whole week off from pot. One day probably won't be enough to notice much of a difference.
 
D's said:
dont listen to these people lol, keep smoking weed :).
maybe your just getting paranoid, take a shower n lay down.
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Maybe (s)he getting paranoid coz of smoking pot - so it is no good advice to keep smoking it without knowing if it is the cause of the problem.


@angryteabag stop smoking and do breath meditation to relax your mind. Try to focus on your breath and calm down if things are getting weird - best is you google about meditation techs, i can't explain it that good.

Wish you luck that you feel better soon!
 
Hey angryteabag, of the numerous substances I have used (and abused) over the past 20 years - pot is the one which nailed me. I couldn't sleep, felt down on myself and became introverted and breaking the cycle is both the hardest and best decision I ever made regarding drugs. I know millions of people use it daily and see no side effects but not everyone. Due to its "pop culture" status the effect that weed can have on the mind is often underestimated. I agree with ikkyu - take a decent break - you can always go back to it when you work out your worries.

Take it easy
 
angryteabag, I think weed can be for anyone who uses it for the right reasons... but it is a drug after all, and it must not be abused or it does have bad effects on one's well being.

It reallocates mental resources away from things you would normally focus on and that generally require your memory to be intact... let's say it strips you from that "functional" state of mind of being sober and replaces it with a more creative state. It is a natural state of being, but it can be taken too far and it can become detrimental.

I'm not saying the weed is bad for you, I'm saying that you're 18, you're developing the mental capacity to think on your own and to resist the social pressures, and not focusing after blazing for a week isn't surprising.

Slow down, take a few days off... then smoke a bit if you will, but not chronic 24/7. You need some time to focus and some time to shuffle your thoughts, balance is key.
 
Last night i saw a properly insane person. he was sort of fine when he was sober, spitting random comments now and then that tended to be funny because they were so outrageous, i had no idea, he seemed pretty normal but after we had a blaze he just disconnected. He just started saying the most random things i have ever heard and changed topics every 2 seconds. he started comparing us to cartoon characters and talking about the pumpkins on the sides of the road. i was just like whoooaa slow down. changed my entire perspective, im so far sane i dont even know what i was worrying about lol

I feel pretty hazy some times after blazing but i guess some people get that. although, unintentionally ive now started analyzing other peoples mental states and ive concluded that my parents are missing a few marbles :D
 
angryteabag said:
Last night i saw a properly insane person. he was sort of fine when he was sober, spitting random comments now and then that tended to be funny because they were so outrageous, i had no idea, he seemed pretty normal but after we had a blaze he just disconnected. He just started saying the most random things i have ever heard and changed topics every 2 seconds. he started comparing us to cartoon characters and talking about the pumpkins on the sides of the road. i was just like whoooaa slow down. changed my entire perspective, im so far sane i dont even know what i was worrying about lol

I feel pretty hazy some times after blazing but i guess some people get that. although, unintentionally ive now started analyzing other peoples mental states and ive concluded that my parents are missing a few marbles :D
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Psychoanalysis. Haha. I've been guilty of that :P Weed did that to me, but I kind of got over it, really. I accepted the flow of energy :) Just don't compare yourself too much to other people, it's hard to set the bar at "normal" when no such thing exists!
 
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Psychoanalysis. Haha. I've been guilty of that :P Weed did that to me, but I kind of got over it, really. I accepted the flow of energy :) Just don't compare yourself too much to other people, it's hard to set the bar at "normal" when no such thing exists!
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yeah :D i think your right, the more i observe people the more i realise that there is no such thing as "normal", everyone's insane in their own little ways.

its a great realization, put me right at ease.

piisssshh and i was worried haha! 8)
 
angryteabag, you're having some pretty shitty symptoms which are most likely directly caused by smoking weed. Please do yourself a favour and STOP smoking pot for a while, give yourself a break. It's a drug, and a very potent one at that. Please be careful and take care of your brain. You only get one.
 
First of all you correctly came to the conclusion that you are indeed perfectly sane :D. Couldn't agree more.

It seems to me that just some of the things you are doing might have an effect on how well you feel. I know that I can feel hazy and out of it sometimes. Part of it might be the weed. Maybe slow down or take more breaks. Do you take care of yourself well? Do you exercise? Eat well? I know that regular exercise tends to help me stay out of that hazy zone. Also sleeping about 8 hours a day at the same time works best for me. If I sleep less or more or if my sleeping schedule is messed up that can make me feel hazy. Another thing that makes it worse is stress. If I stress out too much about little things haziness gets worse. Try to not procrastinate and get things done as soon as you can get them done so then you are not stressing too much. Don't stress over things you have no control over, only things that you can change. Last thing is diet. This is a big one for me. Eating shitty foods can make me feel really shitty. I try to eat mostly unprocessed foods, with as little white sugar as possible. Lots of fruits. vegetables, unprocessed meats (my body likes beef the best over other types of meat) and good fats. Try to eat nutritious foods. Eggs rock, especially the yolks have so much nutrition in them. Berries are also great, any kind. It's summer time so you can find a farm and go pick your own berries for tons of fun. Eating healthy, exercising and keeping stress low has kept me from feeling hazy for a long time.

Good luck. I hope my post was of help to you. I hope you take something positive out of it.
 
angryteabag said:
yeah :D i think your right, the more i observe people the more i realise that there is no such thing as "normal", everyone's insane in their own little ways.

its a great realization, put me right at ease.

piisssshh and i was worried haha! 8)
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I'll tell you my friend, Zyggy's post above this one is very true. I'm happy I came across this thread, I thought I was the only one kind with that little psychoanalysis fetish. It caused me a lot of social anxiety where I wouldn't know how to react or even made plain and simple paranoid. Weed is most definitely not a bad drug... it can't kill ya, but it ain't a toy :)

Use what you learned, think about the questions you were asking yourself about in your haze, and now that your mind is clearing up a little, it all starts to make a bit more sense. Introspective is very powerful.

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And oh, regarding what you said that I underlined, here's a bit of advice that might ring true ;) "People are only normal until you know them well enough." I came to accept that I was a little bit crazy in my own right too, it's just my character and my attitude :)
 
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Why don't you get meditation a try. I seems to help me and alot of other people tro daily and life-long problems. Give it a google. :P
 
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