Artificial Emotion
Bluelighter
the OP didn't even mention cannabis potency. he didn't ask about alcohol. he is asking for people to report cannabis's effects/perceived effects from their subjective viewpoint, so maybe let's do that.
about a year ago i had OCD really badly. weed didn't really cure me of it or help with the anxiety, but it was a nice was to calm down and get relaxed and feel happy after a day of bugging out and doing all sorts of mega time consuming stressful rituals.
a few months ago i was really depressed, severely, the worst in my life so far (and i'm chronically clinically [i.e. diagnosed by a psych] depressed since the age of about 14) brought on by a summer of smashing mdma all the time, becoming homeless and splitting up with my gf. whenever i smoked weed i would get super paranoid, and come up with all kinds of crazy conspiracy theories about my friends being out to get me. after continuing to smoke weed for a month with this happening, i faced the facts that i should stop smoking weed, as it was just screwing me up more. so i gave up for 3 months, now i'm back to normal and smoking weed gets me high in a good way again. i never really understood weed paranoia/anxiety before this but now i do, so i'd advise if this starts happening to stop smoking weed and have a look at your life and any issues you may have.
Firstly, read the whole post, secondly, alcohol is a convenient point of comparison due to how commonly it is used and thirdly, your personal experience is just an anecdote, so hardly is proof of anything. Anyone can share some emotive sob story but it doesn't prove anything. Also I might add that depression can frequently lead to psychosis and abuse of mdma has been known to lead to people suffering from it as well, so those are two possible alternative explanations for what started it. But like I say, it's just an anecdote.
edit: there I've snipped the first bit. I suggest you actually read it rather than just skimming through the first paragraph and dismissing it.
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