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Over analyzing things on weed . good or bad?

I like how weed makes you reflect on things. I dont smoke often. Sometimes I think about stuff I have not thought about since my last toke even if it was a year ago. But anyways I love how weed makes you think about things differently.
 
introspection is good so long as you can keep it in perspective. it's always helpful to have that "second perspective" on yourself and think your problems through in a different light. but for a lot of people (especially those experiencing anxiety and depression already), this can lead to fixation on negative thoughts, which just exacerbates their underlying issues.
 
double ewe said:
introspection is good so long as you can keep it in perspective. it's always helpful to have that "second perspective" on yourself and think your problems through in a different light. but for a lot of people (especially those experiencing anxiety and depression already), this can lead to fixation on negative thoughts, which just exacerbates their underlying issues.
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I think that is why some people dont like weed. It tends to bring out whats below the surface. So when people have anxiety issues and what not its hard to deal with thoughts brought to the forefront. Personally I just roll with my feelings good or bad. If a drug brings forth an issue I have not dealt with I embrace the enlightenment rather than freak out from it. Some people get so nervous smoking weed and I think its almost a feeling of embarasment. When people have anxiety its usually they are embarassed to look inside themselves and are embarassed about seeing themselves a certain way. Hell people are embarassed about being embarassed. People often say weed makes them paranoid, but really the way they think makes them paranoid. Weed just facilitates it. In other words they cannot handle the feeling. Ive felt nervous from smoking weed but I guess through tripping and what not I have learned not to let a thought harm me. Technically marijuana is classified as a hallucinogen. But I digress in those type of situations its best to embrace whats going through your mind and learn from it. The rastafarians say something like "the herb reveals yourself to you".
 
There's a great section in David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest about how weed (Bob Hope) doesn't make people lazy-its just smokers get so bogged down in the minutia of their thoughts they end up paralyzed on the couch.

I find Bob Hope gives my clarity of mind.
 
I have huge issues with being in my own head too much but this is where weed came in handy with dbt thearpy. If i am too stoned i just tell myself it will be better in a little bit it wont last forever. MJ also is the key to me getting this far with my mental issues I have;)I do a lot jamming out to music when ripped as well because it helps with the mind race that can happen with a potent head high...
 
I worry more about what has traumitized or threatened me in the past. Getting stoned is safe as long as nothing real posses a threat. Being illegal it's eay to get paranoid. I prefer indica's myself, they aren't as stimulating on the come down.
 
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