I believe paranoia, social discomfort, anxiety etc. comes primarily from...doing too much and doing it in the wrong time and place. I see cannabis users go through this the most and they are still brainwashed thinking "it's not possible to overdose!"
Bullshit it's not.
It just won't kill you.
But the raging intensity, jacked up heart beat, overstimulation in social situations and their remedy?
Get some alcohol into themselves which IMO makes being high less pleasant, less productive etc.
So a few lines then you wonder why you are paranoid, antisocial etc?
Well aside from the fact that I also greatly accredit this to the stress of it being illegal and the belittling that can occur from family, friends and community, your body chemistry has changed and you are doing too much.
When I was still willing to waste good money on pot I would burn through a gram a day sparingly to 5 grams a day.
When I was forced to quit for about 8 or 9 or even 12 months I had already made a massive change in lifestyle so when I got another source, I took hits that were invisible they were so small.
Then I'd pop 200mg of caffeine and exercise or go through a barbaric hike through the park.
2-3 hours later, I'd take another hit so tiny it was invisible and go somewhere very public, find people to roar at with laughter and do exactly that.
And the first bad experience I had where anxiety took over?
In my niece's truck where she tells me this whining story, rolls up the windows, cranks the AC to arctic levels and starts dumping her stress about the dumbest story ever onto me!
The remedy?
I fucking SNAPPED.
Rolled the window down, made her pull the truck over, jumped out into the summer sun and heat and started giving her a huge dose of my confidence.
I believe almost every negative side effect regarding paranoia, anxiety etc. can be tied into some bizzare, Freudian manifestation from our past or even in the moment.
I believe that using when we are bound to encounter the stress of life is what causes not just dependency or abuse but negative dependency and/or abuse.
Unfortunately it's incredibly difficult to return to being a responsible user especially when you're into the harder stuff but, sometimes cannabis is the harder stuff for your personal body chemistry.
Opiates, other pills and coke really have little to no grip on me in terms of habit and withdrawal symptoms even though I've never been addicted or dependent.
Cannabis however does.
I can go on and on and how I learned to actually regulate and eliminate anxiety by changing my use habits. Instead of causing it, it completely eliminated it. One key factor was doing far far less and of course, sometimes doing that far far less far more often lol
My primary source of discomfort or anxiety is bad company and, a blown out back.
The drying effect it has on my joints and spine can create intense skeletal cramps and anyone who has known skeletal pain vs tissue pain knows what I'm talking about.
There's absolutely nothing worse and the anxiety it creates vs other sources of pain is horrific.
I've since quit again just for financial reasons and the other fact, social interaction with people I have no desire to be around which is a rant regarding legality and the social problems these morons in office actually cause by keeping it under prohibition but anyway.
Exercise, the right timing, far more controlled doses and the right environment make all the difference in the world.
My key is finding someone who can tolerate me making everything and I mean everything a joke and any stress or gripe is worth roaring at with laughter and pointing out how fucking stupid they seem being high and wanting to cry about shit.
Sometimes people need you to point at the obvious to get them to stop feeling so alone with it and trying to dump off the stress on anyone within speaking distance.
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