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Bluelighter
OP, the way to fix it is to stop smoking weed forever. You're not enjoying it anymore, right? It sounds like you aren't enjoying it. You're confused because it used to be so pleasurable right? But the response of your brain to THC has changed permanently due to overuse. I am sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but it isn't actually bad news because if you quit eventually after you get over the hump of associating yourself with pot you just won't give a FUCK about a silly plant that has a shitty effect on you. Seriously what's the big deal. Do you realize the suffering and problems that are going on in the world and you're worried about being able to smoke a stupid drug that used to get you high and makes you feel like shit now? Does that silly weed really have that much of a hold on you?
The sooner you quit the better because it sounds like you're developing symptoms of anxiety. If you keep repeating that experience by getting high, it can transition into your sober state of mind eventually. The end result is typically full blown panic disorder triggered by weed abuse.
Taking a break in my opinion will make it worse since it will lower your tolerance, but your reaction to weed when this starts happening is usually permanent. This will commonly result in panic attacks - I never knew what a panic attack was until I started getting them every time I smoke weed, but I was an addict in denial so I just called it "getting too high again." It was really fucked up to be addicted to something that gave me panic attacks, obviously it didn't in the beginning or I wouldn't have gotten hooked but I would crave weed, I would be in withdrawals and then smoke it and have a panic attack, how stupid is that. Fiending panic attacks. And then basically what I did instead of facing the reality that I needed to quit, was that I started smoking so much damned weed until my tolerance was increased to the point that I didn't get high anymore, so that I could continue to smoke it all day. But then when I quit, the panic attacks were extreme and I still haven't recovered. That shit really fucked my head up...
Welcome to the club. I know countless people who this has happened to. It's always the same story, they love weed and then they start getting extremely anxious from it, even if they are laid back as sober people. Some people are so attached to it that they feel it is a part of their identity, and even though the effects have become so shitty it can be really tough to let go. Then they finally get the picture, quit forever and it's all good, since people are usually more intelligent if they are not potheads. At least everyone I have ever met in life who smoked too much, hundreds of people, were dumbed down by habitual use. I've never met a single person who benefitted from marijuana, I'm not saying they are not out there, it's just that most people I know are fiends getting a hit. Weed is awesome at first, but it's all downhill from there. Like back in high school smoking weed was a serious trip, really intense and fun. Then with overuse I became a burnt out dumbass and it compromised the executive control center of my mind, hijacking my ability to make logical decisions and causing me to spend tens of thousands of dollars on weed, all other aspects of my life being secondary to getting that stupid hit.
I never thought I would quit, I was an aficionado. I used to be high for everything - exams, workouts, from morning until night but in hindsight it was just plain stupid. It completely altered my personality for the worse and made me incredibly antisocial. I couldn't string a sentence together back then. I was a stone statue. I haven't smoked in years, I'm a very different person now. The sooner you come to terms with the fact that you can't smoke anymore, the better.
By the way don't kid yourself about how it's "just a stressful time of my life" or "it's just something in my subconscious the weed is bringing out and I need to work through it and weed will help me with that" or any hippy bullshit like that... it's the weed fucking with your brain man! I believe the amygdala, nucleus accumbens, and hippocampus are most altered / damaged.
Just my advice from life experience, or continue to smoke your brains out - it's up to you but I can say with certainty that the side effects will only get worse.
The sooner you quit the better because it sounds like you're developing symptoms of anxiety. If you keep repeating that experience by getting high, it can transition into your sober state of mind eventually. The end result is typically full blown panic disorder triggered by weed abuse.
Taking a break in my opinion will make it worse since it will lower your tolerance, but your reaction to weed when this starts happening is usually permanent. This will commonly result in panic attacks - I never knew what a panic attack was until I started getting them every time I smoke weed, but I was an addict in denial so I just called it "getting too high again." It was really fucked up to be addicted to something that gave me panic attacks, obviously it didn't in the beginning or I wouldn't have gotten hooked but I would crave weed, I would be in withdrawals and then smoke it and have a panic attack, how stupid is that. Fiending panic attacks. And then basically what I did instead of facing the reality that I needed to quit, was that I started smoking so much damned weed until my tolerance was increased to the point that I didn't get high anymore, so that I could continue to smoke it all day. But then when I quit, the panic attacks were extreme and I still haven't recovered. That shit really fucked my head up...
Welcome to the club. I know countless people who this has happened to. It's always the same story, they love weed and then they start getting extremely anxious from it, even if they are laid back as sober people. Some people are so attached to it that they feel it is a part of their identity, and even though the effects have become so shitty it can be really tough to let go. Then they finally get the picture, quit forever and it's all good, since people are usually more intelligent if they are not potheads. At least everyone I have ever met in life who smoked too much, hundreds of people, were dumbed down by habitual use. I've never met a single person who benefitted from marijuana, I'm not saying they are not out there, it's just that most people I know are fiends getting a hit. Weed is awesome at first, but it's all downhill from there. Like back in high school smoking weed was a serious trip, really intense and fun. Then with overuse I became a burnt out dumbass and it compromised the executive control center of my mind, hijacking my ability to make logical decisions and causing me to spend tens of thousands of dollars on weed, all other aspects of my life being secondary to getting that stupid hit.
I never thought I would quit, I was an aficionado. I used to be high for everything - exams, workouts, from morning until night but in hindsight it was just plain stupid. It completely altered my personality for the worse and made me incredibly antisocial. I couldn't string a sentence together back then. I was a stone statue. I haven't smoked in years, I'm a very different person now. The sooner you come to terms with the fact that you can't smoke anymore, the better.
By the way don't kid yourself about how it's "just a stressful time of my life" or "it's just something in my subconscious the weed is bringing out and I need to work through it and weed will help me with that" or any hippy bullshit like that... it's the weed fucking with your brain man! I believe the amygdala, nucleus accumbens, and hippocampus are most altered / damaged.
Just my advice from life experience, or continue to smoke your brains out - it's up to you but I can say with certainty that the side effects will only get worse.
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