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Why does cannabis cause social anxiety/shyness?

like the poster of this thread, weed makes me shy and feel totally awkward socially, unless im drinking or doing other drugs as well. i prefer to smoke weed alone and like go on the internet actually...

but then if im around people i know well and im high im not quiet or shy at all. i will be like the loudest person and like laughing my ass off at everything and sometimes i act really annoying.

so i guess it depends who im with.
 
I think it just depends on your mood and who you are with. Sometimes I'm quiet but other times I want to talk to everyone.
 
Weed pretty much puts my in my own little world and either I'm not talking to anyone, I don't even see them, or I won't shut the hell up, I just keep talking and talking and saying nothing.
 
I only read the first page of this thread and already I see that this is very common. I have the same problem. I had to quit smoking because I simply cannot take the anxiety. When I smoke it with people, I talk less, because before I say something, cannabis makes me think "would that be weird to say?" Also, I have to fight the feeling I get in my head. It puts pressure on my brain in one spot usually. Its usually on the right part of my brain, and its so annoying, I have no idea what it is, I don't like the feeling, and it worries me.

I don't typically like head highs, thats why I enjoy opiates.. they don't make my head feel like its floating, they make my MIND feel good, and my body feel great. Cannabis is almost all head high for me, no matter which kind I smoke. Its not just shwag either, the stronger the weed, the less it takes to give me anxiety. When I'm at home alone, the anxiety gets worse because I have no one to preoccupy my mind. I'm taking a break from cannabis at the moment, I've already taken many long breaks, gone back to it, only to find that it still produces undesirable effects. I'm not sure if I'll ever go back to it.
 
Haha I also get the head thing, but I'm used to it and enjoy it.

My problem is not with cannabis causing social anxiety while im high (although it does do this if im not in the right enviroment, usually im with people I enjoy being with high and it sets me free), but the problem is just the cloud that hangs around the day after and multiplies if you smoke every day. it makes my thought process slower and I actually find I cannot socialize as well than if I was %100 clear headed.
 
red647 said:
Haha I also get the head thing, but I'm used to it and enjoy it.

My problem is not with cannabis causing social anxiety while im high (although it does do this if im not in the right enviroment, usually im with people I enjoy being with high and it sets me free), but the problem is just the cloud that hangs around the day after and multiplies if you smoke every day. it makes my thought process slower and I actually find I cannot socialize as well than if I was %100 clear headed.
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Red, I asked a moderator to un-delete the topic you PM'd me about; it's back up.

Anyway, regarding the OP here:

I'm usually really reserved and quiet in social situations, but when on cannabis, I'll sometimes be much more talkative. Sometimes I prefer to be alone with my thoughts, but often times, I feel great relating those thoughts to others; apart from one panic episode resulting from being unprepared for a high dosage, I've not experienced anxiety, and I haven't experienced shyness.
 
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Am i the only one who doesn't get that? Maybe it's because i'm used to smoking a joint mainly just on weekend, and most of the time with close friends and/or my girlfriend, but i tend to talk a lot and do all kind of stupid shits to entretain others.
 
I'm another one of those guys that used to smoke weed all the time, several times a day. Then after smoking the remaining dust specs of this one bag I got ( I swear this must have been laced) and then going about my day, in this case going to the bank, I got way fucking spaced out of my mind. I found myself staring blankly at my deposit slip trying and for the LIFE of me not being able to add 2 fucking numbers. Ever since that day every time i smoked i became totally paranoid.

Today, if i smoke maybe one hit ill pretty much be ok. But anything over that and I start to overanalyze everything. I start to think about all the things i "should" be doing instead of being high, even if i dont really have any immediate obligations. I covince myself that everyone is watching and judging me...just the stereotypical paranoia effects of pot i guess.

An interesting caveat however is one day in college I took some xanax and smoked a bowl before class, this was at Michigan State btw, go green! My rational was..well..i have these xanax, which is an anxiolytic...and i my buddy is getting blazed...which makes me anxious. Maybe if i take them together I will be ok. Well i was right, i was in a great fucking mood, goofy as hell and socializing with the hot chick next to me. She ended up becoming my girlfriend actually.

I did find it weird that the change from being a social smoker to getting paranoid as fuck when i blazed up happened almost instantaneously. All my buddies smoke still too, i just dont really indulge with them anymore...hmm...gotta find some xannies :)


EDIT: by the way we pretty much always smoke ridiculous chronic weed...shwag doesnt get me AS paranoid.
 
cire113 said:
I dont know i think alot of this can be prevented by mindset, mood, moderation, and experience
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I agree to a certain point. The mind is a fucking powerful thing, and convincing yourself to relax, whatever the situation may be or drug you may be on, is in my opinion possible; it however takes a hell of a lot of practice to exhibit the mind over matter approach. i.e. a samurai that can ignore the pain of a sword sticking out of his face.
 
Well schwag gives me headaches, but your getting high. The effects are different for everyone, you simply must get used to them like any drug which can cause the samething.

There's no simple answer, you either like it or don't or you force yourself to like it over time.

The high changes over time, the good can be over taken by the bad. Why? The brain.
 
eternaltoke said:
Weed doesn't doesn't cause any anxiety... what the hell is in your weed! haha. Weed only brings out the best in me it bugs me when people say it makes you feel awkward socially. Apart from the fact that most other people aren't high like you and chances are you'll be talking to a sober person. In those situations I don't feel awkward, I just feel they aren't going to get me because they are in a different frame of mind. Of course I probably feel awkward talking to someone I don't know well but that's where it ends. This whole shyness thing is a really lame myth, just like paranoia. I mean cmon give me a break. Why do you smoke pot if it has such seemingly negative effects LMAO.

Smoking Pot:
I rarely ever feel paranoid.
Never feel anxious.
Usually comfortable to talk to my friends (but more awkward with strangers because that's very normal for me). Ironically, I feel more confident speaking to most people in general because three months of smoking regularly has taken away some inhibitions. So overall I feel way better in social situations.
Never suffered any 'amotivation' or lethargy, (after the effects wear off).
Stop spreading these stupid, lame ass myths. They are complete bullshite or Im just smoking good shit.
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do you think everyone that gets paranoid or has anxiety after smoking is making it up!? before i used and abused skunk i diddnt undersand the concept of paranoia. i was just told by some fuckwit it feels like everyones watching you and i even rember thinking to myself thats daft maby there born with it.. but after experincing a panic attack 1st hand (from just weed) i know its a much darker feeling so think yourself lucky you still dont understand what this thread is about, and fuck off
 
r4nd0mj0k3r said:
so My buddy brodie calls me in the morning almost every day to smoke some schwag, but when i smoke it, it's like it brings out the shy me and social anxiety part of me or somethin i get silent and feel awkward around people.
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Hey man, if he keeps calling you then you can't be terribly quiet or boring to be around.

It's really all in the head, you even convince yourself that you are being more quiet than you really are. I mean, I'm usually quiet, and when I get high, I guess I sort of forget about that trait of myself. So I start wondering, 'Why am I being so quiet when everyone else is talking?' Well for me that's just the way I am, but when I start thinking about being too quiet the problem is I won't talk at all, because I start to feel awkward...And I usually will talk a bit when I'm sober, let people know I'm still there, lol. Now, you know you are being much much too quiet when someone you're blazing with says, 'Yo Matt, say something, man.' That's when you know you've gone from just being quiet to being a bit awkward for others to be around.
 
"Weed doesn't doesn't cause any anxiety... what the hell is in your weed"

Wow, you must be pretty stoned to totally miss the fact that human beings are all DIFFERENT and react to psychoactives in various and unique ways. Moron.

I often wonder what it is that makes ppl like you unable to understand that others don't have the exact same opinion as YOU. I think it's probably that your incredibly insecure about your own ideas and personality that you need EVERYONE else to validate your experiences. Anyway, THAT is annoying...
 
I actually just mentioned this in another thread. I have no idea why but after taking multiple psychedelics for the first time most of this paranoia and social anxiety was eliminated. usually this only happened around people I was not very familiar with though. my friends i could be fine
 
CANNABIS IS A SACRED HERB AND SHOULD BE USED AT SACRED TIMES. Cannabis does not "CAUSE," Anxiety and social withdrawl, ITS THE USER WHO IS NOT COMFORTABLE WITH ONESELF WHO WILL BECOME ANXIOUS, WHEN TAKEN OUTTA SOBER MENTAL STATE.

Marijuana always agreed with me as a person, it was after I had an accident and had plastic surgery on my nose which changed its shape and size did I THEN BEGIN TO FEEL ANXIETY FROM MARIJUANA. Marijuana will help you find yourself and think deeply and calmley about who you are and why you are here. Cannabis after the first 2 hits off a joint the user will begin to feel a deeper sense of focus and an enhanced outlook about the world and how you can help save it. IF YOU ARE NOT COMORTABLE WITh YOURSELF THEN MARIJUANA IS NOT THE DRUG FOR YOU. IF YOU ARE UNSURE IN LIFE, LOST, CONFUSED, OR JUST NEED TO MEDITATE AND THINK DEEPLY, RAISE THE HEART BEAT SLIGHTLY AND CALM YOUR BRAIN/BODY THEN MARIJUANA IS FOR YOU. Marijuana can also be a wonderful social drug similar to alcohol but without the "FIGHTS," marijuana doesn't ever "MAKE," somebody nervous, the "USER," was "NERVOUS," about "OTHER," issues before he/she even took "1 HIT," off the fuck'n joint. PEOPLE..... TRY THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX, THINK WHAT YOU FEEL AND EVERYTHING WILL START TO MAKE SENSE.........<3
 
I've found that pot did the exact opposite to me. I feel much more comfortable around people... I talk to strangers when I would normally keep my head down and keep to myself. I mean, a stranger and I had a conversation about how shitty the soap was in a diner bathroom. So I guess I'm abnormal.
 
It makes me stupid and/or paranoid I said something stupid so the chances of me talking or being very social go down depending on the kind we have. Depends on who I'm with as well. My friends are all men that talk over each other, so I generally just sit back and listen. New social situations it helps me relax and talk more, but after a point I get retarded and can't even form regular sentences without going off track.
 
well earlier I had 5 people over at my house (one of whom I actually know) and I felt really akward and was being all quiet. Then my friend pulled out her pipe and wanted to blaze a bowl, I got two hits, and when we went back inside I started talking more.
 
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