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Why does cannabis cause social anxiety/shyness?

lol appreciate the guys felt where i was coming from, with that dudes post.
but i dunno weed just isnt my drug i guess, schwag atleast
it just makes me feel detached to myself, and not know who i am
i become very anxious and have a hard time understanding people
i dunno man, it just makes me feel weird, i geek out so much on it and i dont know why anyways im not fuckin wit that green anymore , ill stick wit my pills and beer lol ; P
 
swybs said:
Drunken etard, I will try my hardest. I admit, he/she is the first person over the Internet to actually get me angry (for reasons other than his misguided behavior). However, I will try and reign myself in. Shoot, it is the Internet, after all.

Take is chilly,
Swybs
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everyone gets mad at him...i learn to love him
 
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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i get the exeact same effect
 
aight, it feels good not to be the only one
i think its cuz im always depressed, and weed, it just brings it out
and with depression comes anxiety, just wnatin to be alone
 
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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For what reasons are benzos used for?
 
could be that one cannabinoid brings out that in you more so than others and that this low grade weed has more of those CB's.

purely guess "work" mind.
 
I believe William Burroughs was the one that stated weed does not change your mood, but amplifies it. If you are sad, smoking will only amplify it, if angry, it will just add to the feeling. I definately agree with his statement, but Burroughs definately put it better than I can here. Weed is more of a psychedelic drug, IMO, than the other "social" drugs (alchohol/opiates/benzos). If i take a nice dose of an opiate, or have a couple drinks, or even a few benzos, I tend to be very social, and you can't shut me up. After smoking some pot, I just kinda stare blankly, unsure on what to say at all, at least saying something that won't sound idiotic. Kinda how I feel trying to socialize on LSD, but without all those purty colors 8o
 
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Livingonvalium said:
For what reasons are benzos used for?
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kava works nice, if you can get the good stuff and/or you don't mind eating a tablespoon or more. The good extract, like the 84% kavalactone type, you can sprinkle on weed and smoke ogether. Cannabis + kava = one good happy and worry-free reason to use the 2nd and 3rd most powerful of natures herbs and avoid the 1st.
 
when i smoke schwag, i just get dumb and silent lazy and tired cuz i dont wanna say stupid shit i guess thats where the anxiety comes, and i feel it phsyically in my throat and lungs just isnt pleasant then i get a headache i think probaly some seeeds were in the bowl
 
syyth007 said:
I believe William Burroughs was the one that stated weed does not change your mood, but amplifies it. If you are sad, smoking will only amplify it, if angry, it will just add to the feeling. I definately agree with his statement, but Burroughs definately put it better than I can here. Weed is more of a psychedelic drug, IMO, than the other "social" drugs (alchohol/opiates/benzos). If i take a nice dose of an opiate, or have a couple drinks, or even a few benzos, I tend to be very social, and you can't shut me up. After smoking some pot, I just kinda stare blankly, unsure on what to say at all, at least saying something that won't sound idiotic. Kinda how I feel trying to socialize on LSD, but without all those purty colors 8o
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Very well said.

I too find it easier to socialize when I smoke and drink or if I take an opiate and smoke. I've never taken benzos in low doses or with pot so I don't know what that's like.

I find that pot can sometimes make me more introspective and socially anxious especially when I'm around complete strangers who aren't into smoking, people who aren't into other people smoking, and sometimes I'll smoke and not care at all about the conversation that's going on and just get so into myself and then start back into the conversation and I'm 5-10mins behind in the conversation.
 
I find that when i smoke weed by itself i will ALWAYS get paranoid. I will literally just stop talking and avoid eye contact as much as possible because i feel as if 'they know what you're doing'.

However, after a few drinks, the paranoia disappears. I'm not the most sociable person at the best of times, but after a few drinks and a zoot or two, i'm at a nice level where my inhibitons have been lowered, yet i'm also high. I know i used to smoke weed BECAUSE it would be inconvenient to get drunk so it was a decent replacement, but now i just acknowledge that i'm retarded when i'm 'just' high, so i limit my consumption to times when i know i'll be drinking and when i KNOW for sure that i won't become a reclusive mess.
 
For me weed doesn't make me paranoid but I always avoid it in social situations, it just seems to make me unable to string a sentence together now a days. I like to be able to talk to my mates.
It seems that gone are the days that I would roll around the floor giggling with my mates. Anyone know the reason for this? I used to smoke a hell of a lot though!
I do still smoke by myself at home moderately and enjoy the experience either watching a bit of tv, reading, cleaning! (of all things!) making some music or as a relief from a bad day at work.

Yeah benzo's are nice and warm and fluffy but from experience are highly addictive and hard to come off, i wouldn't recommend them apart from occasional rec use. (he says checking an rx site)
 
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syyth007 said:
Thats the reason I no longer smoke weed. I was a longtime habitual smoker, but haven't smoked more than maybe half a joint in over 5 months now. It always made me real quiet and kinda paranoid feeling. I really don't understand why I smoked all the time for so long, maybe just the addict in me. I've felt MUCH better ever since I quit. More clearheaded, my thought patterns are more normal, and I am much more social.

If I was to smoke again, it would definately be in a solitary situation. As is, maybe one night, if Im bored and sober, just light up a small joint/bowl and watch a movie. Weed has never been much of a "social" drug for me.
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wow, atleast i know i'm not the only one..
 
weed is a weird drug, everybody gets a different high, but when i was having manic symptons at 14 i luved smokin it and socializin while high
 
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