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Why does cannabis cause social anxiety/shyness?

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 this sometimes too man, I NEVER used to get it... then after a couple of years everynow and again it just 'shuts me down' and I dont really wanna participate in conversation or anything..

however other times Im jus chillin an fine.

Id say take a couple of smoke sessions to yourself. Where you and nature and the good plant can just chill and relax.

dont worry man, an if it still continues.. "if its not fun, why do it?"

- SS
 
wow just reading everyones post, it seems that a lot of us are in the same boat with weed. Its definatley not a "social drug" for me either. Yet maybe with a few brews in me it wont effect the social aspect of this.

What I wonder, is why does this happen to so much of us? Because I smoked for a good 2 years having a great time before I noticed any of this happening, the social problems, unabiity to talk/eye contact..etc.

Makes me wonder?
 
you may be depressed deep inside, and the weed just brings it out and depression comes with alot of other symptons like social problems ect
 
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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i coudnt agree more with you. every word is exactly how i feel bout weed, and im still amazed by how many people say this, cause for a while i thought i was the only one it ever happend too.
 
sorry to hear buddy, i used to get it all the time. i'd get sooo self analytical and feel like everyone was judging me.. but that doesn't happen anymore! i positively changed my lifestyle, gained more confidence, started smoking more weed and now all is good.
 
I find that its the type of weed... some weed if its too good I get way too stoned and it makes me nervous and causes panic attacks, it also makes me very anti-social and quiet like you said..

Smoking in the morning too shortly after you've waken up is it when weed will have the most effect on you too I find, so maybe you should consider smoking weed some other time in the day like perhaps when your off school.

Also, try not smoking as much.. me I just like catching a small low buzz, keeps me nice and stoned yet im not too stoned to the point where I dont feel comfortable and I am not socializing much.

Good luck.
 
I've found that smoking every day, too much, too often seems to increase this unpleasant nervous, self-conscious effect. As per my and others' earler post, there are substances that can reduce this effect for some people, benzos, kava, phenibut, etc., but otherwise, your best bet is to simply smoke less and/or less often.
 
I cant believe how common this is. It has begun to happen to me as well. I consider myself a pretty frequent smoker and for the last few weeks i always get this feeling that everyone is against me and i get very antisocial.
 
I've experienced this every day for a long time, but never when I smoked alone or with people who I trusted completely. If you have reason to not trust someone, however faint that reason is, it may be best to not smoke with them, or you could always just leave right afterwards, of course.
 
I get the same way but only when I smoke alone. If I smoke with a group of people and then go out, I don't get the social anxiety or shyness. It's actually the exact opposite. How I know what you guys are saying. There really isn't a solution, well there kind of is for me but that's just me.
 
Weed makes me less social as well, I am only comfortable smoking it with close friends.
 
I highly recommend becoming more aware of yourself, through meditation and exercise.

Weed doesn't cause anxiety all on its lonesome, it needs you to feel it too. Exercise is a natural stress reliever, and boosts endorphins which make you naturally feel good, and relaxed.
Meditation helps you become aware of your thought patterns, and those negative tapes running in your head, "I can't...." "They think I'm..." "I should be..."

Smoking less weed to get high is good too. Try and move your life along in other ways, make goals and fulfil your dreams. Start a hobby.
 
...and I imagine this blogosurfing and such doesn't count :D good advice, though/
 
This seems to happen to a lot of frequent smokers.... Back when I first started smoking, the primary effects that I noticed were relaxation, euphoria, feelings of joy, increased sociability, laughing fits. The only negative effects noted were dry mouth and a burnt feeling as the high wore off.

These days the "high" I get is physically somewhat uncomfortable (very hard to describe, sort of just an uncomfortable feeling), the laughs are few and far between, social interaction can be strained sometimes, and I no longer feel very relaxed.

I've been a frequent smoker for over a year now and I've begun to think that pot is losing it's magic for me... One thing that certainly seems to help is cutting back though. I dunno, perhaps this is the price we have to pay for over indulging?
 
I'm convinced it is the strain of weed. I too experienced similar panic, shyness, etc, after years of smoking. For awhile, I simply chalked it up as weed having lost its magic. However, after a few visits to amsterdam, where I picked my strains (and stuck with sativa), I realized it wasn't the magic but rather the types of weed in the states.

Granted, the us has some great weed. However, unless you are in an area where dealers offer you a particular strain, you are stuck with whatever you can get your hands on (often, for me, that meant no sativa). Now, I only smoke sativa and get to enjoy all the great feelings I love about pot.

Swybs
 
I've found eating it instead of smoking it to be less anxiotic as well. Of course, it has to be prepared correctly, or it would be a terrible waste.
 
the weed i smoked, that gave me the stressed/paranoia high was some schwag but, other types of weed other then that dirty shit gives me a good high, but after long term use of schwag u get use 2 it and it starts to make you feel calm
 
When I'm high I usually act the same, I just don't like people knowing that I'm high. I'll try to hide it, not because I feel guilty, but because I just feel more relaxed and enjoy it way more when people are clueless.

But this past weekend I think it was, I went to this house party with a bunch of friends that ended up getting busted as soon as we got there, so my one friend bought a couple grams off of someone that was leaving and we went to another friend's house to smoke it, get some drinks, then figure out what to do. Anyways, we ended up going to a fast food place and a shit load of people were in there that were at the party. I knew most of them, and was friends with a lot of them, but fuck, standing in line waiting to order food was the sketchiest moment in recent memory. It was fucking weird, I just wanted to get the hell out of there.

But then I got my burger and realized they put bacon on it, even though I ordered a cheaper, bacon-less burger. <3
 
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I knew most of them, and was friends with a lot of them, but fuck, standing in line waiting to order food was the sketchiest moment in recent memory. It was fucking weird, I just wanted to get the hell out of there.

But then I got my burger and realized they put bacon on it, even though I ordered a cheaper, bacon-less burger. <3
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I get the same way when I stand in line for anything (when I'm alone). I get the feeling that I look messed up on drugs, even though I KNOW I don't. Kudos on getting the bacon on the bacon-less burger. Maybe a fellow stoner noticed you and wanted to make your wait in line worthwhile haha.
 
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