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Why does cannabis cause social anxiety/shyness?

enoughorangejuice? said:
because it makes you think about things more than normal.
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It makes you question even the smallest things.. like wether or not your reply just now was suitable and if you were pulling the right facial expression.. the more high you get the more this occurs to the point you are uncomfortable saying / expressing anything incase you do it wrong.
 
Dark Ambience said:
It is just part of the drug.. over time you get used to the effects, including the introspection.. you become more aware of yourself and your reactions.. and others reactions.

Paranoia or a hightened awareness? The sooner you realise that it is just the drug causing these thoughts, the sooner you can get over and deal with them.

I also find lower grade pot causes these feelings - imo its because of the lower THC to cannaboid ratio.. stronger strains get you so stoned you can't concentrate on how you actually feel, whereas mids you are more aware of the drug doing its thing.
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i agree with this. the other day i was feeling really down for some reason but i got so high i couldnt even think about what was bringing me down.

though i also find that it leaves me feeling worse afterwards. i never used to get anxiety from smoking but recently its really been bringing it on, a sign to stop/cut down i guess.

rickolasnice said:
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It makes you question even the smallest things.. like wether or not your reply just now was suitable and if you were pulling the right facial expression.. the more high you get the more this occurs to the point you are uncomfortable saying / expressing anything incase you do it wrong.
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this has become pretty much a perminent thing for me, ive almost lost all confidence in myself after a few years of smoking regularly.
 
It doesn't really make me antisocial unless im tired and coming down. Usually im more social unless im around people who dont like when people are high.
 
i really think, from brutal 7 years of experience, that weed should be fucking only smoked on social occasions. otherwise you will turn into a schizo hermit. granted... maybe thats what i/you want... but at some point, enough is enough.
 
When I first get high I feel amazing and any worry I had floats away, only to have it all return x10 once I start coming down. I get so pissed off and irritated at anything. I have a really low tolerance for stupid people and that's why I prefer to get high alone. It would be fine if I didn't get high with idiots, but oh well, what can you do.
 
As far as I can see, everyone handles weed differently - I've been a pretty heavy smoker for about 15 years now and have rarely had this kind of problem with weed, and if I do, I find that once I hit my stride in a coversation, it very quickly gets put behind me and I cope just fine. Hell, there was a time when I used to blaze a J before job interviews just because I was so into having a smoke at lunchtime or on the way to work I figured that if I turned up at the interview slightly stoned, their first impression of me would be me in my 'normal' state of moderately baked... :lol:

It didn't stop me getting the job either... I went for an interview at a major finance company baked, got offered the job on the spot, worked there for nearly three years, probably smoked a joint at lunchime at least four days out of every five that I worked there... The worst thing that ever happened was that I accidentally dropped a 20bag on the floor of the reception area as I was leaving the office for lunch when I was in for a Sunday shift... then I got to the park where I normally smoked my joint, went to roll up and found it was GONE! So I retraced my steps back to the office, and as I went in the front door, the security guard tapped me on the shoulder and slipped it back into my pocket! Even though I don't work there anymore I still meet up with the security dude for a smoke every few months... :)
 
weed makes me retarded. and it makes me focus on my breathing way too much. but ONE SMALL toke by myself every once in a blue moon is nice...
 
I am extreamly shy and never know what to say when I'm high(not that I'm the most social person ) . One day Some hot girl in my school just came up to me during gym and ask if I wanted to make out with her well I'm was so fried and I just stood there looking like a zombie with my month open LOL.
 
Cannabis cured my social phobia

Strangely I experienced the opposite reaction to the OP..

The first time I tried cannabis I had been suffering with intense social phobia for about 4 years. Social phobia differs from social anxiety, in that you just avoid all social contact with people. For me that meant becoming a recluse and never leaving the house. Even meeting family relatives and answering the door to people I knew was impossible.

By some luck, I had the opportunity to try a spliff of what was described as being "Skunk" and it smelt very pungent, like a cross between burning rubber and garlic. I took a couple of puffs on it and held the smoke in my lungs for a few seconds deeply not knowing what to expect, never having tried Cannabis or indeed any drugs, before this.

The high came on gradually in the chest and built up rapidly to a heavy feeling like my body was made of lead. I stood up and felt like I was rising higher and higher, growing taller and taller. My head felt like it was moving away from my body and that my consciousness was reaching a higher level or place somewhere. Very bizarre feeling. Waves of pleasure proceeded to wash over me, emanating from the solar plexus. It just seemed to build up and up and was quite sexually stimulating.

I had to lay down as the effects continued as I was a bit unsteady on my feet and light headed, but still feeling absolutely fine and very happy. I can't remember exactly how long it lasted but gradually the intensity began to decrease until I was left with a comfortable level of euphoria and a warm happy feeling. At this point I felt able to get up and walking around felt quite normal.

It was at this point I did the strangest thing. Earlier that day, a parcel had been delivered to our address by mistake. Without even thinking about it, I picked it up and went outside to deliver it to the right address, which was quite some distance away. Bearing in mind, this is the first time I set foot outside in about 4 years! It felt strange of course, but I didn't feel any anxiety or phobia. I just felt calm and able to deliver the parcel, then I returned home.

To me that was nothing short of a miracle and really convinced me that the social phobia I had let dominate my life for years could be overcome with drugs. Unfortunately I wasn't able to get any more of the cannabis as it was a one-off and I still to this day don't know what strain it was, and whether it had been adulterated with other chemicals or not.

I eventually did get past the phobia and now have moderate social anxiety, but am able to go outside most days. I haven't smoked weed since that first time, as I just haven't had the opportunity to get any due to the social anxiety, so I can't say whether it would be helpful with social anxiety I experience now or not.
 
it doesnt. the social anxiety/shyness bullshit usually happens when you sit in your room getting baked on your own
all the time. do this for long enough even sober and you start living in a little bubble, disconnected from the outside world.
 
Yes I agree with Captain, I actually am more social after I smoke weed and less shy. I will even start conversations with strangers when high on cannabis and have no problem doing so.
 
Usually it helps me be more social.
Sometimes if i smoke some indo and it makes me really tired ill get that, or when i come down

Yeah captain H. nailed it perfectly..on the .
 
I think weed just enhances a condition that one is already prone to or predisposed to. I'm like C.H....weed makes me happier because I'm a happy person to start with. It makes my friend paranoid because he is an intense person and worries a lot about everything anyway..
 
i agree i think if your already like that somewhat it just makes it worse..but i have noticed if i dont smoke for a week im way more social
 
it's one of the effects of THC. CBD modulates that effect, but CBD has been almost bred out of modern strains. if you had more CBD in the herb it would be less anxiety provoking. if you smoke more often you get less anxiety as your tolerance builds up, but that's obviously impractical for many people.
 
lol, i was responding to the first page of this thread. didn't even notice it had 7 pages of replies. and i'm not even high!
 
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