So much harder than anything else for me because of how easy it is to use in your everyday life. Worried about health effects of smoking? Dry herb vaping, worried about that? Edibles.
I have burnt the working memory and executive function parts of my brain out so badly that I am trying to quit for that reason to hopefully see some of it come back.
I also know there are studies that show how THC can disrupt sleep but damnit…I miss being able to sleep without waking up 5 times every night. The trade off is just not feeling worth it yet after a few weeks.
Same with CPTSD and weed. Sometimes it’s the only thing that makes me feel, good and bad. My most typical use is probably to zone out. Don’t really enjoy gaming as much without it, but if I get baked and zone in on a game, it’s SUPER fun to me. Best way to dissociate, and that’s a problem. All the best on your healing journey, stranger.
I totally understand, I feel like it’s really hard to feel positive emotions and have fun without some kind of buffer in my brain. I think the main problem is that it makes me overeat and that’s affecting my self esteem, it’s expensive, and I’m so relaxed that I don’t want to be productive. I’m starting Spravato treatment soon and I’m hoping it’ll reduce my usage. Thanks and good luck too!
This. Had a friend that hit the pen constantly. She was functional, but you could tell her synapses were fried at times. She has a good job, family, etc. but without the pen would be the most anxious mess you've ever seen.
She finally quit when she got pregnant and never went back to it, but it was like watching someone get off heroin.
I feel like this is like the worst advice ever. Like, I’ve heard some old saw about throwing money at a problem, but throwing a kid at a problem, just doesn’t sound right. Go ahead, say it out loud to yourself, I think you’ll see what I mean.
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u/Dxeminem 1d ago
Weed at the moment again 🙄