Becoming depressed from weed

Recently my parents were out of town so I invited my friend over to stay the night and smoke. it was really chill with music going and incense burning, but for some reason I didnt get the usual "happy high" I got a really deep thought provoking high, and I really didn't like it. I started thinking about life and how ill never relive my past and it got me pretty depressed. I don't smoke very often maybe once or twice every weekend but this got me thinking maybe I should quit all together or at least take a break. I really like weed, but I started thinking that maybe I really don't need this artifical happiness. Hopefully the next time I smoke will be better.

 

I get that thought provoking high almost every time, I don't find it depressing, but for me I think more rationally about everything. Thinking about how I'll never re-live my past depresses me sober, but while high I think more clearly about it, how you know, I'm growing, and I'm gonna be an adult, theres no way to stop it, no need to worry about it, and it's all gonna be O.K.

If it bugs you out high and you don't like it, do what you'd do sober if something was upsetting you, distract your mind with something fun, play a video game, make some food, walk your dog.

If you can't get past it then just stop burnin dude, no sense in smoking if you don't enjoy it.

 

I often used to get depressed when I smoked weed....

It can amplify negative traits as well as positive ones....

In fact I became very depressed....like in a black hole

So i stopped and dont drink or smoke now

i just do music and sing and dance....

and I feel more REAL!!!!!

 

I smoked for 7 months, everyday straight, then when my brother got caught my parents told me I had to stop. Ever since then everyday, until I smoke, which is now like four or five times a month, I am depressed, it sucks like mad. But when I'm stoned, I feel great.

 

hitthatshit: i believe this may be one of the main factors that cause adults to quit at some point. your brain/body is going through changes that are beneficial, but they will make it more difficult for you to be satisfied. this is the point in your life when a healthy focus should be found. i am sorry to say that this will probably occur more and more often unless you learn to respect marijuana as sacred, and use it for a specific purpose. if you continue to use it solely to feel good, this feeling you speak of (which i am all too familiar with, my friend) will only become more apparent. if you want a more solid explanation, you are wearing out the areas in your mind that once exploded with pleasure from this drug. the more you do this, the harder it will be to achieve what i sadly now label as "the teenage high". many people simply smoke more, or higher grade stuff, but this will eventually only lead to a more intense depression. work out, read things that interest you, etc.-if you want to keep the teenage high. you must do things that will balance you out. that is all the advice i can give you.

 

i used to get very depressed when i smoked. i always used to think about depressing shit, like being so old you need help to go the bathroom and how someday my parents/grandparents are going to die(to this day i dont know how im going to live w/o any of em) and all that bullshit thats tied in to lifes contract.

Then i thought, eh w/e all that shit can fucking BRING IT. Ill be ready.

You have 2 choices, let bullshit thats going to happen either way affect you, or overpowering it and be a warrior, so that when im old, i can smoke a fat blunt and think of every single fucking bad thing that happend, and think to myself "that shit had no affect on me, maybe somebody else, but no, not me. Then take another puff off the blunt.

 

i always get thought provoking highs, i love them. it's like my main purpose to smoking. ive thought about the past alot while i'm high, doesnt really depress me though, sometimes i feel like the person i was when i was 12 was a totally differnt person then me right now, like he's still alive somewhere chillin in 1995 lol, weird.

 

Hey dude - that's awesome.

 

I really like this post. Thanks for it. A lot of wisdom there. Right on

 

wait it out

 

Wow - this is another interesting thread tonight. I really like smoking dude's idea of being a warrior - I think that's a good way to look at it.

I had to stop because of really bad anxiety. I was smoking more than was right for me, and I suddenly got some serious responsibilities in my life & some crazy changes, and I'm kind of an anxious person anyway. I would smoke, and get really bad anxiety, and I had a lot of negative shit to deal with & on my mind, & eventually I just stopped being fun to be around. so I just had to stop, take a retreat. I cut back from every day to once or twice a week, but I would still get a bout of anxiety - so what's the use. I just recently went from everty other week to nothing. i'm not smoking at all till I have balanced out most of the the internal and external things that were giving me anxiety.

I really believe that if one is willing to face the internal things that get in the way of enjoying herb, and take responsibitly for the external, even if you've had anxiety or depression from weed, you can smoke again. But it might take a good bit of work. but then again, mental and spiritual health can take a good bit of work...

 

remember, mental, physical and spiritual are all connected. be careful not to focus too much in one area, and neglect another. mind can choose diet, diet can improve mind and body, and the more pure/healthy the body is, the clearer the spiritual connection-which can give both mind and body great strength. i could go on, but it isn't necessary. you get the point. good luck.

 

this has kind of happened to me

 

dont be so rash as to quit altogether man, just like the girl said wait it out..everyone gets thought provoking which usually leads to good revelations about yourself and your future..dont worry about the past brotha

 

ya mon,we get depressed off the ganja some times it seems...i never did though,u gotta watch out for that bad mojo though getting tangled in ur own thoughts like that can cut a man inside.Ya mon i like that idea smokindude been saying about bein a warrior or should i say "Buffalo Soildier"!lolz

peace

 

I read over all the posts and they were very helpful, I decided it would be very irrational to quit all together because frankly I love weed, and Ive had lots of great times with it. I think that I was just paranoid because we were toking in my room which I dont do alot which most likely lead to me freaking out. I usually like thought provoking high, im an wanna be writer and I have written most of my stuff while high, but for some reason this high turned bad. Hopefully this weekend ill smoke with some of my buddies and have a hellova time. once again thanks for all the thoughtful responses.

 

good deal buddy, good luck have fun

 

i actually quit for like the entire summer between junior and senior year of high school for this reason. it sucks i really thought i would never smoke again. so i gave it a summer+some months and did it with my girlfriend for a "bonding experience" and ive not felt like that for a long time. just quit for a while, try like 2 months and i bet youll feel better

 

o and btw, HitthatShit, i actually thought ur sig was an error msg from my computer(i even clicked on it!) lol, i guess i am stoned haha

 

i get like that if i watch crime scene shows or FBi or murder shows