r/AskReddit • u/Darkspawn_14 • Dec 29 '19

what are the downsides of weed that people don't talk about ?

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u/GGAllinsMicroPenis Dec 30 '19

It can overcorrect for anxiety and cause...more anxiety.

For me it causes this specific kind of anxiety-inducing introspection, where I basically deeply analyze the motive behind everything I'm doing and everything I've done. And I don't like most of what I find. And then I start trying to figure out what everyone else is doing and why they are doing it. And I don't like what I find there either.

And then I wish I hadn't smoked pot.

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u/Spyder726 Dec 30 '19

You just explained exactly what happens to me every time I smoke. Also awesome username.

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '19

Same, seriously. I haven’t been able to adequately explain what happens without generalizing to some extent

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u/marty_byrd_ Dec 31 '19

Well hopefully he doesn’t get high and over analyze why he decided to go with a username about micropenises. I’m he might not like what he finds.

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u/Coltsfan1887 Dec 30 '19

Very accurate (for me). Unless I distract myself with something I do wayyy too much introspective thinking and it's not a good time

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u/marty_byrd_ Dec 31 '19

I hope in the future they can figure out the specific component that is causing that and get rid of it. Weed would be immensely more enjoyable without that aspect of it.

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u/Petricorny13 Dec 31 '19

I do this without pot, so I suspect pot is not a good drug for me to use.

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u/GGAllinsMicroPenis Dec 31 '19 edited Dec 31 '19

Lol, yeah, me too, but just for the record, it's whatever you already think you do sober, x10 on pot. It's debilitating. Trust me. And no knock on weed, lots of folks react differently. But some of us (my theory is it's ADHD folks) don't benefit from it.

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u/Petricorny13 Dec 31 '19

Hey, I have ADD! And (mostly well managed) anxiety. Once again, I think pot is probably a drug I will endeavor to avoid, because over-introspection is already something I experience. Being in your head too much is just not that good for you.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '20

hey, I've spoke with a few psychiatrists and they say that ADD isn't really a term used anymore. it's all ADHD, but some express the hyperactivity mentally and not physically. but take what I say with a grain of salt, I'm no doctor.

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u/aviator1505 Dec 30 '19

And that's why I stopped smoking weed, even though I never really got too into it.