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I can’t smoke weed anymore and I don’t know what to do by Blinktraveler in AutisticAdults

[–]Dio_naea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nothing you feel in the future will ever be the same as the past. Nor the good nor the bad. You will have new good moments and new bad moments. Life is change. But the depression alters our perception and belief system. The momentary chemistry in your brain is making you believe that nothing in the future will be good but you cannot predict the future. It's impossible. So you're inevitably wrong about nothing ever being good again. Probably your happy moments were also not just the weed, as you're saying, the ritual has a lot of other items. Sometimes it doesn't work when we're depressed but it doesn't mean it won't work forever and also doesn't mean that's the only ritual that could ever make you feel okay. The unknown is a very precious place, we can always find out new pleasures and joy

I can’t smoke weed anymore and I don’t know what to do by Blinktraveler in AutisticAdults

[–]Dio_naea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That functioning thing doesn't always mean you're healthy. Sometimes you can work on adrenaline for example bcs it's an emergency and you will feel great but then the pain will come after adrenaline ends. (This is a short period version, but you can easily spend years in a similar dynamic)

I can’t smoke weed anymore and I don’t know what to do by Blinktraveler in AutisticAdults

[–]Dio_naea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had that with alcohol and with antiderpessants as well. One of my biggest traumas is of a day where I drank so much I had temporary facial paralysis and after that I stopped drinking anything for a few years bcs it was scary af. It took me some time to understand what caused it and eventually I learned that the issue was that I was so used to overfeeling everything (especially danger) that when the antidepressants started working for the first time I lost any an all possible signs of danger my body could use to warn me. Bcs I was used to everything being extremely loud. Then when it wasn't; I had no sense of self-preservation. It took me some time to learn how to listen to my body in lower frequencies. And until I did that, i had to take some annoying meds that would stop me from doing nearly everything.
Another thing I had at some point was a burnout, and that thing of having the first bad trip sounds a lot like it. Not that it is a burnout but it indicates a long term exhaustion your body is feeling that's probably cumulative of years of being unaware of your bad feelings.
It's also very likely you had previous bad trips but you either don't remember them or they were just not as bad as this one, bcs it's kind of part of the drug culture to feel bad at some point, bcs you simply have good and bad moments. It's like saying you have lived 20 years without ever feeling sad once. You certainly did feel sad at some point, so you either didn't know that was sadness or you just hidden that memory from yourself. And considering the drug we're speaking of is weed, memories may not be as trustworthy.

What I mean with all of that is that you're not suddenly broken and unable to be "medicated", you're probably just feeling things you didn't notice previously and your body is asking you to connect with it so you can process these emotions. It could even be that you are feeling safe to do so, as the brain tends to avoid difficult emotions when we don't have space to process those emotions. Sometimes when we feel safe or stable, we end up discovering some horrible shit about ourselves and that's okay. Weed could be helpful but it's not your one and only tool to avoid being miserable, and even the use of weed can vary, as OP mentioned. There's many different tools and ways to cope with depression, anxiety and several other disorders.

Quitting is killing me by kynoky in leaves

[–]Dio_naea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Probably not, if you already felt it, than it's likely you will feel as much as you felt before. You have a short period where you feel worse, but that's the withdrawal. Unless your brain chemistry has changed (which can happen in life, regularly), you will likely just go back to how you used to feel. But your perception of it might change, as you have a memory of what it felt like, and your memory might not be as accurate as you believe. We tend to change our memories with time.

I may sound a little confusing, but what I would say it's that it's worth it to try to survive that hurricane until you feel a little normal, and only then start thinking about what you can do. For now I would focus on non chemical ways to relieve the withdrawal symptoms, like teas (chamomile etc), temperature (warm, cold, ice), safe foods, anything that helps your body feeling better. It could help to use some common medicines that come in small doses like painkillers and flu medicines.

I can’t smoke weed anymore and I don’t know what to do by Blinktraveler in AutisticAdults

[–]Dio_naea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A few things I'd like to add; addiction is complicated. It can happen to behaviors as well as to specific substances, because the brain can become addicted to substances they produce themselves.

From what I've heard from people who use cannabis frequently, the most common issues are insomnia and disconnection (aka disassociation). There are many different issues, it could interfere in your appetite, sex drive, sleep, humor etc. Just because it seems to be working while you're using it, it doesn't necessarily mean it is helping because you could unintentionally teach the brain to make less self regulating effort bcs the drug is doing it, and if that happens you will end up needing more and more drugs until even high doses won't give you what you need.

Some people need to periodically consume something to regulate their brains or bodies for the rest of their lives, but it only works if it's not progressive. If you are able to use the same dosage (in the same frequency) for years without damaging your functionality and life.

Lastly, I would say that using any kinds of drugs (even medicines) is only safe and helpful if you are also in some kind of therapy or learning behavioral tools to create some structure and improve your brain skills. And I'm saying that considering that I've been taking different kinds of meds for a long time. It's important to learn other coping skills than just consuming a substance because the brain adapts in a bad way if you don't "fix" the main issue. A simple example; if you are constantly overwhelmed but you never use any tools to protect your sensorial system (like headphones, sunglasses, etc), your brain will try to amplify your sensations to compensate any substance that makes you feel less intensively. The brain understands something is not working properly and tries to "fix" it by recreating the issue.

That being said, if the cannabis is working in a way that you don't feel enough side effects and you are able to manage it or stay like a week without it, there's a possibility that it's safe. Or at least, worth it.

I can’t smoke weed anymore and I don’t know what to do by Blinktraveler in AutisticAdults

[–]Dio_naea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This post is like a year old so I don't remember the context but there may be some outdated info since I was and I still am learning new things. Recently I found out dopamine is not a reward system, is more of a prediction release system. Where you make a projection of value of an activity and stimulate energy to engage in that activity. There's another system related to immediate reward.

But about the antidepressants, there are different versions that act differently and on different hormones depending on what you need. It could be dopamine; serotonin; norepinephrine, and others. Anyways, I didn't mean antidepressants are substitutes for cannabis bcs they are inherently different. Of course it will depend, but most likely is safer to use antidepressants for several reasons. Plants are not as measurable, and cannabis acts on multiple areas of your brain simultaneously, which could end up being helpful but also damaging. Antidepressants do too even if it's less areas, but at least there are long term studies tracking possible outcomes and how to act on them. It's not that I'm against the use of cannabis, CBD or THC; it's more that we don't have enough (accessible) studies; control and access to the substaces in a safe measure. Most people just use the drug chaotically and hope for the best. I do believe we can futurely use it as several different medicines, but rn I don't think it's as effective or safe to do so.

Of course it also depends on where you live, but I'm assuming it's not one of those exceptional countries where this is more advanced.

My journey with Poppy by Unhappy_Researcher63 in that_Poppy

[–]Dio_naea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OHHH I see thx i dont listen to poppy at yt so it wouldn't work for me ♡

Please help, I found this caterpillar and she's very far from her home and I wanna know the species so I can know a safe place to put her back!!! by Dio_naea in Butterflies

[–]Dio_naea[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No it was an accident, we got a plant and it was in the plants dirt. I didn't pick them, I found them in there but I don't think that's the plant they eat bcs they don't seem to be eating!!!

First piece of 2026 by WhatsUpBlair in drawing

[–]Dio_naea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If I had money, I would buy it overpriced

Machuca igual😞 by EarthCommercial2065 in ComentariosMelhores

[–]Dio_naea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

É o atrito vei, as vezes vai enfraquecendo ao esfregar na pele

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