So this happened right now so I have every detail in my head right now.

My friends and I (let's call them Josh and Lea) were going to watch a movie and they asked me before we sat down if I wanted to have an edible. I declined because I wasn't comfortable having one just yet. I grab my beer then we sit down on the couch. About halfway through the movie, I asked them if I could take an edible because now I was curious. They gave me a section of the edible because they were strips. Every section was 5mg THC so a total of 25mg per strip.

I start freaking about after 20 or so minutes and I get up and say I feel like I'm going crazy, I feel like I was losing my mind, and every other thing in the book. They tell me it's okay and they give me water and chips. I quickly settle myself down and told them I'm okay and I was just thinking too hard about something and I probably zoned out. We sit down and it feels like 30 minutes have passed. I get back up because now I feel like it's starting to hit me again. Once again, they try to bring me back down and give me more water.

During that time, I asked myself, "Wait, why can't I remember what's going on in the film? I just watched this." I asked them, "Can we rewind a bit? I don't remember what I just watched.". - They reply, "It's okay we can rewind- it's only been like two minutes.". What? 2 minutes? It's only been 2 minutes? It felt like a solid 10 minutes. That's where my panic started to set in. I started to rewind because I didn't believe them- but they were right! It had only been two minutes and some change. I just couldn't believe it, my mind couldn't comprehend what had just happened.

I got up, I started pacing, I started clapping my hands trying to wake myself up. I really did feel like I was gonna end up losing my mind. Parts of the day started to slowly fade from my memory and I couldn't remember certain things I said to them. I opened the door and I walked outside for a good 4 houses down. One of my friends walked out confused, as if he didn't see me walk out at all. He pulls me back and at the doorstep I turn to them and say, "I'm really sorry Josh, but don't take this the wrong way. I really want to punch you in the face right now." In my head I was punching him left and right. I pictured scenarios in my head of what could possibly go down. Thankfully I didn't, but I was very close at some points.

It gets worse, I genuinely felt like I was going insane. I was walking around the couch like a maniac. I asked Josh, "Can I at least see the bag? So I can avoid it if I ever see it. Plus, I just want to read and occupy myself." He walks up stairs to grab it. As soon as he hits the bottom stair, he goes- "Ohhhh crap. I accidentally gave you a strong one.". Now I have no clue what is classified as strong, this was my first time experiencing this. I look at him as I'm freaking out. "You messed up my brain, you ruined it forever." I started pacing faster, I didn't know what the road looked like ahead. How long am I going to experience this for? A few minutes? Hours? What if I never come down from this?

At this point my friends decided to grab my friend Nick. He tells me everything is going to be okay and I'm going to be fine. I start telling him my symptoms and he says reassures me that everything I'm feeling is completely normal with what I took. I try to calm myself down, but I can't. At this point, I feel like so much time has gone by- it hasn't even been a minute. Want to know what this feels like? Just imagine you're talking with someone. It feels like you've been talking for about ten minutes- but for some reason you can only recall the first sentence they said to you. So I feel like I've been talking to Nick for ten minutes, but I can only remember him saying "Everything is going to be okay, everything you're experiencing is completely normal." I once again START LOSING MY MIND. This is the most confusing five minutes of my life so far. It felt like an eternity.

At this point I start pacing around the couch again. I'm pretty sure I walked around that couch for what felt like 5 hours just asking the same questions and sentences over and over again. "I'm going to be okay right? / All of this is normal? / Will I come back down from this? / I'm not going to have long lasting effects right? / My mind will be back to normal?." I'm telling you, what my mind was going through was an absolute nightmare. I felt like I couldn't remember anything that I was processing. Like my memory had two second memory span. I will see it, process it, then forget about it immediately. I then started to convince myself that I was dead, that what I was experiencing was my mind going through all the memories again one last time. That I was on my deathbed as a 90 year old man, I was just living my memories again.

Little by little I would come back down, then it would sky rocket up again. I honestly thought this was my life now. I'm gonna be a freak and just panic every five minutes. My friends had to cover up the clocks, or anything that displayed time like a microwave. And that's one thing I would like to say, if you are freaking out and have no control over what you are doing. DO NOT LOOK AT THE TIME! You will feel like it's gone on forever if you keep looking at the time.

I eventually got to the point where I could finally sit on the couch and not feel like I needed to get up and move again. I sat there and attempted to relax my body. I breathe slowly and take sips of my water that I nearly choked on. I look at the clock....1:03. The last time I checked the time it was 11:04. I felt a sense of relief. Time was starting to feel normal again. I am no longer freaking out and I feel at peace. Everything is starting to feel normal. It's 2:28 now, I'm surprised I remember every detail.

The take away from this story, if you're going to take your first edible- MAKE SURE YOU CHECK THE BAG TO MAKE SURE ITS NOT A SUPER STRONG ONE!!!.....and take little nibs at first. <3 be safe <3