smoking and usage

elecguitarplyr · #1 (**permalink**) 05-01-2007, 11:52 AM

ive been smoking for a good 5 years or so.. and for the past few ive noticed that like life isnt up in my face anymore.. when i was a kid, and before i ever started smoking everything was HUGE and in my face.. now it just seems like everything is in the background.. but my thoughts seem soooo far away and everything in life, and conversations seem soooo far away, almost like a dream.. i just see everyone else living this normal life and things are so big to everyone... then when i smoke everything is normal and big again for me.. has this happened to anyone else?

theVirtuoso · #2 (**permalink**) 05-01-2007, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by elecguitarplyr

ive been smoking for a good 5 years or so.. and for the past few ive noticed that like life isnt up in my face anymore.. when i was a kid, and before i ever started smoking everything was HUGE and in my face.. now it just seems like everything is in the background.. but my thoughts seem soooo far away and everything in life, and conversations seem soooo far away, almost like a dream.. i just see everyone else living this normal life and things are so big to everyone... then when i smoke everything is normal and big again for me.. has this happened to anyone else?

I don't completely understand what ou are saying.

I know for me... I get pretty stressed out and things kinda pile up... and I DO make a big deal out of some small things... but after a smoke... that all goes away. if that is what you are talkin about, then ya... otherwise I completely missed the point.

elecguitarplyr · #3 (**permalink**) 05-01-2007, 12:16 PM

no, thats not what i mean.. nothing to do with stress im an easy going guy life is good.. it just feels like im not me, just feels like im on the outside watching everything happen and im not involved

Zimed · #4 (**permalink**) 05-01-2007, 12:30 PM

Sounds like marijuana induced depersonalization.

Thrillfill · #5 (**permalink**) 05-01-2007, 01:27 PM

I know what you mean. For the past 2 months i have been sleeping very little and smoking alot 4-5 times a day. i dont feel like anything is the same anymore

More like i am just doing it i dont have any real control of what goes on in my life

Not sure if you can understand that i am pretty stoned now lol

What'sThatSmell · #6 (**permalink**) 05-01-2007, 01:42 PM

I don't know, I've experienced that since before I started toking.
I think it's just maturing.

toker2021 · #7 (**permalink**) 05-01-2007, 01:57 PM

i know what you're talking about, i've been smoking extremely heavily for the last 3 years.

shagra · #8 (**permalink**) 05-01-2007, 02:40 PM

a discussion the other day brought one of my friends to come up with the point that when you smoke, you seem to experience life more than you think about it. extrapolating on that, if you've been smoking and just experiencing life for 5 years, not really thinking about/analyzing/databasing it.

people's sense of identity comes from what they relate to. i go to school, i am from india, i am male, i smoke bud. these are all groups/categorizations that can identify me.

when you live stoned, i think you live with the immediate picture in mind. you are always more aware of the now. however, if you can find your sense of identity in yourself and in the world, then i think your problem with reality will cease to be.

Five To One · #9 (**permalink**) 05-01-2007, 05:52 PM

Thats the best way to explain it the way you did. Reality slipping away. Happend to me a couple times when i was heavy on the weed. I would stop for like 2 months and i would be back to normal. I told my self that i would never go back to that state in the heavy smoke when your like that. Its a shitty feeling i know. Just try to cut down as much as possible.

CheebCheeb · #10 (**permalink**) 05-01-2007, 06:20 PM

I agree just try to cut down. Its really not hard, just occupy yourself with things to do and people to hang out with. Nothing is a better antidrug imo then hanging out with your friends. Anyways I do know what your talking about. Sometimes I feel like I dont remember anything i've done in my life since I started smoking. Like it all just seems like one day and no moments. Ive noticed I go through differnt phases with smoking usually every week. I smoke about 3-4 times a day. And i've realized when you start getting stress in life outside of being stoned, like real life problems, if you already smoke then its gonna make it worse instead of better. I try as much as possible to NOT smoke when I am depressed or stressed out because yea you feel better for about 20 minutes, but your just making yourself dependant on it and it causes problems. Latley i've been cutting down smoking to like once or twice a day and ive been feeling better, i've been working on my car, playing soccer, goin out, and even if you smoke with your friends rather then yourself its more recreational than addiction.

Shagra made a very great point aswell.

stainer712 · #11 (**permalink**) 05-01-2007, 08:16 PM

I know exactly what the OP is talking about. It's almost as if you're on autopilot and don't really have to think about anything and can't even if you try to. It's an unreal feeling and is like being extremely tired mentally without any of the visible side effects and need for sleep. you can think normally but don't actually feel like you're as conscious as you should be. I pretty much enjoy the feeling, though, and it only lasts for a day or so after a particularly large smoking session after a long tolerance break. I only smoke 2-4 days weekly.

chronictoker · #12 (**permalink**) 05-01-2007, 08:54 PM

Perhaps your definition of reality has changed?... You've realized the fragility, and permeability of reality? You've noticed how unreal it is? And that you have the power to alter it?

ADVOR · #13 (**permalink**) 05-01-2007, 08:57 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depersonalization

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depersonalization_disorder

After I went into cannabis-induced psychosis, I had derealization and depersonalization disorder for a few months. After counseling, it went away and I retreived my life.

My advice: get counseling.

crystalbud · #14 (**permalink**) 05-02-2007, 12:01 AM

i know what you mean, nothing really matters as much, and you don't really care, but kind of do, i however think my marijuana use has helped

elecguitarplyr · #15 (**permalink**) 05-02-2007, 01:47 AM

stainer hit the nail right on the fucking head, lol

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#1 (permalink) 05-01-2007, 11:52 AM
elecguitarplyr Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 277	reality slipping away ive been smoking for a good 5 years or so.. and for the past few ive noticed that like life isnt up in my face anymore.. when i was a kid, and before i ever started smoking everything was HUGE and in my face.. now it just seems like everything is in the background.. but my thoughts seem soooo far away and everything in life, and conversations seem soooo far away, almost like a dream.. i just see everyone else living this normal life and things are so big to everyone... then when i smoke everything is normal and big again for me.. has this happened to anyone else?

#3 (permalink) 05-01-2007, 12:16 PM
elecguitarplyr Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 277	no, thats not what i mean.. nothing to do with stress im an easy going guy life is good.. it just feels like im not me, just feels like im on the outside watching everything happen and im not involved

#4 (permalink) 05-01-2007, 12:30 PM
Zimed Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: South-East Posts: 889	Sounds like marijuana induced depersonalization. __________________

#5 (permalink) 05-01-2007, 01:27 PM
Thrillfill Blazed` Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: F-town Posts: 221	I know what you mean. For the past 2 months i have been sleeping very little and smoking alot 4-5 times a day. i dont feel like anything is the same anymore More like i am just doing it i dont have any real control of what goes on in my life Not sure if you can understand that i am pretty stoned now lol __________________ "When you Criminalize something thats not a real crime, you still create real criminals"- Penn and Teller

#6 (permalink) 05-01-2007, 01:42 PM
What'sThatSmell The Whitest Chinaman Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 3,776	I don't know, I've experienced that since before I started toking. I think it's just maturing. __________________

#7 (permalink) 05-01-2007, 01:57 PM
toker2021 zaapppaa Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: fucking GEORGIA Posts: 539	i know what you're talking about, i've been smoking extremely heavily for the last 3 years. __________________ get fancy

#8 (permalink) 05-01-2007, 02:40 PM
shagra flux chuckin' mountain mo Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: TO Posts: 1,527	a discussion the other day brought one of my friends to come up with the point that when you smoke, you seem to experience life more than you think about it. extrapolating on that, if you've been smoking and just experiencing life for 5 years, not really thinking about/analyzing/databasing it. people's sense of identity comes from what they relate to. i go to school, i am from india, i am male, i smoke bud. these are all groups/categorizations that can identify me. when you live stoned, i think you live with the immediate picture in mind. you are always more aware of the now. however, if you can find your sense of identity in yourself and in the world, then i think your problem with reality will cease to be. __________________ -shagra

#9 (permalink) 05-01-2007, 05:52 PM
Five To One Stoned Immaculate Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Down in Tangie Town Posts: 3,195	Thats the best way to explain it the way you did. Reality slipping away. Happend to me a couple times when i was heavy on the weed. I would stop for like 2 months and i would be back to normal. I told my self that i would never go back to that state in the heavy smoke when your like that. Its a shitty feeling i know. Just try to cut down as much as possible. __________________

#10 (permalink) 05-01-2007, 06:20 PM
CheebCheeb Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Central Florida, Home of the FUNK Posts: 571	I agree just try to cut down. Its really not hard, just occupy yourself with things to do and people to hang out with. Nothing is a better antidrug imo then hanging out with your friends. Anyways I do know what your talking about. Sometimes I feel like I dont remember anything i've done in my life since I started smoking. Like it all just seems like one day and no moments. Ive noticed I go through differnt phases with smoking usually every week. I smoke about 3-4 times a day. And i've realized when you start getting stress in life outside of being stoned, like real life problems, if you already smoke then its gonna make it worse instead of better. I try as much as possible to NOT smoke when I am depressed or stressed out because yea you feel better for about 20 minutes, but your just making yourself dependant on it and it causes problems. Latley i've been cutting down smoking to like once or twice a day and ive been feeling better, i've been working on my car, playing soccer, goin out, and even if you smoke with your friends rather then yourself its more recreational than addiction. Shagra made a very great point aswell.

#11 (permalink) 05-01-2007, 08:16 PM
stainer712 Banned Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 28	I know exactly what the OP is talking about. It's almost as if you're on autopilot and don't really have to think about anything and can't even if you try to. It's an unreal feeling and is like being extremely tired mentally without any of the visible side effects and need for sleep. you can think normally but don't actually feel like you're as conscious as you should be. I pretty much enjoy the feeling, though, and it only lasts for a day or so after a particularly large smoking session after a long tolerance break. I only smoke 2-4 days weekly.

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#12 (permalink) 05-01-2007, 08:54 PM
chronictoker the doors of perception Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: California Love Posts: 2,300	Perhaps your definition of reality has changed?... You've realized the fragility, and permeability of reality? You've noticed how unreal it is? And that you have the power to alter it? __________________ "Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere." - Carl Sagan

#13 (permalink) 05-01-2007, 08:57 PM
ADVOR You Enjoy Myself Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Downtown Cinci Posts: 1,506	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depersonalization http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depersonalization_disorder After I went into cannabis-induced psychosis, I had derealization and depersonalization disorder for a few months. After counseling, it went away and I retreived my life. My advice: get counseling. __________________

#14 (permalink) 05-02-2007, 12:01 AM
crystalbud Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 381	i know what you mean, nothing really matters as much, and you don't really care, but kind of do, i however think my marijuana use has helped __________________ iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii have become comfortably numb

#15 (permalink) 05-02-2007, 01:47 AM
elecguitarplyr Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 277	stainer hit the nail right on the fucking head, lol