Weed users i have a question

Hi Nixiel. This is a very common question we get. Unfortunately, while marijuana can have some immediate effects of reducing anxiety (in some individuals), there is research out there showing that it can actually increase anxiety in certain situations (especially when you are not under the effects of the substance and/or in withdrawal). Additionally, we don't know how each individual person is going to react to it (e.g., some people experience intense anxiety and dysphoria after taking drugs because of how their brain is wired). Finally, marijuana use can easily become a compulsion (e.g., "this is scary, but I know I can smoke later and everything will be OK."). Due to all of these reasons, we generally do not recommend engaging in use of marijuana (or alcohol or any other illicit substance) while engaging in therapy.

helps me ease my mind and relax and not worry so much but if i am having an episode makes my illogical thinking worse

it definitely helped me a lot when I was younger. My s/o says he saw a change when I stopped and my ODC progressively got worse and worse. I've recently started again and do notice that I am more relaxed when I do use Cannabis.

I have a friend who uses it to help take care of his compulsions, however, he’s become one of those “I can stop whenever I want” but in reality will not likely stop for a very long time.... it’s unfortunate really. It becomes a dependency when it’s used as a cure to something we can learn to manage in a much healthier way. I wouldn’t recommend personally.

It personally makes me much worse. My anxiety spikes and my mind just races. I’ve heard it can trigger OCD for some people. Then again, everyone is different. Some people say alcohol makes their OCD worse..it makes mine better. But I don’t drink when I’m going through an bad OCD flare up as I don’t want to rely on unhealthy coping mechanisms

I use it to much. I really just like it and enjoy how it makes me feel. But I did develop some ocd symptoms around it. Since therapy I feel like that’s not a problem for me. I just like it to much so I’m not sure if that makes me good or bad. I did quit for therapy though because my therapist said it wouldn’t help. Short answer though for me personally. No it did not help my ocd. Only doing this erp has seemed to really help get me out of this. So far 🤞