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I had a very bad addiction to it, I recently quit after 15 years smoking it its been 8 weeks tomorrow. Thing is with me I abused it for too long smoked too much and smoked at the wrong times. If you can keep it under control its mostly ok but I was never one who could just smoke it occasionally lol. All or nothing so I went for nothing. It was so hard quitting but I had to do it. I miss it. I'm looking into cbd only weed now no thc non of the psychotic stuff, cbd is great for anxiety, depression, pain etc
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I’m not sure if this is true but it’s my understanding that you can’t be addicted to weed anyway. And if you are, it doesn’t say anything bad about you. In terms of your mom, you briefly mentioned her not listening to you. Have you tried having a therapy session with your mom present so your therapist can back you up? That’s helped me a lot. If she still doesn’t listen, is there any way you can avoid her, or at least avoid being alone with her? That would be my main recommendation
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Also I think you can get addicted to weed, it’s just a very Mild addiction if that makes sense
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I don't want to tell you what to do or say you're an addict I don't want to scare you but just be careful! Long term smoking can mess with you ? especially if you abuse it. But it doesn't happen to everyone. And I'm in the UK the weed we have here is shit and street dealers mess with it too much and use chemicals to grow it and 'enhance' it. I'd never wanna scare anyone just like to advise them to be cautious
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I quit because it made me worse there was no fun in it anymore I didn't smoke with friends in the end just always smoked alone I thought it helped my anxiety but it made it worse in the end. But honestly cbd is brilliant. It's the thc that can mess with our heads
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Wait til things have calmed down and try to have a talk with her maybe? But I don't know you don't want to get more stressed out if you got stitches and recovering from that ?
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I suggested we do a session with my therapist but I get the feeling she isn’t going to go even though she says she will. I once had my last therapist try to call her and advocate for me but she ignored all her calls so my hopes aren’t very high that she will actually attend.
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And the thing is if she is so worried about my stitches, why is she willing to have me be a crying mess and ACTUALLY irritate my stitches, but not ok with me smoking a little weed to calm down so I can AVOID that pain
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I’m not looking to quit weed, reduce my tolerance yes. It genuinely helps me a lot so I dont want to stop using it.
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That's fair enough as long as you take breaks and don't overdo it. I smoked it everyday for like 15 years ? some days I'd just smoke all day. Wish I'd been more sensible on it I really do. It really started to make me worse so I had to quit
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I sometimes smoke all day, but only if there’s nothing better to do lol
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How old are you?
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I'm 29, started smoking when I was 14, from the age of 15 it was everyday and from the age of 18 it was excessively never having days off. It was bad I could literally count on one hand how many days I'd had off and that was due to being in hospital or being really ill ?? never thought I'd quit it was so hard but so glad I did
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Man I guess i am some kind of an addict, but to be fair, I also take trazodone everyday and need it to function so is it really much different from that? And if I am an addict does
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That mean my mom is right to treat me this way? Like I really don’t know if I’m just a shitty addict or if my mom is legitimately being controlling/toxic.
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I’m 17, 18 in October. My parents have previously been understanding of my cannabis use so this is a weird 180
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No she should be more supportive and I will say being an alcoholic is much worse! Oh you're still young then just make sure you be responsible about it like I said take breaks don't rely on it too much and if you're ever feeling really low that's definitely not a good time to smoke it although you'd think it helps
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My dad was always OK about it but my mom different story she went absolutely mental when she found out I smoked it when I was in my early 20s she thought I quit many years ago she doesn't know I carried on and quit 8 weeks ago. My dad was always cool about it until he realised it was making me worse
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I mean, I basically use it as a replacement for Xanax, so when I get really bad anxiety I do tend to smoke, what would you recommend i do instead?
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I'm sure she's just being caring?
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Smoke a little less and get some cbd cbd is great for anxiety and its safe. I'm not gonna tell you to quit no one can tell you that. Oh shit I really hope I haven't upset or offended you in anyway ?
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I realize she’s doing what she’s doing because she cares, but she’s not thinking about how i am actually affected by her words and actions, I’m mostly upset that she pushed me into the panic attack in the first place and then got mad at me for wanting to do something to not panic. (If I cry it REALLY hurts my stitches, far more than smoking does. the main reason she doesn’t want me to smoke right now is because of my stitches)
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Don’t worry man you haven’t offended me at all, I appreciate all your advice and completely get that you’re just lookin out for me, you’ve been nothing but respectful. for me thon it depends on the strain some make me worse some make me better. I definitely do want to smoke less though, I’m not happy with how high my tolerance has gotten.
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I notice that high sativa strains mess with my head big time, especially green crack. Indica always helps me out though, even with my tolerance at an all time high (pun intended haha)
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I'm glad I didn't upset you I'd hate to think I did. Absolutely just looking out for you and offering advice, yes that's very true about different strains! I remember having some green crack before it was one of the strongest I'd ever had! If you can, look for strains that are high in cbd, not sure if it's legal where you are? But that would be an option. The thing is with the UK with it being illegal and all sold through dealers it can be pretty dangerous ?I wish you the best of luck anyway and sending love and positivity to you ☺️❤️
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So I’m 16 years old, currently going through my sophomore year of highschool. I’ve recently quit nicotine and weed after chronic use for about 4 years (has affected my development extremely). I quit because I wanted a better life for myself because I knew that I was using nicotine and weed for short term happiness and long term made me very depressed about this life. I was also experiencing trouble concentrating on simple tasks and what I wanted to do currently in my life. Which was learning about life and having more knowledge about life in general so i could feel more comfortable and happy in the future. So I quit nicotine I thought I was going to be able to overcome it and be more comfortable with myself knowing that I’m not in a constant loop of short term happiness, long term making me less happy overall. Although I have quit nicotine and haven’t touched it in about 3 weeks I expected to have some major withdrawals because I’m still in adolescence and used nicotine about everyday for 4 years. Sorry I’m rambling about this but through those years of always suppressing my anxiety with nicotine when anything came up that triggered it. I started noticing that on vacation in very stressful moments like at the airport and there were people around me when using the bathroom I felt as though it was nearly impossible to go but after sometime I eventually went and shrugged it off. Now that I’ve quit though I’m my 4th week it’s almost like my brain really latched onto that fear of not being able to go around people publicly (paruresis shy bladder syndrome) and that’s also what addiction does to you I’ve acknowledged. But when I started coming home from school I started thinking about not being able to pee more and more to the point i haven’t been able to stop thinking about it since which now every time i feel a slight trigger of having to use the bathroom i start obsessing over it like everything I would try and do that i usually do my brain would draw me away from it and go back to the fear of not being able to go which created a lot of anxiety and thoughts like “would if im not able to stop going” which made me think about it more and more I would just wake up with that thought in my head each day to the point where i was really thinking about killing my self because I thought i would have such a better life without nicotine and weed but ultimately made me feel like i was going crazy and I really wanted to go back to vaping and weed but i knew that this was the cycle of addiction and that i may have a more underlying problem here i need to overcome somatic ocd. I haven’t been diagnosed with it yet and I know a lot of people go through a cycle of self diagnosing. But as I’ve slowly started to mentally figure out ways to get through this obsession over peeing and fight it, it’s like my brain is now trying to look for a new bodily sensation to obsess over. My breathing. I noticed this as well while using that sometimes I would think about my breathing a little bit to much for example saying to myself am I breathing right should I breath this certain way would if I can’t stop thinking about it. But as I was thinking about that I just hit my vape talked to my brother about it and just slept it off. Now that I don’t have a vape I’ve had to go through these expierences but with it feeling more real and not really having something to run to, to suppress like my vape. I’m writing this today as I feel better to myself talking about it and opening up about it as I’m trying to not respond to this fear with anxiety and go throughout my days ignoring these obsessive thoughts leading to extreme anxiety that I don’t have anything to suppress it with anymore besides my own mental. Maybe someone here will have some more knowledge about it than I do and can give me some advice to try to keep me more motivated to deal with this ocd I feel as though I’m having so I don’t end up in a dark place. Thank you.
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My mom will sit and listen to me for quite a while, but she interrupts a lot and gets angry/upset. While I appreciate her passion, it's often stressful. Every time I come to her, if I even *mention* OCD, she gets frustrated and says, "Everyone deals with these issues, you know. It doesn't mean it's OCD." And I repeat, "I'm not saying my issues are unique — I'm saying the way I respond to them is a problem." But she just shakes her head and says, "Okay, I need to get back to my day." Full context, I'm an adult, and I live with my boyfriend, but I'm staying at my mom's for the next month. After living away from home for years, I went back to living with her during the pandemic, and I only recently left to live with him. Honestly, I think living with her for so long in my adulthood really messed with me and made me feel like a teenager all over again. I feel like my mental growth is stunted, and that's part of why my OCD is so bad lately. Not blaming, just noticing. She doesn't seem to understand how relieving the OCD diagnosis has been for me, because it explains so so so many things I've struggled with for years, and it's exciting to have more resources that can help me. But I think she sees it as me finding an excuse to *not* work on myself, which is just untrue. I'm not going to let OCD hold me back or use it as an excuse, but I'm also not going to pretend it's not a problem when I know it is — I was even diagnosed through NOCD. The whole point being to fix it, not use it as a crutch. When I have an issue, it's unbearable. Any issue, big or small, feels just the same. I feel a sinking feeling, my mind races, my heart beats out of my chest. I end up running to my support systems, crying, ruminating for days on end. Then, months later, the same exact issue can feel like nothing anymore, because it's no longer an obsession. I'm sure everyone deals with issues in a similar way, but I *know* there is something specific and debilitating going on with me. This is reassurance seeking, but in the face of being told I'm making a big deal out of nothing, can someone diagnosed with OCD tell me if they relate to the specific intensity of these feelings??
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