Def an important dialogue to have. And it affects everyone’s brain and feelings differently. You can tell just by this convo - it sounds like Pete for the most part is always good vibes when he’s high, the only negative story he mentioned was when his heart was beating fast. Bo on the other hand can have like a mental downward spiral or like a mini existential crisis. I think it’s just really important to know your relationship with weed, how it affects you and your thoughts. And this can help you realize whether you should cut back, or take a little tolerance break, etc.
I spent almost 10 years taking anti depressants; 40 mg of Paxil, manly. I was not a very satisfying experience. If a magical weed unicorn could have presented me with just one deep hit off something like, "Blue Dream" every three hours, I could have made my life better. Today (now) weed helps me and I need it. I wish I didn't have to write that, but.... I'm alive and I can be almost happy with my "hard on myself" self. I try. Man, do I try.
I think WAAAYYYYY too much and get way too meta on myself to enjoy weed. My whole life naturally feels like one long bad trip, so why would I want to exacerbate that feeling with a psychogenic? I'm perfectly content in my level of constantly being in a quiet state of existential crisis. So of course, in my experience, weed made that all TEN TIMES WORSE. I tried it a few times at various points in my life, hoping that each new time it would actually go well. I've finally reached a point where I absolutely refuse to do it anymore because the affects are just the complete opposite of fun for me. The effects are nightmarish for me. No matter what kind of weed it is, no matter what ratio of CBD to THC, no matter what strain, no matter what brand. It doesn't matter. Weed makes me have bad trips. It's just not for everyone, sadly :(
it's so interesting listening to this while living in a country where drugs are strictly criminalized with harsh penalties (I live in Singapore.) I tried it a few times when I lived in Europe for a few months but not since I got back in 2016. I always thought if only I had a few sips every now and then it could help my depression and anxiety but it's really interesting to hear this perspective.
For some people, it does relieve anxiety. For me, it didn't. I have anxiety and weed usually makes it worse for me. I went through almost the same thing Bo talked about here... For the longest time I couldn't figure out why my anxiety was getting worse and worse, (which led me to smoke more and more) and finally one day my dad actually suggested I cut back and told me it always made his anxiety worse back in the day. I tried it and found that he was right. I take a small hit occasionally, and find that if i do very small amounts very rarely, I get a very slight, much more enjoyable feeling.
WORST anx exacerbator as an adult. When younger with a good person and less crazy stuff was okay. But as adult - recov from some trauma my shrink said umm… make sure you ask for INDICA as in sink INDICA couch. You don’t need anything else to make you talk and get ya know … all analytical and stuff. 🥺 I spared her the story of my job at MIT first week. Invited to bosses house for Xmas party like first week - one graphic type long pull (2005ish) and I was hiding in the coat closet laugh/shaking! Anxiety and weed are not always friends. 🥳
Weed just made me depersonalize and I spent about five hours feeling like a floating brain. But all my thoughts were racing like normal, didn’t calm me down at all even though I ate a cbd treat with it. Didnt feel high at all. It just made me lose feel of my body and when I moved my hands and feet I felt nothing, it was just an autopilot and I was spectating it. Wasted my time waiting for it to turn off, woke up normal the next day. Boring and overrated weed is if that’s all it does. No munchies, no giggling as I’ve seen some have, just feeling normal but disconnected. alcohol is miles better
I've tried all different kinds, different forms, its terrible for me. I have ocd and it makes all of intrusive thoughts and images worse. My whole body starts shaking, I feel like bordering on psychosis. No thanks.
Take it with a grain of salt. Like any medication, theres side effects for certain people. But on the other hand you can take weed and get a paranoia/anxiety attack for a short period but a shocking amount of prescribed drugs can cause horrible deaths on rare occasions.... so at least finding out that weed isnt for you wont end your life
Bo was on three times during three different eras of his career, and all of them are really cool to listen to. This was the most recent one made not long after Make Happy.
@@MontgomeryWenis That's great for you, but everyone's different. Your experience isn't universal, tons and tons of people genuinely struggle with this.
