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My journey and a question
I have a feeling that there are many like me.
I am in my 40s now, but when I was a teenager, from about age 15 - 18 I really enjoyed smoking week. I smokes a lot. Then, I got into some trouble and quit.
Since then, every time (once every few years) I revisit and smoke a bit, I get super paranoid and just don't enjoy myself, at all. I have also developed a pretty healthy anxiety disorder over the past 10 years or so (am medicated for it, still struggle).
I have wondered if there's some magical cannabis that I could use to help me with my anxiety because this is one of the reasons I so often hear about why people use it. But it seems so counterintuitive to me given that I pretty much freak the hell out when I smoke.
Any advice? Guidance?




Yes what Steve said - Indica Dominant - and control your environment when medicating - no surprises or difficult issues to work on. I would only add to continue to work on your mental health skills and tools. There is one I like and have used for over 20 years. I think it relates to anxiety for smokers due to the overwhelming "consequences" and "huge mis-information" the fear of _ a lot of things, unique to each person. Check out Rational Emotive Therapy in addition to everything that already works for you. This is where we change "what we believe" about an event, when we change that part the feelings that result are changed. Your post was well written and if you connect your own dots - things will be clear to you. I wish you the best in your efforts at continued balance, peace and love in this world. gina marlene (mama bear)
Thanks for such a great response. Anxiety is a daily struggle for me.
Hi, Warrior! I think you could get excellent results by specifically looking for indica-dominant strains, and perhaps avoiding sativa-dominants. Indicas are actually useful as anti-anxiety tools for lots of folks, but the high-THC sativas can sometimes bring on an attack, as you've learned.
Examples of indica dominant strains include LA Confidential, The Hog, Northern Lights, Critical Kush, and Afgoo.
Thanks!