Social Anxiety Disorder

[Chainsaw1234]

however I dont understand why some people think cannabis makes social anxiety worse and others think it helps?

[Weezard]

however I dont understand why some people think cannabis makes social anxiety worse and others think it helps?

Because, chemically, we are a different as our fingerprints.

Also, there are different strain characteristics which can be further modified by staggering harvest dates.
And there are different kinds of social anxiety.
Transient moods and physical health are big factors.
That includes hunger, dehydration, bladder tension, other drug influences, the actual situation, etc.

Bottom line?
Way too many variables for a simple answer, yah?

Aloha,
Weezard

[painretreat]

Cs1234, please keep this posting updated. The Holidays are here and it is party time. Let us know what you are doing to get out of your mental shell. Take baby steps and don't sit at home alone! Will wait for your next activity. If you were near here, I'd take you out with me. I can have a great time at a party these days! Take care of yourself! pr

[ogganjagrower]

I honestly used to have the same problem..during high school..but I believe it to be nothing more than lack of conditioning of the mind..as MrDevious said...if you take yourself away from the social pressures of life for too long, or never delve too deeply into it in the first place..you'll be untrained and anxiety will spark....you can get over it though, but first you need to build self confidence..once you've established that just put yourself in as many akward situations as you can...what I did was get a job as a waiter at a restaurant..I thought there was no way I could do it but for me it only took 2 tables before I was comfortable...it happened that quickly...

so for the rambling but to recap..
1) get comfortable with yourself (through working out..whatever)
2) put yourself around people and get used to how it is

You wonder why you're comfortable around your family and no one else..it's cause you've been with your family your whole life..it's all conditioning

words of wisdom here. self confidence will help s.a.d alot

[Billystark305]

Hey bro',

I feel for you. I have the same thing. Mine is more a result of poor hearing and distinguishing what people are saying, and background noise, which makes it difficult for me in a social situation.

Bear in mind a couple of things: 1) You obviously are a good listener-people like to be listened to. You might be surprised to find that the type of people you might truly want to connect with and develop a relationship, may be turned off with someone who is a "court holder", so to speak. You will ultimately find common ground with someone whom you make feel comfortable and safe. This is a huge thing with women. You might also find that the court holder with all the beautiful women may not be with women who would be right for you. Many of them may also find that out eventually.

One of the best things I have found is to be cheerful and try to keep a smile on your face, especially when you say hello to someone, especially when you don't have a lot to say.

Believe it or not, you are not being scrutinized nearly as much as you think.

When you do speak, speak of positive things, informative things, and most likely just shorter statements initially to where you get a comfort level. Try to avoid anything combative or down and out stuff. Avoid talking about race, religion, drugs, politics, or things that could get heated. Try to focus on things that you have expertise in or an extraordinary amount of knowledge. You will then finds the words flow much easier.

You will eventually find yourself in the right environment and you most likely will shine. Don't get too down because you are not there just yet. You are not alone.

BT
Colorado

[DrWalter]

I am in a non MMJ state and Dr recommended for me to keep using canna to treat anxiety and panic disorder because it is safer then anything he can prescribe and he has seen better results with it. Had it bad for 10 years (mostly trapped in my home)
but with smoke I haven't had an attack in more then 2 years

[DropDeadFred]

When I get butt fucking high at first I feel all giddy and just good. All of the business in the back of,my mind gets taken care of 20seconds. Then my friends get back into

[war209]

LazySmoking420 most people have this and is normal !! Not everyone is going to feel Social .Many cannot be Social unless they drink or smoke pot .Yet the doctors ,government and media is going saying that is wrong you are using a drug to deel with it.But you go to doctor and next you be pill popping from drug the drug companies want you to take.

It strange mess the world is in the correlation of the drug companies and the doctors /media .

[Ari1]

Thank you for your bravery, standing up for social anxious people everywhere, including me. I have had problems being addicted to drugs and MAJOR depression. I just was about to kill myself tonight, but marijuana saved my life. I am so socially anxious that I can't even share my thoughts with my own family. I would try to hold a normal conversation with even my brother. Part of this problem lies, in my "people pleaser" mentality. Instead of connecting the idea of what they are saying to experiences I've had in my past and responding in a way that has helped me personally solve the problem, I would just nod, or give a laugh that would try to disguise the fact that I felt SOO anxious and awkward that I couldn't work up the confidence to sustain the pressure put upon me by other individuals eye gazes. Marijuana helped me sustain this pressure from their eyes and their attentions being put on me to respond with something funny, interesting, or "real", for lack of a better word. With this ability to withstand the gaze of their eyes I was able to have meaningful conversations with my friends and my family and this hot Asian girl!!!! Well anyway, I was so depressed, I was just about to take a crapload of xanax, (which I obtained by lying to a psychiatrist to get the drug and to sell it for money) take a couple shots (which with xanax synthesize with because of the synergistic effect on the gaba recepter), and say goodbye.

MY GOD THANK YOU WEED.



I know a strain, the one I am smoking now. I however did not catch the name when I bought it from my friend. So, I will ask him!!! tomorrow I will edit this part of the post with the strain name.



Hey mrdevious, I agree with everything that you posted up until the last number (#4). I wouldn't recommend taking Mcdonalds Dentists to Make Aquaintances. Why? because in my personal experience, it has had some even more depressing side effects than are necessary. For example, marijuana is a good substitute. It cures my social anxiety (see above) and it doesn't make me too depressed after I come down (not that I wouldn't be depressed without the weed). Taking Mcdonalds Dentists to Make Aquaintances just does not seem like the best alternative when marijuana is available. Some people may say that one is more comfortable and socially inclined when taking Mcdonalds Dentists to Make Aquaintances, but from personal experience the learned social communication patterned while taking Mcdonalds Dentists to Make Aquaintances are less memorable than those of marijuana.



Thanks for the tip about the movie / book that will give me the secret to the laws of attraction. I read the wikipedia to learn a little bit about the laws of attraction and I am going to buy the dvd from amazon. From what I have read however, I have found out that the laws of attraction are believing so hard that you can get something, focusing in on that thing, imagining that you have the thing (whatever it may be), and that thing will come to you with time. This is all true in my experience as well. When I want something bad enough (which weed helps me with) then things around me seem to work for me. I no longer have to handle ALL the pressure of thinking and worrying about how to obtain the object that I want so bad. All my life I have been lying, I have been a pathological lie-r (how the FUCK do you spell that word) because I was just trying to please the people around me to fool them into thinking that I was the person that following their sentences and keeping up with the "thought train" (or the momentum of logic traveling between the participants of the social interaction). I was just trying to slough off the fact that I had no idea, NO IDEA, how to share myself with other people. I am going to order the DVD and watch it, possibly many many times, and hopefully it will expand on the information I read in the wikipedia page. Quick question to anyone who is familiar with the laws of attraction... how do multi-taskers work if one must be concentrated on what one wants to recieve. In other words how do multitaskers (if the laws of attraction are valid) get two things at once, when they can only want one reallly bad?

LASTLY (sorry for the long post), I would like to give a big thanks to all of you guys for saving my life. You were here at just the right time, along with weed. But yea, I hope to hear back from you all!

@expirator: How you described your social phobia and how weed helped/cured it sounded EXACTLY what i've been dealing with and you are the first person who has described your situation in a way that i can totally relate to. It made me really excited reading your post that maybe marijuana may be helpful for me. I've smoked random times in the past and have had mixed reactions, but sometimes ill notice that my social phobia is greatly helped when i smoke & i'm thinking the paranoia/anxiety from smoking could have been caused by bad strains. So, i've been on the psychiatric bandwagon and I'm sick of these meds not helping me and my life passing me by. I'm 22 and have suffered from severe social phobia since i was 14. It has stripped all that is good in my life away from me. I am interested in hearing more about your situation and how you are doing 2 years later (since your post on Cannabis.com) and if you are still using weed to cope with this dreadful dreadful disease called social phobia. I am writing to you because i am interested in possibly using weed to help with my social phobia, but I am kinda skeptical about the possible long term side effects and even the short term side effects. I also only want to smoke strains that are good for helping with social phobia. I live in new jersey, so i'm not sure how easy it is for me to get medicinal weed or how to find the strands that are perfect for social phobia. Best, Ariell

[gcmerk2nd]

LazySmoking420 most people have this and is normal !! Not everyone is going to feel Social .Many cannot be Social unless they drink or smoke pot .Yet the doctors ,government and media is going saying that is wrong you are using a drug to deel with it.But you go to doctor and next you be pill popping from drug the drug companies want you to take.

It strange mess the world is in the correlation of the drug companies and the doctors /media .

It is a mess, this world we live in! Never would I have expected to have found such relief from a simple plant that grows so easily. I have had a difficult time in life, as many of you have described, my anxiety came to a head about three years ago when I started to experience the symptoms of ulcerative colitis. So all of the sudden I was experiencing constant digestive issues on top of my anxiety issues. Up until this point I had found such solace by meditating, challenging myself, and most of all outdoor recreation. Most of my "coping" mechanisms for this world failed once I developed the digestive issue, now thanks to smoking small amounts of weed, I am able to "recreate" on some level, even if just sitting around my home. Sure I wish I didn't have this digestive issue so I could go back to living the way I once did, but that is not the case. I have now lost complete control of my bowels and need to make the most of my life....... so I smoke.

If you are dealing with social anxiety, but you have your health intact focus on that health!!! I have discovered late in life the power of gratitude! When I was stuck with just anxiety, before the onset of my digestive issues, I had no concept of how wonderful I had it.... I failed to be grateful for what i did have, physical health!!!!!! I have no physical health, I have lots of anxiety....... hhhhhmmmmm, gratitude for weed.