Plz Help My Anxiety

[Kid Dynamite]

Sort your head out, then get back on the smoke. Surely there was a reason you went through drug councilling to get off the stuff? If you still have unresolved issues then starting toking again is only going to make things worse.

[redtails]

Councilling seems to have put some negative suggestions into your mind.

First step? Tell your brain to shut the fuck up. Take control. Honest. People often talk themselves into negative states when all it takes is a bit of peace in your mind. Repeat the mantra "SHUT THE FUCK UP... SHUT THE FUCK UP"

Second step? What images are going through your head? If you don't like then push them way off into the distance until they disappear.

Third step? Take a deep breath and let it out slowly. Relax. Focus on areas on your body where you are tense. Soften the muscles one by one. You will know when you are doing it right when you have an overall comfortable feeling in your body.

Fourth step? Start giving yourself positive suggestions with your internal dialogue. You will know where your voice is in your mind when you ask "where is my internal voice?" What you hear is what it is. Hypnotists give people people suggestions that create profoundly positive states in their clients but what most people don't realize is that the best and most constant hypnotist is ourselves. We talk ourselves into trouble and we can talk our way to peace. "I am really relaxed and in control." If at any point your mind tells you otherwise... repeat the mantra "SHUT THE FUCK UP... SHUT THE FUCK UP"

Hope this works for you. It does for me.

+1, exactly what I was thinking after reading this. :stoned: (only a little less crazy sounding, but it IS all in your head and you can change it)

[Reefer Rogue]

It's all in your head. the boogy man is not coming to get you. just pack a bubbler and put on your fav tunes and enjoy the ride. stop lookin out the window in your underwear with a baseball bat in hand, they're not coming for you.

[BlueBlazer]

I had to quit for 20 years to complete my career in the Air Force, random drug testing made it too much of a risk and I had a family to take care of.

Once I retired, I smoked a doobie of killer weed with my cousin. It was my first high in twenty years and it hit me really hard. I lost focus on what everyone was saying and everything seemed too loud and vibrant. I had to get away from everyone and be by myself. Once I did that, I was able to reacquaint myself with the effects and calm down. I was just out of practice and as one poster mentioned, I had some negative things in my own mind that I had to square away. It wasn't the weed.

Now I find that I have changed from a "social smoker" to more of a solitary smoker. I enjoy the effects much more when I'm free from trying to hold a conversation at the same time . . . I always keep forgetting what the heck I'm talking abou . . . and um . . . er ah . . .