Pot linked with 'anti-social' behavior?

[think green]

I'm an antisocial introvert without weed, most of the time when I do manage to get out of the house it's because of weed.

[dejayou30]

i love getting stoned and talking to people at parties and such, but during the days i don't really like to go out of the house stoned unless i'm in another town or something. i'm always afraid i'll run into my boss or someone i know and have to have some stupid small talk conversation with them.

[orangeman]

It's when I'm sober that I have the mindset of, "Let's just stay in the house and not talk to anyone." Because I suffer from clinical depression, and I also have reclusive, anti-social tendencies. Being high or smoking takes those tendencies away, and I become very, very social and I want to be out meeting people and seeing the world.

THC is the most wonderful drug I've ever experienced.

But, that isn't to say I don't love to just sit on my balcony at 1 or 2 in the morning and have a quiet smoke all to myself, ya know? Sometimes we just NEED to be able to sit back and smoke and think or enjoy some music, I think.

I'm exactly like that lol. I mean 100%.

[Frivolous248]

Yeah, I always feel like doing something when I'm high, but I really don't have a single friend to hang out with really, just one person I hang out with occasionally, and others I see in school. So unfortunately I just sit at home and do nothing when I get high, 'cept when I smoke at lunch time in school and before school another time.

[ZeBraStrIpes]

i get anti-social when i smoke certain bud, especially around random people, but i like being around people i know. Drinking alcohol reverses the effect so i so the opposite. Smoking makes me sit back and observe what people do (kinda changes my perspective on things). But if i smoke with someone i dont know, i act like ive known them my whole life...

[crudemood]

Man, I've noticed that the only reason why I smoke mostly alone now is because almost all of my friends have moved about 40 miles away to start college and stuff so I have no one to smoke with.

I love smoking with people and I LOOOOVE going out when I'm high. When I'm high, I realize how completely beautiful the world is around me, and I love to be out and about.

It's when I'm sober that I have the mindset of, "Let's just stay in the house and not talk to anyone." Because I suffer from clinical depression, and I also have reclusive, anti-social tendencies. Being high or smoking takes those tendencies away, and I become very, very social and I want to be out meeting people and seeing the world.

THC is the most wonderful drug I've ever experienced.

But, that isn't to say I don't love to just sit on my balcony at 1 or 2 in the morning and have a quiet smoke all to myself, ya know? Sometimes we just NEED to be able to sit back and smoke and think or enjoy some music, I think.

Yes, very much yes. the whole friends part and then the whole wanting to go out part. my soull mate! . is banned. haha.

[CanaDanKs Inc.]

You know with time.. I have noticed that most people that smoke weed are happier being by themselves, or with close friends. I can't talk for everybody, but I have known many many many stoners who, during the peak of their high, would not go to a social event because of some sort of paranoia. At first, it seems to start like people are paranoid of the fact that other people will judge them for being high...but then with time, as consumption amounts grow rapidly, users tend to feel 'paranoid', or too self-conscious perhaps.. and feel like evading the crowds and such.

Sometimes I feel like I can pick up people's "energy" or "vibe".. a LOT more when I'm high. It's like my mind subconsciously scans for moods and states of minds in people to make sure things are always ok? Who knows why really.. It just happens that way.. I think people are more receptive and suceptible when high sometimes.. But then sometimes not. So go figure. :jointsmile:

[Innominate]

If you are capable, find the motives to your anti/anxiety of social matters. When you know it, smoke and think about why you are the way you are, think about how you can change yourself, because change is the only way to progress.

There is no sin in pulling away from people. I've been around people my whole life. The present day people of our world are not exactly safe beings, they are confused, frustrated, and very emotional. I do not blame you for this state of mind.I've learned, motivated, and understood more about everything with myself than I could by being around other people. I enjoy going to the mall, seeing people, and doing regular things, unfortunately I've had lame friends, some better than others, but there is more to life than friendship, always.

Understand you cannot live WITHOUT other people.

[Purple Banana]

I have Asperger's syndrome, and one of the major challenges I face every day is 'proper' social interaction. I have a large amount of difficulty with maintaining eye contact, holding small conversations, and generally trying not to act socially awkward. I've always been like this. But now I smoke, and I realize I need to force myself to open up a bit more; pot has helped me do that without too much difficulty.

[Markass]

I wouldn't say anti-social...I merely decide which people I want to hang out with and which I don't...I go to work high, school high, and anywhere else I'm pretty much high...I do everything in my daily life just as I would if I weren't smoking pot..well I probably would watch tv rather than listen to music when I'm chilling if I were sober...but usually I'm not sober so I enjoy the sound of music :stoned: