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yaaqov wrote

I smoked cannabis for the first time in months yesterday and... it like magnified every ache and pain in my body??? I could barely put on clothes. Also focusing my eyes on anything closer than 20 feet, and especially screens, was horrible. Has anyone else experienced anything like this?

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celebratedrecluse wrote

If you're already feeling crappy, weed can make it worse as easily as it can make it better. That's why I don't think medical cannabis for pain management works for everyone.

Plus, taking a hit after a long T-Break can be pretty overwhelming. People forget because it's not possible to OD, but cannabis is a strong drug in terms of psychoactive effects. It can be immobilizing with a large dose

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yaaqov wrote

Definitely. In my own experience, it's sort of like, a super-placebo, delivering whatever you expect from it. Maybe that's with everything to some degree though? I don't have much experience with other psychoactive substances.

The thing that scares me is, are all these pains real things that are wrong with my body/ways that I'm hurting myself, but that I'm ignoring in my day-to-day sober life?

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celebratedrecluse wrote

Cannabis is grouped with hallucinogens, but it's very weak in humanly consumable doses, so it struts this boundary more than most substances that are consumed by humans.

If you are concerned about these pains being ignored, the only way to find out is to start cultivating more bodily awareness. If you are interested, meditation and exercise are two solid picks for ways you might be able to increase this awareness, although the problem with such endeavors is that they need discipline and participatory engagement to work correctly, much more than a detatched or intellectual understanding of the principles involved. I am sorry I cannot be of more help in your journey

Take care~

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yaaqov wrote

No, that’s very helpful advice! I appreciate your thoughts :)

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