Why do YOU smoke marijuana?

i am bipolar type II and have had severe PTSD for over a decade, and while they try and pump me full of pharms that don't do much, pot has been the answer- particularly for my PTSD. I am a daily smoker.

and by all means, i know plenty of ppl who don't like the sensation of being high on pot, paranoia, general discomfort, and my lord to each there own- that's how I would be on uppers.

But pot-
right now I am financially strapped and am smoking daily but not as much or the kind bud I'm used to, which has been frustrating by I'm dealing with it.

It literlly makes me feel safe, not some unusual euphoria, but just like the generic joie de vivre I used to have as a kid or young teen, what I condiser "my real personality" to be, before I went through the experiences I did. Plus it lowers my stress levels to the point where I can function, hot have nightmare, my mood isn't erratic, and i feel only well being, posititvity, peace, it literally is a sanctuary, and we as an opportunity for me to enhance perspective. See, for whatever reason, I think the way us PTSD and Bipolar folks may be wired, pot for us seems to to take AWAY what it causes in some- paranoia, discomfort- I think the way it works on the areas of our brain that are damaged is by soothing it- in fact in many states its medicinal for PTSD.

But even aside from that
I don't drink alcohol bec. that for me never felt great, I just was always a sad drunk or impulsive drunk and I HATE vomiting and hangovers
I prefer the high of pot to anything else- its this beautiful natural herb that takes me gently up, gently down, and then I'm still at peace with myself, it's wonderful!

 

Reality is just a crutch for people who can't handle drugs.

 

Stress and boredom more or less. I was a very high-strung, stressed-out individual, to the point where I couldn't even function in normal society until my friends finally convinced me to smoke. I've kept my job for 5 years as a result. For awhile, it also was for insomnia, but now I don't really need it to sleep.

 

I don't know what kind of test you ford guys take.... but at least nissan guys can draw a circle....

 

because i like the way it makes me feel, any other reason is secondary to that

 

to get deeper into my thoughts

indulge in creative activities

feel closer to nature and the universe in general

idk i just like it

 

Because.. Sing it with me kids... There is no life I know.....

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Cause it helps me sleep.

>.>

 

because when i was a kid tommy chong was my idol and i wanted to grow up to be just like him... lol
no but seriously i smoke it because i feel Normal after i do
i cant function well without it.. life is so much more fun and exciting and so much more better and it makes me feel really Alive!.. without it i feel lost and weird and just not right..
its what keeps me goin!
so im gonna keep toking on! lol

 

I do it for a lot of reasons; I like the way it feels, the kind of high I get, the less stressed and anxious I feel afer smoking...the list goes on. I also use it sometimes to deal with my Tourettes. I find that the right dose can alter how much I 'tic'; it relaxes me and the tics just melt away... I cannot tell you how wonderous it felt to finally find something that really, truly helped with my tics after years of having to just suffer with it.

 

I don't have a reason. other than getting high as a kite

 

You know, I've never been diagnosed with Tourette's and doubt I have it, but I've got these crazy twitches that feel like they start building either at the base of my spine or about halfway up and then it feels like they run up my back and out my neck and sometimes I make a weird quacky kind of noise. They didn't set in really until high school and seem to be triggered mostly by stress, but they were pretty frequent there for a long time. Once I started smoking weed, I noticed they happened less and less and now it's down to maybe once a week, or every couple of weeks. It's freaking amazing, I don't know if it's just because I don't stress out as much or if it's because it really does help with the twitches, but whatever it is, I love it.

Don't get me wrong, now, I smoke to get high these days, but it's awesome the little helpful things it does in addition.

 

"It wasn't the thing to do because it was the thing to do, it was the thing to to because it got you high! Can you dig it?"

 

man i feel you, that's why I'm doing it

 

for PMS...either that or spend my life in county jail...

 

i like being high for starters, then with life's stresses, i found it helped me cope... now, i just enjoy the peace it brings me...

p.s. i think it might be responsible for saving one persons life too... if i hadn't smoked, i think i may have committed murder (true story)

 

looks like MJ saved us both from jail then

 

Just county?

 

^ That is neat and sort of bizarrely amazing.

I've had depression, always...and plain mj - not mixed with pills like a doctor would prescribe, and surely not mixed with legal alcohol. But mj has immensely helped me through the years - and I have tried it all.

It helps me not to see the worse side of things (everything), helps me get in a spiritual mindset (if that is what I want), and helps me with my insomnia.