I gave up weed since I was a teenager. I have a very active inner monologue, my therapists have always said that I intellectualise everything, which isn’t a good thing. Weed smoking just makes my inner demons even louder, me more anxious, and the over analysing even more over done. Maybe it’ll be different because it’s been 20 years, and supposedly cannibis breeding has made strains that don’t make you paranoid???
NOPE
Thankfully I didn’t take bong rips like 18 year old me used to. (Do you all even still call them bong rips). Even just a couple of puffs brought back the old self hatred and paranoia.
The only good thing is that middle aged me is better at arguing against my inner demons than teenager me. My life sucks because this system sucks, not because I suck. Some people hate me because they’re materially comfortable descendants of settlers and colonisers who still take the side of empire in 2025. I’m lonely because this system is alienating AF.
I put on positive commie music for two hours and sang along, literally crying for much of it. I feel asleep to Columbo.
tldr: if weed made you paranoid at 18, it might still make you paranoid in your 40s.
Honestly I never noticed a huge difference between strains that couldn’t just simply be attributed to my mood and energy levels at the time of smoking it. Then again it’s still illegal where I’m from so I’m probably not getting the most pristine quality controlled stuff.
Completely agree, it’s just marketing.
It’s always been reactionary friends who are saying this about the strain. So maybe.
People keep saying that stains are getting non paranoid or whatever. I’ve tried bits over time and I’ve not been paranoid.
I hope a non paranoid strain exists, but with my limited experience, I’ve yet to find it.
I think there’s probably something to it but it’s not as big of an effect as advertised, it’s probably something like “on average people will be slightly less paranoid while using this strain” rather than “it eliminated the paranoia aspect completely”.
Have you tried strains with CBD? Like you can get different ratios of CBD:THC, maybe try a 1:1 strain, there’s evidence that CBD negates some of the negative effects of THC.
I’m from a legal state and I can’t tell the difference between strains most of the time. I have found that there is no rhyme or reason to the ones that I really like though. The conventional wisdom these days is it’s not about indica vs sativa anymore. Just find what vibes with your body. Your nose knows what you like, so if you smell some buds that make you drool, that’s probably the one you should get.