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An interesting video on weed usage, curious to chat about people's experience (www.youtube.com)
submitted 1 year ago by Faendol@sh.itjust.works to c/trees@lemmy.world
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I've been a daily smoker for the last 4 years, I had to take some time off for a job and it's shocked me how my dreams have come back. I'm not planning on quitting but I'm probably going to try to stop daily usage. I'm curious how others feel about where they are with their weed usage and how it impacts them. I genuinely forgot what real powerful dreams were like and I ran a sleep study as a part of my university thesis and got to see firsthand how it impacts my REM sleep.

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[โ€“] ABoxOfNeurons@lemmy.one 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I may be in a minority in this community, but I've found that daily use is really rough on my mind. Taking some time off and returning to weekly use (with occasional months off) benefited both my life in general and how much I enjoyed weed. The anxiety is down, and it's opened up a ton of time to pursue hobbies I find more fulfilling than TV. And when I do sit down with an edible, I really enjoy it.

I also dream now, which I suspect is a factor in everything else. Evolution wouldn't make us dream unless there was a reason for it.

[โ€“] Faendol@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

I found the same thing, for me I think I got too good at the fun parts of weed and wouldn't be impacted by them. That left me with just making dumb decisions and being anxious. Not to mention just how high my tolerance got. I also found it made me too okay with doing nothing. I love having a lazy day every once in a while but I do want to have hobbies so I go out and meet people. Once I've passed this drug test and I can smoke again I'm hoping to keep it much more infrequent.