Is it normal to feel a little self-conscious when you're high?

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North-Bit-7411@reddit

Rock out with your cock out… be you and fuck the world.

After 50+ years I’ve learned one thing, worrying or feeling guilty about anything just isn’t worth the effort.

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PhiloLibrarian@reddit

The way I describe it booze makes you feel uninhibited while you should be more self-conscious; weed makes you feel self-conscious but you should let yourself be uninhibited…to a point.

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jax_988@reddit

Yes. Enjoy the fuck out of whatever the fuck you want to. - as long as it does not include causing harm to others, do it. We do after all... only live once. So LIVE!

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Flaky_Wheel60B@reddit

I was a clean cut kid, didn’t do much of anything growing up. No drugs or alcohol or cigarettes.

Joined the Navy for 20 years, obviously no drugs only alcohol.

Three years ago did some weed, and it was pretty good.

Then I tried shrooms.

That blew me away. Helped my PTSD and depression.

Now I’m a 52 year old man that loves to get fucking high every chance I get.

Just waiting for the last one to graduate in a year and a half and then it’s game on!

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YoureWhatYouWait4@reddit

I am a big fan of all the psychedelics. They’ve improved my life in ways I would have never predicted.

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I also started using shrooms therapeutically about 6yrs ago. It’s like discovering a power-up. It’s helped release deep trauma - not the lessons learned - but the emotional grip, negative feedback loop and rumination. Enjoy the journey, friend!

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StrawberryKiss2559@reddit

What the hell? Of course you’re supposed to enjoy yourself.

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Kindly-Emotion-5083@reddit

You earned it. Enjoy.

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RoyalPuzzleheaded259@reddit

It’s ok to have fun when your responsibilities are taken care of.

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HandWashing2020@reddit

Yes every time I vape I tend to stop before I get too high because I get this thought that it’s improper or something

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TowerOfSisyphus@reddit

Cannabis is wonderful and yes it gives an odd sense of dimension to one's inner life that can either be great for introspection or can turn into self consciousness or depressive thinking. Lovely in moderation, even better in immoderation 😉, but if you start pulling away from people, avoiding conflict, losing motivation or perspective - that's when it's time to ease off and clarify. It's tricky because pot can feel like a slightly altered version of real life and you can miss how it's actually altering your judgement. But yeah it's a wonderful way to deepen your experience and tune into different ways of being.

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Humbuckerluvr@reddit

The best thing to happen to Gen X is legalization of weed.

If you were a head in the olden days, it was sketchy work to nail down a couple reliable dealers. Now, I sit in the middle of about 5 different dispenceries. We earned it. Toke up, or munch away. T. V. Couch cuddles are the best , as are the weird, no context, vebal puke my wife does when she is high. Just the best man, just the best.

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UnplannedProofreader@reddit

I recently went to a going out of business sale and purchased some for half off. Younger me would never have believed I’d be legally at a liquidation of marijuana assets sale in my old age. Times have changed.

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MacaroonUpstairs7232@reddit

Ive always been amazed with people who talk non stop while high. I always got high to shut myself up. I become the best listener in the world, not that Ill remember any if it.

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SOMEONENEW1999@reddit

It is completely normal and it happens to most people. You have to figure out what works best for you and gives you the effect you desire. Stay away from sativas/hybrids and go for a more Indica strain. You can also cut back on the dosage. Another thing you can do is embrace that and ride it out and explore what it’s trying to tell you.

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msj247@reddit

I gave it all up, last thing to go was cannabis consumption. I feel better than ever, been 5 years now. My happiness doesn't depend on a mind altering substance and all the mind altering substances didn't make me feel anywhere near as good as I do without them. No feeling awkward, no red eyes, I'll never fail a drug or alcohol test. Knocking all that on the head was one of the best decisions I ever made. Do what makes you happy, happy is what matters.

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buckfuttner@reddit

No

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Mostly_Nohohon@reddit

I only do edibles when I'm alone because I feel like I'll say something stupid when I'm with other people. Lol.

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KilroySmithson@reddit

Edibles expose the kinder, gentler me. And they slow my brain down so much, I feel like I can rest.

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Organic_Mix2282@reddit

57, it actually helps calm my social anxiety, shuts down my inner critic so to speak for me, 20 yr old hates it it makes him very paranoid.

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KingPabloo@reddit

Yup, enjoy

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BraveRefrigerator552@reddit

Repeat the mantra ‘everything is fine, there is nothing I wouldn’t do better in the morning sober’. If it persists do the 8 count inhale, 7 count exhale.

But yeah everything is fine, nothing that would not be better handled in the morning.

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noseleaptilbklyn@reddit

Friday night. Order in. Gummies. Rupaul’s Drag race. It’s the best night of the week.

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Historical_Nail7271@reddit

Quit it. You're doing exactly what you should be doing..... It's what you should have been doing all along...... Welcome, we're glad you finally made it. Here, have a cool button. 😎🙏🏻🐊

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TheRateBeerian@reddit

Yes I get very self conscious on it which is one reason I don’t do it as much anymore. Esp sativa strains really make it 10x worse so it’s indica only for me and even then low dose and very occasionally

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whskytrsh@reddit

You both have earned it. Enjoy life. Cannabis and cuddles with bad tv playing while plotting your world domination sounds great. Cheers! If anyone should be doing this, it is absolutely middle aged people.

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Amazing_Effective758@reddit

You’ve earned it

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Equivalent_Gap_805@reddit

I didn't smoke weed until I was 50 (59 now). Never cared to, then tried dummies and helped me a lot. Just moved to none legal state and boy do i miss it. Nothing wrong with chilling with your wife with an edible in my opinion.

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Fudloe@reddit

Makes me more than self-conscious. Makes me downright terminally introspective (paranoid af), unless I smoke daily, which I can't do because I need to work, go outside... stuff other than play RD2.

I never really much cared for it, to tell the truth. I was more of a blow, acid and whiskey man, myself.

My Ol' Lady can't function without it. Makes her happy, so I'm happy. But I rarely imbibe.

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Queen_Of_Reno@reddit

It is one of the least harmful intoxicants one can ingest. It's not everyone's cup of tea, but it certainly shouldn't be illegal.

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WATAMURA@reddit

A little weed never hurt anyone.

Watch the film Grass (1999) for a little perspective on where the social stigma of pot comes from and how we have been indoctrinated with lies.

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Koebelsj316@reddit

Life’s short, enjoy the goofy times together. There’s no report card at the end of your life, have a good time and be safe

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UnplannedProofreader@reddit

People who drink a bottle of wine a night don’t feel guilty and honestly, there are more health concerns with alcohol than there are with gummies. I’ve recently started micro dosing first thing in the morning with my morning coffee and maintaining the little buzz through the day. I am so productive!

I don’t have a traditional day job though.

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Beautiful-Habit-825@reddit

I'm glad it's legal in my country.

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Lopsided_Tomatillo27@reddit

Yeah, that’s normal at first. The first time I got really high, I felt so different that I had to check myself out in the mirror to see if I looked different. Man, that brings back memories.

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FatCatNoHat@reddit

I'm 56, fairly high up in a corporate structure - super high-stress job. Worked my ass off- almost 5 years in the combat zone, endless schooling, back issues, PTSD from the war activities, and some depression. I never skipped a beat; I worked hard for my family so that everyone around me is doing well. Sold some soul to the corp world. Years of playing politics, avoiding ambushes, warring with enemies, work, work, work…

Well, I don't give a flying fuck! I smoke a few times per week, and it helps a lot. Helps with PTSD, chronic pain, sleep issues- equivalent in various meds would be far worse.

If it wasn't for the dogs, and a little bit of a weed at the times, I'd either harm someone or myself.

My friends, one nice thing about aging is how naturally unbearable lightness of not giving fucks comes on.

If it feels good, it can't be all that bad - w deserve a little break from time to time.

No intention to quit either - nobody likes quitters.

In that name, I'll hit some ATF completely oblivious to self-consciousness.

Cheers, love you all and enjoy life!

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Marcysdad@reddit

The boomers tried to shame us

Gen Y, Millennial, alpha are trying to do that

We shouldn't start to do that to ourselves.

Do whatever makes you happy without the slightest bit of guilt as long as it's fun for you

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skeetleet@reddit

The major issue I have had in the past is all of a sudden feeling guilty for stupid shit I normally wouldn’t.

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SynXis_ps2@reddit

I'm in a similar situation. The only thing I'm self conscious about is not going overboard and letting my highschool/college age kids see their dad fully baked. I mostly only do it late on weekends.

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root_fifth_octave@reddit

Are you sure that’s not just some of our more puritanical cultural influences leaving your body?

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MasterWinstonWolf@reddit

Listen I smoked when I was younger (High school) then went away from using for a long time. Then back in my 30's picked it up again.

The game changed drastically since I was younger. Fliwer became stronger and ways to use/take became more diverse (edibles, topical, tincture, shatter, etc.) I became educated and started using to micro dose at night.

I mainly use oils and gummies these days but will also us wax/shatter (concentrates).

There is nothing wrong with using cannabis...it's as natural as it gets and it's safer than alcohol.

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Ok_Anything_4955@reddit

A little?! Nah, I get full on paranoid and want to come out of my skin. It’s too bad, maybe I indulged a little too much in my younger years… I’d sure like to take an edible and check out.

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reachers_toothbrush@reddit

Self-consciousness around others is why I quit pot at 30. I could sit in the house by myself and be super high and fine. Around others...the whispers started.

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iloveairportsushi@reddit

Same

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dissidentdogie@reddit

I never get around to leaving the house 😂

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iloveairportsushi@reddit

I was ordering my fast food, my groceries, even had my cannabis delivered. The only thing I couldn’t find delivery for was my smokes.

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delldarlin@reddit

Other than a brief period during which I delivered pizza with people who knew where to get it, I never used it. Got on medical 5 years ago for PTSD, daily user since. 10mg THC twice a day.

Every so often I have this twinge, like the part of me who had to sit through both Just Say No *and* D.A.R.E. indoctrination disapproves of my lifestyle choices. And sometimes that little shit successfully guilts me into forgoing my medicine, which invariably leads to me being miserable and then having a public meltdown of the most humiliating kind.

And then I go back to taking my medicine, and remember how to be a human being again.

Which is to say, taking time to relax and be a goofy dumbass with your spouse in the privacy of your own home is absolutely something responsible middle-aged people should be doing. If it's edibles that facilitate this, then I say down the hatch.

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mmpjd@reddit

53 year old male here. I’m high right now haha

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Dyna2004@reddit

Yep

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SFToddSouthside@reddit

Amen, my brother in cannabis.

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monroebaby@reddit

What good gummies are y’all getting online? I could use some and right now we can’t purchase them in person in my state but can get them shipped.

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Twizt1Up@reddit

I'm 60 (and stoned atm). You're good

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Dyna2004@reddit

Hopefully one day the stigma will be gone. Its still stigmatized but I can tell it is becoming more widely accepted.

Im 50 and enjoy my medicine, I felt a little guilty at first, I broke my companies drug testing policy, I was the first employee to get pulled for a random drug screen and I presented my med card. It saved my job and it didn’t hurt my reputation one bit because the ones who know about it, also know that I am living with a serious chronic illness and will do whatever it takes to feel better and be able to continue working. I only use at night, never on the clock. It is medicine for me but, I do also enjoy being able to partake in the herb. Responsibly.

Just enjoy your weed.

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Zargoza1@reddit

Friday high
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siliconsmiley@reddit

Paranoia is a common symptom. You had too much. Shit is strong these days.

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Myfreakinglyfe@reddit

I work at a legal dispensary. I’m 53. About to go home and smoke a joint. You can be a responsible adult AND indulge in a little THC. Yay you!

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Mammoth_Sell5185@reddit

I take it that you’re totally high now which is why your reading comprehension is that so hot. OP said nothing whatsoever about pot being irresponsible, only that HE happens to get self-conscious. I hope you’re a better budtender than you are a Redditor.

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damnfoolbumpkin@reddit

My husband and I (55F) do the same thing! Don't fret about it - you're not doing anything wrong and it's no worse than having a couple of coctails with your wife. Have fun and enjoy this together.

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RikkiLostMyNumber@reddit

Hey man, I'm your age, and my wife get high pretty much every night, play Scrabble, eat dinner, and rag on politicians on the news. I didn't start doing this until I was about 50, and I honestly couldn't care less about who knows, cares, or would like to comment. I could sing the praises of this stuff all day, every day. First and most importantly, I credit the availability of this stuff, legally, made it much easier to quit drinking when I decided I had a problem and it was time to end it. I truly believe - and I don't care if it's a placebo effect - that my use of cannabis has lowered my blood pressure, allowed me to grow into a more reflective and thoughtful person, and basically improved my life by every metric you can name with the exception of being fat from having the munchies.
So yeah, I see your point, and no, don't feel bad for a millisecond. At our age, it may be the most harmless vice.

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NoAbbreviations290@reddit

We can see you through the window.

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root_fifth_octave@reddit

And through the phone camera 👋

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Formal_Reserve_8591@reddit

I’m 57 with a high stress job. I look forward to coming home, and after doing my chores, enjoying a THC drink or hitting my vape. It helps me to relax. And it’s important to remember at the end of the day when it’s late and you’re just chilling, that you’re not gonna solve the world‘s problems or even your own problems. There’s always tomorrow. so enjoy the buzz with your wife on the couch.

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Puzzled-Locksmith-42@reddit

I’m 65 and have a gummy every night to help sleep.

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aspertame_blood@reddit

Hahaha YES

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DoookieMaxx@reddit

When I’m high it feels like my clothes don’t fit right, I’m hypersensitive to my shirt being pulled right over my stomach and chest. Cuddling makes this doubly annoying. It started out as an insecurity i think …having my plushie body exposed.

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SFToddSouthside@reddit

I get high nightly to sleep. Yeah, I'm a little more conscious of things going on in my brain after taking a few hits. But, this is normal.

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ShadowyTreeline@reddit

personally I hate weed, but that's me

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Lanky_Comedian_3942@reddit

Yeah, its normal.

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ManiacRichX@reddit

sounds like you are feeling guilty about being judged... by yourself. enjoy your life. get high. you can be responsible and a stoner too.

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BK_Bad1971@reddit

It’s definitely normal! I also started as an adult in my mid-40s and experienced the same thing. Remember, our generation was told simply, drugs are bad! No distinction was made between heroin and marijuana. And cannabis was schedule 1 until very recently. I’m not advocating for everyone to go out and partake, but we were definitely lied to with broad generalizations about “drugs” as if it was a single bucket of substances that could all kill you. Enjoy my friend!!

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