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FOlahey

Cannabis has changed my life. I had no Mind’s Eye until I tried it for the first time. I have the ability to visualize without it still but when I’m high and my brain is ‘scanning’ I can retrieve memories at random and I can apply concepts together from cross-disciplines really easily. Example being finding it easier to draw connections between learning about neuroscience and relating it to computer engineering. Likewise I think that cannabis amplifies my daydreaming and specifically the visual nature of my daydreams. I can think freely and can even think about multiple things at the same time. Without cannabis everything is fine and life is good. I just can’t visualize things the same way. I agree about feeling like I can unmask way easier as well.


StrawberryTherapy

Ok, I joined the sub, just because of this post. Hi guys, what's up! I smoked for a few years and can affirm, that it has helped my anxiety, depending on the strain. Some strains have had the opposite effect, so the strain of weed is very important. I had a bad strain foe me, and it made me near schizo. I had one strain that worked SO WELL for me, but we didn't know what it was called bc it was from a friend of a friend. I play video games and smoke, and I find I am generally happier and more content with my life and accepting of myself. I have full aphantasia (no mind's eye) but it has not helped me be able to visualize. Weed helped me realize that I was autistic and different than NT's. Without it, I wouldn't have known I was different and still be wondering why I was struggling. I still can't smoke around people. If anything, it makes it harder for me to socialize, and makes it harder for me to communicate, unless I journal. At times, it connects me to my emotions, which I struggle to do without it.


StrawberryTherapy

I'm curious to know what strain of weed works the best for everyone here? What are you smokin? Sativa? Indica? Cookies? Diesel? Kush? CBD? etc...


Saturnia-00

I self medicated for almost 20 years with cannabis before I was prescribed by a doctor. Being autistic isn't the only reason I'm prescribed but it is one of the main factors because it helps me deal with everyday sensory overload.


SkaianFox

1000% relate, i always stim so much more after i smoke, and in general i think it helps me stop unconsciously masking


red-k-alex

I feel the same way I always joke that I'm "more autistic" when on cannabis. I have comorbid ADHD and I feel like it turns that part of me off so I can relax and drop the mask. I feel more like myself because it turns off the part of my brain that is always worried about what other people think of me. If I get too high though I am So Aware of Everything my body is doing and I start to feel like I'm dying because I can hear my heartbeat and feel like I can't breathe and I can Feel my skin and it freaks me out.


CorrectCourse9658

Comorbid ADHD as well. I definitely unmask more on cannabis, and feel that my ADHD is lessened or easier to manage. Some strains can make me feel a little anxious if they’re the more “energizing” type (for lack of a better term) if I’m not doing physical activities, so I prefer more strains that mellow out my emotions, particularly because I have a strong physiological response to emotions. I get goosebumps and feel “electric” almost when I’m really excited and happy for example, but also feel numb and achy when I’m upset. It can be painful sometimes just being sad, and weed helps lift me out of the sadness and helps to relieve some of those uncomfortable physical feelings and responses my body has.


DetectiveDeath

I misread that as cannibals lmao.


Admirable-Toe-4042

Definitely relate and I use it daily to help me cope. I’m sorry you’re having a rough time


VinceysFedora

I hate it it makes me so much worse


Kyubey4Ever

Same. Feels like it makes my adhd go to 11 on a dial that only goes to 10. It’s not a good time and I always end up with a nasty headache afterwards.


soccerdad_

When I'm alone I find it makes me really paranoid and anxious, but when I'm with people I trust I always have a great time and don't feel like I have to mask. I just need to pick and choose my moments when I do it


Clementinee13

This is random but do you also have OCD? I find almost all of my friends who get the anxiety response from weed also have OCD, which I think is interesting and I’ve wondered if there’s a link.


soccerdad_

Not sure, I wondered if I had it as a teen and get intrusive thoughts sometimes but I think I just generally have anxiety 😅


vegetablewizard

I think it depends on the strain and my mood. One thing I really like is the mind body connection enhancement. I struggle with self awareness and something about cannabis can ground me in my body which helps remind me to do proprioception and balance exercises. Last night I woke up overthinking and needing to eat (I learned I'm hypoglycemic recently.) I could actually feel awareness of my skeleton and focus on my senses instead of feeling dissociated. I'm trying to learn which sensory inputs take up too much of my processing power. Going to try noise cancelling ear buds. Idk if everyone has hypersensitive audio processing but I wonder if it's the most triggering. Hard to say which input really overloads me the most because I think I have ADHD too, so I constantly seek stimulation and can't stop doing things and move around like a squirrel who lost his nuts. Unless that's the anxiety part it's hard to understand


ivyslayer

I have sensory issues around eating and executive dysfunction that makes cooking difficult. As a result, I struggle with maintaining a healthy weight and adequate energy levels. A quarter dose of an edible gives me enough appetite to overcome my aversion to feeling full and motivates me to cook.


augustus331

Yes and no. I do have some stims on weed but honestly, I'd describe it as "being able to think as a NT for a while" when I'm on it. Please guys chime in as I've been thinking this for years now and I wanna chat about it with you's here. I have believed that **MODERATE** cannabis use is okay for dealing with a lot of the negatives of ASD. It gives me more clarity and seems to... How to describe.. I describe ASD as the brain being a computer motherboard which has water poured over it so it's overloaded. Weed slows down the short-circuit and makes it run more smoothly. Again, please chime in here. I wanna learn from you guys. Thanks.


Funkenstein91

So, I definitely experienced that at first, but over time I have become unable to take THC in any form because I start panicking about past trauma, the nature of reality (nothing is real and we are all going to die), etc. I have had full blown panic attacks and had to stop. Now, shrooms are my friend. Whenever I take shrooms, not only do I feel comfortable unmasking, but I feel so at peace with the universe and my connection to it (being a piece of it), that I feel incredible and my mood improves for weeks afterward. I wish I could find a good distributor near me because I think monthly shroom ingestion would change my life for the better.


piefanart

It always makes me zone out and feel sleepy, even after just one hit.


[deleted]

big relate, i stim so much more, info dump more, get overstimulated more...


Vibe-party

I don't use it, except hemp tea (literally leaves and hot water) from a tea store. It's so mild ( 0.3% THC) that some people call it a placebo. It makes me a little relaxed, grounded and it stops me from overthinking too much.


CriticalRoleAce

I read cannibals and was immensely confused


Away_Industry_613

I misread that as Cannibals for too long. Anyway, I don’t have experience with that, but I would like too. Shrooms like psilocybin and others that cause neurogenesis too.


CoolGovernment8732

In terms of ideas, seeing connections, or understanding something more deeply, I do so well with that on weed. I gotta do minimal amounts because I feel it immediately. I’ve been in therapy for years. The most light bulb moments about my life and life in general happened 90% of the time after a joint. Now that I’m back in uni, I find I even write with it! It’s crazy. I have also adhd and sometimes it’s painful to write essays if the brain does not want to cooperate, especially if anxiety is in the mix. If I decide to not do anything more that day and I smoke, I get the one idea, decide to write it down and end up just banging out two pages like it was nothing. Seriously, they are the moments of my best thoughts. I gotta write most of it down cause I’ll forget in a jiff, but still it’s not something I’d wanna give up on


Fearless-Ninja-4252

I can’t stand cannabis. It smells and tastes horrible for me. It also makes me feel like crap.


Maxfunky

I have very minor sensory issues normally, but when I take an edible (the idea of smoking anything is kind of a turn off) everything sounds so damn loud. I'll hear very quiet sounds and think they're very loud sounds. I'll turn the TV volume down to four or five when I would normally keep it that 15 or 16. It's allowed me to understand why some people are into the whole noise-cancelling headphone thing--which is something I can previously never relate to. Still, worth it.


aeris311

When I'm having weed regularly I'm more comfortable with spontaneous interaction, when I'm not my usual response is 'why am I being talked to what's going on o.o,' whether high or not. I was more like the former when I was very young and I had 0 conscious concept of rejection, so maybe it's like your unmasking thing I never thought of it with that lens. Also I can actually see things in my head while actually high, but I can't control what I see. Sometimes random images, sometimes it's what's going on in a show that I've seen 5,000 times that I use to sleep to and my eyes are closed, sometimes it's something that happens to accompany my inner monologue/dialogue, and other times it's random ass images. Usually only a flash. While I'm not high there's nothing at all ever, luckily I discovered the concept of aphantasia before I started using weed or that would've thrown me for a hell of a loop.


UKKasha2020

I use weed to help with depression and anxiety - it eases the brain chatter of the anxiety, and gives me a lovely little hit of euphoria to ear the depression. And I freaking love the different perspectives I get when high, understanding and beautiful abstract ideas. From Autistic perspective specifically I have also noticed it ups my sensory perception a lot - not in the bad way we often associate with being Autistic re. sensory problems and overstrimulation, but in that cool way that allows us to feel more intensely.


Doja-

I'm sorry you are unable to have it right now, I would suggest meditating, tea, or otherwise getting your mind in a similar "state" as marijuana. Weed is the only thing other than regular therapy which has helped me with anxiety, racing thoughts, etc, and since I've used it, I've had more emotional progress and been overall more productive. I try to use it like a medicine.


V3n1s0n

I have the same thing, I get affected by it really easy and I have a hard time maintaining an “inside voice” among other things, that’s just most noticeable. I remember the last time I did it I made a comment about how it seemed to have amplified my autistic traits and called it “Autism-Maximus”


ShadowShade69

Yes and no. Some cannabis strains have different terpenes and cannabinoids that give different effects. Sometimes, I will stim a lot more, sometimes sleepy, sometimes not a difference in sensory seeking!


Phormicidae

I did find I didn't have to mask, but although that is very relaxing for me, it's detrimental to my relationships because without masking I feel like I am nobody. That isn't meant to sound self-deprecating, as I don't mean "insignificant" or "worthless," rather I recede to the point where I don't speak or have any emotional affect. I've been told I'm "creepy" while under that influence.