Flowki
Well-Known Member
I've never had much problem with this but a strain lately (purple Afghani) brings on a lot of very deep thinking that at times can become overwhelming. It's nice to become so critically logical in thinking but for reasons I guess you don't need to know it can become a negative. Sometimes I fear that it has put my brain into ''turbo'' mode and that something mentally might snap due to over load if I continue to smoke that strain too heavy.
Maybe it isn't that particular strain? I do smoke more now than I use too, so perhaps it's that alone. When I say more, it isn't a lot, I only smoke about a pipe a night of this stuff, other stuff at times I'd have two pipes as it wasn't as strong. In the past it was normally a few pipes a week, but always on night times as I don't want to become dependent or too casual with it like a lot of my friends have.
I also noticed with this strain that if I smoke a pipe too soon before sleeping the racing uncontrolled thoughts start while I try to sleep. It's difficult to explain, it's like I'm thinking something to myself but in the shadows so to speak, is a whole other conversation going on, as if my conscious brain is thinking on one track and the subconscious is thinking on another, and I become aware of that separate track intermittently. This can be alarming because the other track can include random imagery or sounds that I don't expect. It's nothing psychopathic or violent, but just random shit.
I did a bit of reading already on this and the only conclusion I've came to so far is that I have (mentally I guess) an intolerance to higher thc strains. The suggestion is that a strain with higher levels of cbd will be more calming to racy thoughts and also allow you to tolerate higher levels of thc. It does make some sense since a lot of strains these days just blast you with high thc low cbd.
It is a little embarrassing to talk about this as many people I know who smoke never ever get these feelings, so I feel as if it's a weakness or something. I do enjoy the relaxed and even deeper thoughts that I get from being stoned, but I do worry that perhaps I don't have the right psyche to handle it long term aka psychosis risk. So any advice is very appreciated as I'd like to continue smoking.
Maybe it isn't that particular strain? I do smoke more now than I use too, so perhaps it's that alone. When I say more, it isn't a lot, I only smoke about a pipe a night of this stuff, other stuff at times I'd have two pipes as it wasn't as strong. In the past it was normally a few pipes a week, but always on night times as I don't want to become dependent or too casual with it like a lot of my friends have.
I also noticed with this strain that if I smoke a pipe too soon before sleeping the racing uncontrolled thoughts start while I try to sleep. It's difficult to explain, it's like I'm thinking something to myself but in the shadows so to speak, is a whole other conversation going on, as if my conscious brain is thinking on one track and the subconscious is thinking on another, and I become aware of that separate track intermittently. This can be alarming because the other track can include random imagery or sounds that I don't expect. It's nothing psychopathic or violent, but just random shit.
I did a bit of reading already on this and the only conclusion I've came to so far is that I have (mentally I guess) an intolerance to higher thc strains. The suggestion is that a strain with higher levels of cbd will be more calming to racy thoughts and also allow you to tolerate higher levels of thc. It does make some sense since a lot of strains these days just blast you with high thc low cbd.
It is a little embarrassing to talk about this as many people I know who smoke never ever get these feelings, so I feel as if it's a weakness or something. I do enjoy the relaxed and even deeper thoughts that I get from being stoned, but I do worry that perhaps I don't have the right psyche to handle it long term aka psychosis risk. So any advice is very appreciated as I'd like to continue smoking.