I’ve smoked exactly one joint in my life. I don’t think I got high at all and didn’t enjoy the experience. But I’m curious to know what folks find enjoyable about it. Does it just chill you out? Does it make you feel like you don’t have a care in the world? I don’t think I’d ever try smoking one again but idk I’d maybe try edibles in a vegan brownie or something.
one of the better descriptions I’ve heard is that it dramatically increases the sense of novelty in the user’s immediate experience.
things I like doing I enjoy as if I am doing them for the first time again, making me more engaged. so like eating a favorite food/snack, watching an anticipated or favorite movie/tv show, playing a video game, painting/drawing, listening to music, etc. those are all things that I like normally, but would have a truly great time doing if I was high.
the shift in awareness and perspective, however subtle, also can pull a user out of a pattern of thinking and encourage them to be more focused on immediate surroundings, which I think is part of the general appeal of so-called intoxication that humans (and other animals) have driving them to seek out or revisit psychoactives.
I used to smoke weed multiple times a day and much preferred it to alcohol, because alcohol was far more impairing, would induce dumber decisions, and often resulted in hangovers.
I don’t think I got high at all and didn’t enjoy the experience
this is pretty common, usually because newbies don’t know how to inhale properly (they just leave the smoke in their mouth or something). It’s fun if you try it again.
Not feeling anything the first time is pretty typical. I didn’t feel anything the first few times either. Once I did, it was pretty intense. These days it’s much milder, mostly just a sort of relaxed feeling.
You should also know that edibles aren’t really the same drug; THC is chemically altered by the digestive system. It’s also a lot easier to overdo it with edibles and have a bad experience (in ways that aren’t even really possible when smoking), so be careful about dosage.
My depression often feels like I have a heavy cloud hanging over me, dragging on my physically and mentally. Weed temporarily lifts that cloud.
It also makes food way more appetizing and TikTok funnier
It temporarily reduces my chronic physical pains as well as my anxiety. Also when I’m high I feel like I’m super focused on media so it makes watching movies more fun
