Can Smoking Weed Make You Dumb? (Ex Smoker Reacts)

[@AddictionMindset]

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[@lukesutton4135]

I tried to email you off of your site but it said the email didn't exist. I would love to reach out, thank you for your videos and what you're doing for the community.

[@CrashOverride777]

No

[@koachkool]

One thing funny about weed, when we smoke, we think we’re so smart and have some special unique insight that sober people don’t have. It’s an illusion. Pure sobriety gives the real unique insight.

[@TheGhjgjgjgjgjg]

This is true and it's similar to meth in that way. Giving you a false sense of grandiosity/grandeur when absolutely nothing is going on. This why people becoming addicted when they use it to cure boredom

[@CraigOgamus]

Yup

[@larrytate1657]

Yeah when you’re high you think you know the secret to the universe. But in reality you just felt rly good and look rly stupid to others.

[@koachkool]

@@larrytate1657 exactly

[@beaubrackney1156]

I know I’m retarded when I’m high 😂😂

[@mkelleyaggie]

It makes you so dependent upon it..that your thoughts become dumb because it’s always included in everything even when what your doing has nothing to do with it

[@user8888]

💯💯

[@Aqasa34]

Damn right brother

[@Yr-wx3gb]

​@mycology_gems on Instagram God damn lmao

[@Dyscalculla]

I was so numb that bad things were happening with my child right under my nose for years and I didn't realize it. Now I am handling feelings of guilt and shame and trying to get my life back on track. Thank you for all you do!

[@sprocastersprocaster]

What do you mean bad things?

[@scubadivingadventures1]

If you’re feeling shame, it’s bcuz you haven’t truly changed yet. Change, and then suddenly your feelings of shame will go away

[@KristynFayeRussell.]

5 days sober, the “Brain Fog” is real. Never going back it has caused too many delays with a vicious cycle I also had psychosis and believed it’s due to my use and I have Bi polar disorder so it’s the LAST thing people like me need.

[@Fibonaccisghost]

Currently at 16 days off weed after 4 years of daily use. My anxiety was super high that first week, then I’ve experienced emotional breakdowns where I just start crying. It’s painful but I know it’s my emotions catching up with me. I’m learning a lot about myself. Weed numbed all that and I used it to avoid being bored and alone with my emotions.

[@PHYREXIANFISH]

I'm also currently 16 days off weed, but after 2 years of daily use. This is exactly what I've been going through, and the more I think about it the more I realize that I'm not as overwhelmed as I think. The pile of stressors is not as big as I thought. Some of it is stuff I already knew about but was just numb to, and the withdrawals have me in a bad headspace without the natural dopamine or seratonin to balance stuff out.

[@samoliver9132]

The devil doesn’t want you to stop smoking weed because he’s able to get a hold of you through weed. You’ll get attacked in your dreams, you’ll physically crave weed, and random people will try and hit you up to smoke but stay strong and put your trust in Jesus

[@DJ-1Q84]

@@samoliver9132 Jesus and his desciples may have used cannabis. It's not specifically mentioned in the bible but their are religous scholars who believe there is evidence for this.

[@salyoutube7023]

@@samoliver9132put your trust in the one that creates Jesus ALLAH😊

[@JM-io2uv]

@@salyoutube7023bro said Allah created Jesus

[@eggarage6135]

Hey doc been a while I didn't comment but I been off weed 1month 2weeks and 4 days I now have a job 4weeks now started going to the gym yesterday thanks you changed my life thanks 👍

[@thetopcat8946]

I'm so glad I gave up. I'm now also off tobacco. So happy I'm thinking again. I have a new lease of life

[@deanbedetti5375]

Huge accomplishment ... yes a new lease on life - health being a contributing factor for longevity -

[@annamayatkinson9501]

I feel it makes me dumb because it doesn’t make me chase the things that would add to my life intellectually. I remember being so smart as a kid and in school, and kind of got “used” to being called smart and took that for granted, as if it was something fixed. But now at 25 realizing many people around me wouldn’t agree that I’m smart. I have great deductive abilities and good memory. Not much beyond that right now 😅 5th day off weed. Read a book for PLEASURE for the first time in a while!!

[@merz167]

I bumped into this channel by chance a few days ago and I've already binge-watched many videos. What to say? Simply illuminating, in every single video I feel understood and related to. I especially enjoyed the videos where Dr Frank talked about weed-induced psychosis. A very complex and controversial topic, but of which very little is said. I'd like to share the beginning of my healing journey with the community of this channel. I'm 26 and I had a terrifying psychotic episode in May 2022 (the first and last luckily). I had been smoking all night at a friend's house and while driving to take another friend home I started to feel "weird", but in an unsettling way. I tried to act as normal as possible while I was with my friend. As soon as I dropped him I started to feel "psychotic", no other word can describe that feeling better than this one. I couldn't stay inside my house, I felt the uncontrollable urge to go out. I went out to walk around the block and felt an overwhelming sense of anguish and terror. My heart started to pound as hell, my head was throbbing, and I felt "observed", both from above and from behind. My thoughts were like detached from my mind, I don't know how to describe it exactly, it was like they weren't mine. I didn't have any visual or auditory hallucinations, but I felt like I was literally going nuts in this paranoid/agitated state, and I feared to have a heart attack. I will never forget that fear to die. It is by far the most frightening experience I've ever had and it scarred me deeply. I came home, I looked straight in the mirror and told myself with brutal honesty "Okay, this is called drug addiction and you have it. It's time to stop escaping reality and start to call things by their true name. Either you quit smoking or you go to rehab." I quit smoking permanently in December 2022 (but I drastically reduced the consumption between May and December) and after 5 months of total sobriety I can state knowledgeably: weed is not harmless at all, it makes you miserable in so many ways and smoking it is not a vice, it's a drug addiction. Call things by their true name folks, it's essential in life. Sobriety gave me everything weed promised me for 10 years. I'm losing a bunch of "friends" during my healing journey and it's a blessing for me and my health. I've been going to therapy since January, I'm journaling, I'm working out at least 3 times a week, and I'm trying to educate myself as much as possible by reading books about mental health, generational trauma, Complex PTSD, and weed-induced mental issues. Thanks to therapy I'm slowly realizing that my addiction was my (unconscious) desperate attempt to soothe an unbearable psychic suffering by numbing me out. It was a maladaptive coping mechanism to a much deeper and older wound. I'm trying hard with the resources at my disposal and my willpower to build the life I want and deserve, one brick at a time. Greetings from Italy and keep it up Dr Frank, you're literally saving lives out there!

[@mikapuustinen]

I aint reading that

[@merz167]

@@Kokolaliiiiiii Thank you for your kind words. If I did it, believe me, everyone can. Your peace is just a decision away :)

[@Kokolaliiiiiii]

@@merz167 Day 2 for me again lol. you are doing amazing , don't let anyone dim you sunshine.

[@TM450FI]

Continua così uomo💪 spero di farcela anche io, ho avuto un episodio di psicosi ieri e sono terrorizzato di fumare, ma al contempo non penso ad altro...

[@zanatta171]

My 30th day sober thanks doc

[@abdulmuktadir4957]

5 years of daily use caused so many delays in my life. Procrastinating every single work and lastly failed miserably at the end. Abused by people/parents for not doing the things that should be done. This substance doesn't done any good to me just lagging me behind in everything. Now I am in 1week of sober and never ever going to touch this nasty thing in my life. And thanks to u for motivating as there is no one to share my internal pain. Feeling so much of withdrawal symptoms ryt now bt I will go clean I can guarantee.

[@paulpaplay]

Thank you for making this video. I'm having a bad day and I almost smoking weed tonight but your video just stopped me right on time

[@PS-us5fo]

it def makes me dumber, my memory is shit, sometimes its hard for me to find the words when speaking, and even i think ive become less funny since im slower. also have a harder time with school

[@PS-us5fo]

@@jack3d899 how r u gonna tell me my lived experience is false 😭 i’m saying it makes me slower whenever i do it

[@PS-us5fo]

@@jack3d899 do u have any you’d recommend

[@PS-us5fo]

@@jack3d899 omg sounds good thanks 😍

[@PS-us5fo]

@@jack3d899 i tried shrooms once and didn’t like it tho or is it a small enough dose

[@Trevor_Scott]

I definitely get what you’re talking about, im experiencing the same thing! I’ve gotten slower and it feels exactly like how you just explained it! Please keep strong! They will tell you to drink all these supplements but the only solution is to stop smoking weed🙏🏻hope you found strength to quit im definitely quitting 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@koachkool]

Im definitely able to articulate better off weed. I also don’t say uh, um, you know, as much anymore. I sound, and am, more sharper.

[@Irani_guy]

This man is saving my life. Everything he said in this video I can relate to. I've done better than most my peers and my family. However deep down I knew I wasn't at my best. 4 days clean after 20 years of daily use.

[@Distaste4u]

Im 16 and been using daily for 2-3 years. Its only been 3 days since i decided to quit. My speech and memory was worsening, i felt like ive lost my personality and i would often misinterpret things and i would feel so self conscious out in public while high. I keep thinking, maybe I could smoke and just quit in a few weeks or maybe i could just only smoke on the weekends. But i know im not disciplined enough to moderate my use. I have such big dreams for my future but weed was definitely making me doubt myself. At 13 i had a bf who was abusive and introduced me to weed. Its so sad how easily accessible weed for young people like me. Its too addictive.

[@AddictionMindset]

Congratulations at taking this step at 16 years old! Personally I have no interest in moderating something that was destroying me I would rather go all out on building the life I want 😎. Props on your journey

[@waywardsoul4918]

Don't hang out with people that does it also helps. Out of sight, out of mind. Just concentrate on your goals in life.

[@damelo_2173]

Man, I can’t argue with your logic, every point is spot on.

[@GODLY_Stephen]

@@jack3d899make a better video with your disagreement and let’s see how well thought out your points are………..but i bet you won’t

[@BLLUEnBLLACK]

😂😂😂😂 finally i did it ... Now no longer feel craving,also Didn't have any kind of withdrawal symptoms ... I have new dream to chase .. i feel very happy 😁😁😁

[@GuitarBob311]

8 months without pot and love life. I got addicted to working out, fasting, and BJJ.

[@Ginganînjæ]

I think a lot of these side effects translates over to nicotine too it just feels different mentally but the outcome seems the same at least for me.

[@ajjohnson7064]

At my first week of not smoking weed. I'm all good. But I smoke cigarettes in the day, man, that's been so hard. I'm not giving up trying just yet..

[@mimszanadunstedt441]

All smoking damages the hippocampus. THC being sticky, damages it more.

[@kishageorge7788]

My partner is slow asf, very forgetful, doesn’t remember anything. He forgot to reply back to Home office for his study visa lost soo much money. And it also affects his mood, very passive aggressive. I feel to kick his ass to the curb,

[@Vibe__Relax]

Thank you Sir. This video really helped. God bless you 🙏

[@koachkool]

I would impulsively buy shit when high.

[@justinheehaa]

this

[@2000Biz]

In my opinion, weed maximize whatever mind state you’re on

[@oneofgodschildren]

I personally found from my own personal experience is that it makes us more Intellectual and alert and then the mellow sets in and I time travel and recall all of my past. All of it. When I wind down I start having muscle spasms and I'm laying down at this point and so relaxed it's amazing. I don't feel any pain and I sleep the best ever since I was a teenager. Let me say this I'm not addicted to weed. I use it for medicinal purposes as a last resort. It takes me over a year to smoke a half ounce. I'm not into pain pills and this works for me. I don't judge anyone else because I ain't never walked in their shoes. I have severe pain sometimes and this 1000 percent helps me. I have friends from school that smoke allday and do dabs etc and this is their life 24/7 that's their life not mine.

[@SuzanPeters-p4e]

As a kid watching the westerns on tv, occasionally a cowboys horse would “get into the loco weed”. That was wild marijuana growing and caused his horse to behave stupid. Well, there ya go. Dumbed down.

[@LL-fb8wz]

Well to the smoker they definitely feel smarter.

[@Slowly_surely]

So inspiring! I agree with everything you say. Quitting weed has had a hugely positive impact on my life and actually allowed me to reap the benefits of the good parts of my life. Your videos really helped to motivate me. Thank you!

[@yewest5457]

I'm going through CHS right now your videos help alot

[@Dyscalculla]

Hang in there. Proud of you!

[@yewest5457]

@@Dyscalculla thank you man its been 2 months since i stopped and i feel much better

[@Snippydust]

@@yewest5457I have a question for you because I think I might have the early stages of chs. I’ve been smoking daily for a couple years, and over time I have started to lose my appetite when sober and feel nauseous very often so for a long time I would smoke so I could eat. I rarely vomit but I feel nauseous almost all of the time. I read about chs 3 days ago and haven’t smoked since because I want to test if that is my problem. Does this sound familiar to you?

[@DJ-1Q84]

I think your message is solid, but I also think it was kind of ironic how you ended the video. You talked about how cannabis increases your liklihood to be a consumer, then preceded to ask people to consume your product.

[@stephanieb6461]

Thank you for this. ❤

[@JD92160]

ive smoked since i was 15 and im 30 now... smoked everyday since 17.. i am stoned literally from the moment i wake to the moment i sleep and i feel retarded

[@BlazersBozo]

@@jack3d899 or he could blame weed you moron. You’re like captain cannabis defending it on several comments. It doesn’t care about you. There’s very limited evidence if any that nootropics are beneficial for normal people outside of dementia patients or people with disorders like ADD. You just fall victim to the placebo effect. Look up neuropsychological outcomes of chronic cannabis use. It’s negative outcomes are very well established but I’m sure you believe your opinion far outweighs decades of research

[@JD92160]

@@jack3d899 i couldnt give a shit ill smoke 24/7 til the day i die... nothings gonna change... if i got infinite cannabis around me why would i quit when its basically free

[@kevinpace866]

you are enough

[@Anders3n]

😂

[@DerekVidell]

Over the last 15 years I’ve had about 60 total days off. The rest of them have been mostly all day every day. 6 days off now

[@koachkool]

How long do you think brain fog lasts? I smoked over 22 years and non-stop, all day and night. 6 months clean on May 14th. I feel so much better and clear but I’m ready for that super clean filter.

[@koachkool]

@@darleneforeman744 thanks Darlene! Feels great! I have my urges or “why” am i doing this , but i just don’t give in

[@joshgreer3527]

Ive seen friends get pretty dumb it gave me really bad anxiety and was using it to help my anxiety it didn't work was also trying to quit drinking i have bad anxiety since my gallbladder went bad have colitis and graves disease sometimes its more than I can handle

[@user8888]

8th day ❤❤ sobeeer

[@kevinpace866]

8th for the 8th day?

[@disgustof-riley]

I got the cheese reference before you said anything. Have you seen the illustrated children's book version?

[@handle_the_handle]

I had to quit smoking as a whole (tobacco,tea,weed and hashish) because it ruined my esophagus making it difficult swallowing food now I'm fine but if I go back to smoking I'll probably go back to square one

[@snehalkrishnan618]

It did the same to me. Deformed my uvula too. One day I was smoking a blunt with some friends and my uvula got so swollen and inflamed that it was choking me and I couldn’t breathe which made me freak out, just imagine being high and this happening. It wasn’t until I got a cup of ice water which reduced the swelling, only then was I okay. Very scary experience.

[@Hueylee]

I need this.

[@Crxway]

Can exercise help remove Thc?

[@disgustof-riley]

Anandamide levels increase with excercise, so it moreso replaces THC with anandamide. Doesn't remove it outright

[@deanbedetti5375]

@@disgustof-riley Additionally the "exercising body" resets the dopamine in our brain.

[@skinnypete3104]

studies show THC can linger in the body anywhere from 25 days to three months after marijuana use. The exact timeline depends on factors like the frequency and quantity of marijuana use, amount of body fat, and consistency of exercise can all influence how quickly the body expels the substance so it depends on those

[@lukesutton4135]

I found it to be helpful, I hadn't suffered for CHS yet and was helping me. I can barely move after being stupid and contracting CHS not once but twice and it practically took my life. Exercise will greatly help you get your mind off things if not by bettering yourself then simply wearing yourself out to the point that you sleep instead of thinking about being stupid or at least in my case. I abused cannabis like no other and I had no idea it wasn't good for me until I smoked after quitting and getting a serious case of CHS. I cannot enjoy being high like I used to at all, not fun at all and I'm sorta glad because it means my brain fog will be over again soon and I can be a better person and man for my family that I should have been a LONG time ago.

[@kevinpace866]

it helps. it gets your mind off thinking about smoking and thc is removed from body by urine, and feces, and just a little by sweating but not as much, prob wouldn’t be able to tell in how much thc leaves through sweating

[@nanamc8295]

Dumbed down

[@marilyncruz6918]

You mentioned everything but aggression when my boyfriend smokes I try not to ask him anything or engage in any form of communication he takes it the wrong way and at times gets aggressive with me in our arguments he huffs and puffs as if he wants to hit me I just walk away. I have done research on weed and aggressive behavior and if you are a quiet time bomb you will explode after smoking weed.

[@alexw6849]

Sounds like your bf has underlying anger issues that get triggered by weed. Becoming aggressive from weed is extremely uncommon

[@Death-ek9gb]

I can’t wait to do drugs!!

[@yesyoucan7877]

Lol

[@michaelperez3887]

THC not for everyone. Did it during work all the damn time working with $$ when it comes to money, I make sure I'm on point with it. For me, it helps me focus and to be able to express myself.

[@jlr194]

I don't think it makes you dumb, but it sure made me make some dumb decisions.

[@t58beare]

Obliteration of working memory, short term memory, and long term memory is marijuana making you dumb. If someone tells you 15 words and then a but later asks you to tell them said words and you cam only remember 2 words when sober after not smoking for awhile, that means you are dumb.

[@nicod974]

Yes it does, I know a guy called mr toad, he abuses the substance and gets dumber and dumber day after day...

[@bennewman4675]

Out of nun smokers who got cancer when they was over 60 or 70. If they had smoked could some of them people have got cancer much younger?

[@twixxtro]

relatable

[@devdpoddar9162]

What if you smoke one joint at night and perform the entire day sober. Does it still hamper learning ?

[@yesyoucan7877]

Yes because you’re still killing brain cells.

[@LeanTaipper]

You should not smoke weed if your mind isn't strong enough.

[@DavidHarper-n9f]

Only weaklings smoke weed.

[@fitafanatomy3359]

Made me way more dumber

[@echidna60]

My psychiatrist told me weed lowers iq

[@waywardsoul4918]

It does make you slower so theoretically yes?

[@LukeLombard-u9l]

Can satanic say welcome to his temple ?

[@Its_bigOriginal]

What if i don’t wanna be human I think everyone is an asshole in their on way I don’t like people that much but thanks for the vid i appreciate it

[@twixxtro]

it applies to me

[@jamesstpatrick8493]

Weed actually made me smarter and increase my focus, but it makes me drunk like symptoms and it makes lazy

[@bennewman4675]

If smoking weed and tobacco makes them have less sperms or kills them. If they didn't smoke could people of had different kids. Could a different sperm had got to the egg?

[@xsanguine]

You’re buggin

[@12814693]

​@@xsanguine😂😂😂 on god

[@larrytate1657]

All the sperm were still from him so all have his DNA.

[@fatbarbarian3448]

That joint in the thumbnail looks gorgeous right now

[@franzmustermann760]

weed smokers talk very slow and they forget words. so i think it makes you kind of dumb

[@BlueSpidey77]

Everyone ive known who smokes weed is dumb don’t know if its related but could be.

[@martinranalli8572]

They should rename cannabis schizobis.

[@KoolT]

Sleepy and lazy not STUPID but lazy

[@s.8955]

Or if you're already dum 😅

[@commonscience4025]

A person in my mind loses so much credibility once they tell me they are a chiropractor. Chiropracty is a pseudo science. Never see a chiropractor instead go for a real doctor called a physical therapist

[@darnellmccoy8917]

Weed has the opposite effect on me, when I vape weed I feel more energized and more focused on what I have to do in my daily life ❤

[@jacobmartinez5263]

Same for me when I was very young. It changed colors tho

[@Snippydust]

I used to think the same thing and I would only smoke when I was with friends but over time I started to do it daily by myself and after a long time of that I feel like all it did was make me content with being unhappy

[@CrashOverride777]

I don't want to quit smoking weed I enjoy marijuana I love growing and using cannabis and matter of fact I have a medical license for cannabis I use up to thousands of milligrams a day I smoke a crapload of weed everyday I'm not giving this up kiss my ass and enjoy your life without it you do you

[@myth8756]

Man lives to hate on weed