Does anyone else get a feeling of 'disconnectedness' when they smoke? Almost like the reverse of a psychedelic feeling of 'expandedness.' All my senses still work, but I feel like some sense of connection to the rest of the universe gets cut off. It's a bit like being smothered.

It's nice if you're feeling overwhelmed, or are running from some kind of pain, but I found it to be extremely unpleasant last night (I smoked for the first time in quite a while last night, and I'm still integrating a powerful mushroom experience from a few days ago).

Blessings
~ND

Yes and no ime. Easier to manage or even prevent these types of feelings and effects with only 1 day of week usage.. so instead of using cannabis often, to only use occasionally. To me, smoking cannabis often reels in this kind of alienation. I enjoy it yet feel uncomfortable at the same time. That's usually when I stop smoking for a little bit. Breaks are healthy and good for restoration. I suppose with all psychedelic plants, each one serves an experience that just cannot be seen or felt with frequent use or as often as can be.

After a break I'm feeling good with positive energy instead of feeling sluggish and 'disconnected' in a way. These things are felt differently for everyone, though. It is possible that the mushrooms may be having lingering effects on your experience? Do mushrooms produce any of these effects for you?

Howdy Nat, I actually kind of experience the opposite, but I could see how you would feel the way you do after a period of abstinence. You pointed it that your integrating a psilo trip, and the contrast of feelings could surely be magnified by that.

Perhaps though it's only a different perception of the same thing that you describe that I find beneficial. I often find myself overwhelmed by a neurochemical cascade (in just using a term, not meaning any kind of actual function) resulting in an overload of negative emotion that I too often react to, resulting in all kinds of poor results. Even being self aware doesn't enable me to stop it often, it's like I'm almost helplessly taken on a ride into darkness. I'm sure there are eager diagnosers for this and even more eager prescribers, but I find that cannabis helps me detach from my self, while still being completely within my self.

That didn't make too much sense did it?, well, I mean it just enables me to be more of a spectator than a participant and allows me to step outside, take a breath and come up with a strategy instead of diving into some bad situation that my inability to control my emotions leads to. I tend to be reactive as hell and it helps me be more deliberate. I'm fully cognizant that to some extent I'm addicted to cannabis, but honestly it's either that or a slew of psychotropic drugs through prescription at this point in my development. I do wonder how much of what I'm talking about is exacerbated or even perhaps caused by it, and a break is in order in the near future, but frankly right now I need this tool, even if it is a crutch, in my life. Cuz m broken as hell, and trying to get fixed, but it's taking time... lots of damn time!