Pot and Me
I used to smoke pot alot. Now that I've grown older, that is something I rarely get to do. But now that I don't do it all the time, I've begun to appreciate what it has taught me. This is to provide an observation of a possible reason it has taught me and to how it has taught me. I will also provide an example of what it has taught me.
There are different levels of consciousness from awake and alert to dead asleep, each associated with a different wavelength (e.g. Alpha, Beta, Theta, Delta). Through meditation and relaxation, a person can easily get into an Alpha state; relaxed, semi-alert, almost half-asleep state of consciousness. Hypnosis or self-hypnosis is very similar to this and provides a segway into my next point.
Hypnosis is implemented in an altered state of consciousness or Alpha state. This treatment renders a person very susceptible to suggestion. Causing them to be more likely to, say, not smoke cigarettes after a hypnosis session suggesting a creation of a link between not smoking and, say, situations that remind the patient of smoking or activities during which the patient smoked.
When I smoke pot, I am often in a static Alpha state. I'm not saying that pot makes everyone do that but, If Marijuana makes it easier to stay in an alpha state, it would make it easier to see the underlying causes and associations between things. When I am high and in the familiar marijuana-induced Alpha state or, “chillin’” as some of my more hip friends like to call it, I have learned to observe my behavior: social interactions, or cognitions for example. I have then learned to make associations between what I am doing and talking about now and what I would see “grown ups” do and talk about when I was younger.
Of course I can’t explain all the mechanics of all the aforementioned things, however, I provide an example of the way my cognition has changed.
I have come to the realization that my new friend……Michael may be the kind of person who I’ll be really good friends with but I’ll have feelings for him that he won’t ever notice, Kind of like the geek in high school who had the pretty friend who never noticed how madly in love with her he was. Or Fry and Leila’s relationship on Futurama; Fry and Leila are co-workers, friends; and Fry, madly in love with Leila, is rejected by her time and time again because she just doesn’t see the significance and validity of his feelings. Michael is really into this guy named Bryan but he thinks Bryan is only interested in being friends with him. On the other hand, I am really into Michael. I like him a LOT but he keeps bringing up Bryan. Of course I tell him things like “His loss,” or “Well, Bryan probably just doesn’t know what he’s missing,” He replies like I’m a friend. And even though, I think that he just doesn’t know how significant and valid my feelings are, he may just not want to see them because he really isn’t interested. Maybe I’m too young or maybe it’s because I’m planning on being in school for a while. I don’t know.
The idea for this essay came to me backwards. I kept asking myself “Why did you do that?” first when I associated my budding friendship with……Michael with Fry and Leila on Futurama.
There are different levels of consciousness from awake and alert to dead asleep, each associated with a different wavelength (e.g. Alpha, Beta, Theta, Delta). Through meditation and relaxation, a person can easily get into an Alpha state; relaxed, semi-alert, almost half-asleep state of consciousness. Hypnosis or self-hypnosis is very similar to this and provides a segway into my next point.
Hypnosis is implemented in an altered state of consciousness or Alpha state. This treatment renders a person very susceptible to suggestion. Causing them to be more likely to, say, not smoke cigarettes after a hypnosis session suggesting a creation of a link between not smoking and, say, situations that remind the patient of smoking or activities during which the patient smoked.
When I smoke pot, I am often in a static Alpha state. I'm not saying that pot makes everyone do that but, If Marijuana makes it easier to stay in an alpha state, it would make it easier to see the underlying causes and associations between things. When I am high and in the familiar marijuana-induced Alpha state or, “chillin’” as some of my more hip friends like to call it, I have learned to observe my behavior: social interactions, or cognitions for example. I have then learned to make associations between what I am doing and talking about now and what I would see “grown ups” do and talk about when I was younger.
Of course I can’t explain all the mechanics of all the aforementioned things, however, I provide an example of the way my cognition has changed.
I have come to the realization that my new friend……Michael may be the kind of person who I’ll be really good friends with but I’ll have feelings for him that he won’t ever notice, Kind of like the geek in high school who had the pretty friend who never noticed how madly in love with her he was. Or Fry and Leila’s relationship on Futurama; Fry and Leila are co-workers, friends; and Fry, madly in love with Leila, is rejected by her time and time again because she just doesn’t see the significance and validity of his feelings. Michael is really into this guy named Bryan but he thinks Bryan is only interested in being friends with him. On the other hand, I am really into Michael. I like him a LOT but he keeps bringing up Bryan. Of course I tell him things like “His loss,” or “Well, Bryan probably just doesn’t know what he’s missing,” He replies like I’m a friend. And even though, I think that he just doesn’t know how significant and valid my feelings are, he may just not want to see them because he really isn’t interested. Maybe I’m too young or maybe it’s because I’m planning on being in school for a while. I don’t know.
The idea for this essay came to me backwards. I kept asking myself “Why did you do that?” first when I associated my budding friendship with……Michael with Fry and Leila on Futurama.