Using weed to self medicate?

Same here, which is why I'm also active over at r/leaves because I used to self medicate with weed... A lot and eventually it stopped helping and began making me more anxious. I don't know if it was because I was worried about getting caught, when I was going to get high again, worried about the impact on my physical health, feeling that I 'needed' it to deal with anxiety of trauma and daily life or a combination of all of that but it became a physiological addiction when all I wanted was to feel better. So because it made me feel worse I ended up quitting. 63 days and I can say that anxiety has almost completely vanished. Therapy in combination with treating my mind and body properly has been an amazing choice for me.

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