TypicalHog ,

ALWAYS. Maybe you have ADHD. Weed helps me IMMENSELY with that.

okamiueru ,

Can I ask in which way it helps? Or perhaps, what in particular it helps with? For example, the "feeling guilty" part is very different from "motivation evaporates", but remedying either, or something else entirely, can be considered helping.

TheSambassador ,

I have the complete opposite experience. Weed removes the guilt of not doing anything, but it usually leads to me doing nothing.

I enjoy weed occasionally because it turns off that hyper critical voice in my head, but it absolutely isn't a magic motivation medicine for most people.

After using pretty heavily last year and taking a break, I've realized that the overall effect is fairly negative, because it just makes me way too ok with doing nothing. Sometimes I need to do nothing and take a break, and it's great for helping me do that, but for me personally, it's a major negative when I'm doing it regularly.

Obviously your experience is different (as is everyone's a little) so feel free to try it, just keep in mind that it can get very easy to get addicted to that "mellow brain" feeling until you realize that all progress on all of your goals have stalled out because it's easy to just be high all afternoon and evening. There are lots of people who can be motivated and productive while high, but I think I've determined that I'm not one of them.

aStonedSanta ,

So much so. It’s so debilitating sometimes too. I’ll focus and stew on not doing the thing I wanna do. And end up just idling and doing nothing.

bionicjoey ,

Yup. And then when I'm at home I feel guilty about all the work I procrastinated during the workday, feeling amped up to tackle my assigned work the next day. Then the cycle repeats. Brain can't enjoy the thing right in front of it.

XEAL ,

Sometimes I get obsessed with something at work, an issue or something that I can't get to work and sometimes I continue what I was doing when I get home, depending on how tired and frustrated I am.

I work in IT.

aStonedSanta ,

I feel this in my soul.

adam_y ,
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Just so you know, this isn't just an ADHD thing.

Most folk experience it and it's one of the main causes of burnout.

That said, it's always worth checking that you are getting enough vitamin d and that your thyroid is working right.

pHr34kY ,

The train ride home just kills it. I eat. I clean. I sleep.

joulethief ,

So far every comment has perfectly described my situation. I'm with you 100% OP, I feel like this every single day

Nemo ,

Yep. Whatever project seems more interesting than what I'm doing at work, but less interesting once I get home and have options.

RustyNova ,

Same, and I'm trying to fight against it. I've noticed that when coming home I am not just procrastinating, but actually exhausted. Idk if it's due to concentrating all day, or something with me, but I do know that I am tired.

I've started to actually embrace it, and for the time until I get dinner, I just rest. Might sleep even. There's no point in fighting, as I aren't in the mental space to do things.
Then after dinner I'm back to do stuff, maybe even later in the night as I am more rested from my nap.

Although another take on it is that things are lot more enticed to do things when you can't/don't have them.

I am not a doctor, nor claim what I do is healthy, but that's just my experience. If anyone got tips I'm listening

Xantar OP ,

Speaking of work, do you guys ever start a new work project with full focus, then if for some reason you're ahead of schedule, you lose it all, until you're late and sometimes too late ?

It happens often and makes me feel incompetent in a position I know I'm capable.

ExtraordinaryJoe ,

Daily

Plopp ,

Do I ever? Lol I do nothing but. That's my entire life.

breadsmasher ,
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Regularly I am focused, fixated, excited for another activity - but whatever I am not currently doing. Once I start, I lose interest quickly and end up thinking about some other activity

Bad_company_daps ,

Every single time

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