Although weed is considered by many to be a perfectly benign substance, these sorts of things are actually not uncommon. Basically, it sounds like you have developed a panic/anxiety disorder as a result of your experience with weed. As far as recovering, time will heal you. As you have said, it already has to some degree. Just bear in mind that there is no such thing as speedy recovery from these sorts of problems - as you probably already know, this is going to take some time. Probably months or a year or more. But although you will probably have some bad moments during that time, you will notice that, overall, you will feel better more of the time and worse less of the time. One thing that's VERY important here is to try to react less with fear when you are feeling bad. This simply makes things worse and makes things last longer. If at all possible, try to live your life as best as you can despite not feeling well.
As far as therapy, you might want to try seeing a therapist. But keep in mind that, depending on who you see, it may not be too helpful. Some therapists might get you all caught up in trying to figure out something that happened in your childhood that could have caused this or something like that. Others might recommend medication like SSRIs. But in a situation like this, antidepressants probably have at least an equal chance of making things worse vs better. It's probably better for you to just let your mind and body heal naturally at this point. But regardless of what you go through or what people tell you, remember that it WILL happen. It will just take time.
2 months after weed bad trip still feeling bad, what to do?
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Although weed is considered by many to be a perfectly benign substance, these sorts of things are actually not uncommon. Basically, it sounds like you have developed a panic/anxiety disorder as a result of your experience with weed. As far as recovering, time will heal you. As you have said, it already has to some degree. Just bear in mind that there is no such thing as speedy recovery from these sorts of problems - as you probably already know, this is going to take some time. Probably months or a year or more. But although you will probably have some bad moments during that time, you will notice that, overall, you will feel better more of the time and worse less of the time. One thing that's VERY important here is to try to react less with fear when you are feeling bad. This simply makes things worse and makes things last longer. If at all possible, try to live your life as best as you can despite not feeling well.
As far as therapy, you might want to try seeing a therapist. But keep in mind that, depending on who you see, it may not be too helpful. Some therapists might get you all caught up in trying to figure out something that happened in your childhood that could have caused this or something like that. Others might recommend medication like SSRIs. But in a situation like this, antidepressants probably have at least an equal chance of making things worse vs better. It's probably better for you to just let your mind and body heal naturally at this point. But regardless of what you go through or what people tell you, remember that it WILL happen. It will just take time.