Is it normal to cry after smoking some weed?

I have smoked weed recreationaly a handful of times in the past and they have all been fun experiences. When I'm high I get relaxed, sleepy, smile a lot, and can't stop eating. The typical experience from what people tell me.

Last weekend me and my friends decided to get high and play some video games. This is what we always do when we decide to get high. So we started playing video games and I put in some headphones. I like to listen to music when I play fighting games(our games of choice), because it helps me concentrate and perform better.

However as I began to listen to the music I suddenly became overwhelmed with wandering thoughts of loneliness, regret, missed opportunity and wishing I could relive the best days of my life. At this point I wasn't entirely focused on the game and began screwing up. As I drifted farther away from the game, tears began to run down my face. Eventually I dropped the controller and curled up on the couch in the tightest ball that I could and started crying pretty hard while still listening to my headphones. (I was listening to Ellie Goulding). I cried until I fell asleep.

The next morning I felt fine and it turns out that my friends thought I was laughing really hard. They couldn't tell I was crying because my face was stuffed in the couch I guess.

Reflecting back on that night though it seemed pretty depressing. So is this normal? Can this happen sometimes?

Sidenotes:
-I smoked a cigarette while hitting the joint. Not sure if that could effect anything.
-I have smoked my friends same weed several times before with no problems. (it's medical)
-Sorry for the long read guys :(

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  • Short4Words

    You had a breakdown where you actually processed your life, maybe this was a long time coming.

    I will say that yes sometimes while smoking I was consumed sometimes by certain feelings or events and I would too just curl up. Weed sometimes makes you reflect on things a bit deeper than you wanted to at first, it's like the wall is more permeable. But then at other times, it puts up a wall from what you are actually feeling (why people smoke half the time). All I know is that I think you should worry more about what this event tells you about your own life than another bad reaction on weed, if that's what you would call that. And it may happen again. My last highs we're pretty much all bad.

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  • Becky95

    Yes

    I have cried like that before

    I have also cried after drinking too

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  • johnathan

    Well maybe you should see a councler or a person to talk to because its not normal for this to pop up

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  • thegypsysailor

    Hey, you probably needed a good cry. It can be very cathartic and feel pretty good to "let it all out".
    I wouldn't worry too much and I doubt that it will happen again, but perhaps you shouldn't listen to that music when you turn on.
    Remember pot works by lowering your blood sugar, hence the "munchies". Don't eat and you will have a longer, better high and you won't come down as fast, which equals a better time. And you won't get fat!

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  • BloodRedAndTrue

    that shit happened everytime i use to smoke. i also always thought about murder and torture too.

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  • thegruffalo

    Cannabis makes me think very deeply into things. I'm quite a negative person so it usually ends up with me getting down about myself or life or whatever. I've never cried from it but I've felt like it. So I'd say it's normal to get upset after smoking weed if you're not in a great mood.

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