I just had the absolute worst nightmare. Running from all the evil, I woke up in a panic attack. I wrote down all of what I remember happened. Then I came searching for someone who relates. Thank you for making this video! Leveling up comes with a new hard. This is gonna be a journey.
This has been possibly one of the most influential and uplifting videos I’ve seen in my journey of quitting. Been smoking for about 10 years of my life now, I’m 28, and these dreams have been absolutely brutal. I’m about 3 weeks sober and every morning so far I wake up feeling like I just played a horror game in VR and took off the glasses after hours of playing and believing what I just experienced was real. Knowing that what I’m going through is actually helping me and improving my mental health is what’s keeping me on track. Thank you so much for this post, you are out here helping people recover and live a better life for themselves free of bad habits and dependency.
That's crazy I'm also 28 and going through all this what gets me more mad at myself is the fact that I believed everyone that said its not addicting yet I'm facing withdrawal symptoms now but either way we push through everything and things always get better proud of everyone going through these stages trying to fix their life/health. Stay strong!
I am also 28 and currently four days out of smoking bud, I threw all my stuff away. I’ve been having the worst nightmares since, like I wake up and I’m terrified I have to convince myself for a good 15 minutes that it wasn’t real, but also as you said it feels like a horror game in VR mode it truly sucks. Maybe I could write these crazy nightmare ideas down for a horror themed book 😂. (Gotta laugh or I may cry! 😅) anyways, it’s inspiring to see others in the same boat as me. Health is wealth for real! I hope you’re all doing well in life and staying strong with your sobrieties. 🫶
Just went through this right now for the first time I’ve been clean from weed for seven days now I couldn’t tell real world from dreamworld right when I woke up and I think I was screaming because the last “minute” of my dream I was screaming for help. in the dream, my little sister and I found a portal to another dimension and we thought it was cool at first until we started “abusing it” and the dream got so sinister genuinely scared when I woke up looking at my phone Screen same one I’ve had for’7 months and calmed me down cuz I knew damn well after seeing that im for sure in the real world. Reminds me of Morpheus from the matrix saying to Neo have you ever had a dream that you were so sure was real, but how will you wake from that dream? Or something like that I’ll have to rewatch the 1999 matrix. One of my favorite movies since I was little kid
37 years young here, smoked every day since I was 18. Quit cold turkey 41 days ago now, dreams have been crazy as hell..night sweats the whole deal. But can honestly say I’m starting to feel absolutely amazing!
I had this one I was at the bar with a girl I like we kissed then she fell to the floor i did cpr and failed. These people helped me to my car then I was at the funeral. It was my fault I thought remorse was real
yup, they just kept going for me a month after i quit. Teeth falling out, being chanced, being in end of the world scenarios, fights, etc. I would wake up emotionally stressed and it would carry through my whole day, but if you keep going without weed, those dreams become dreams of falling in love, having fun, flying,...good things.
I just had one after day 4 where I was essentially rejected by my closest family members for no reason. Was pretty darn horrific, I hope I’m not in for more of that nasty shit
28 year old male here. I had been a daily smoker/dabber for the past 14 years and recently noticed intense anxiety after using. Made me quit cold turkey one day and ever since I have noticed a great increase in lifes outlook and positivity. Everything is much more clear now. Never thought I would quit but it truly does help. Dreams have been a bit wonky but overall I wake up with tons of energy and feel so much better. For those who are thinking about quitting/slowing down, it is totally worth it!
hey how's it been ? you still manage not to smoke ? your comments really caught my eyes since I am 28 years old and also been smoking for 14 years , and smoking A LOT. I have a horrible memory , short and long both trash and I am realizing that I need to abandon this addiction , but I don't think that I can just drop it for good , but instead slowly and steady day by day . I mostly don't feel the huge urge to smoke when I'm alone , but all of my best friends are pot smokers , and most of them are not losers or feel like pot does any harm to them at all , so it's hard for me to explain to them what i'm going thru since they can't relate, like im the only loser in my circle that smokes pot , they all have good careers , girlfriends , some of them have kids and so on . I kinda feel like weed has taken out the pleasure in other things in my life , like meeting people , chasing girls and doing stuff. It is really hard to do a Self evaluation since I started so early with weed in life , I met nice people and changed my perspective in life because of weed, I really love the weed culture and feel that people who smoke tend to be good and chill people usually , we would have that one thing in common and would all get along because of our favorite hobby lol. Perhaps I don't wish to quit completely but to do a moderate use like I do with alcohol , I almost never drink and when I do it's only a can or two max. Anyways hope to hear from you , blessings.
I'm not the guy above, but I'm 30 and stopped smoking 2 months ago without any problems. It was easy for me when I TRULY realized what I'm going up against if I kept on doing it. Smoked for 10+ years (with interruptions). I now sleep better, think better and relate better with anything around me. Oh and I started to dream again.
Exactly and position as you. Had to quit cold turkey and this time had no urges. Glad to know I’m not alone. Hope you’re still on the road to sobriety.
@@AlexTad93 I’ve been sober few days and I’m having so many vivid dreams . And my memory short and long turn are coming back . I think weed is medicine and unless you really need it or a really sick , one shouldn’t be “medicating” for fun or boredom . Cheers mate
This clears up some of the stuff I been going through and the intensity of it. I woke up punching the wall from nightterrors; but the weirdest part is the dreams start off normal and actually pretty positive. Then small things happen and it just turns to shit.
Fuck fr? I only experienced night terrors from other drugs, never weed. The moment I feel that shit and not just funny weird dreams I’m going back in lmao. Night terrors suck and I’m just quitting for the week so
Omg, the part where the dream starts off really chill and positive and than just turns to shit in a matter of seconds. I have this like at least 6 times a night, from what I can remember. I thought I was the only one. The good thing for me is, I am not considering them nightmares, it's like I'm watching myself and watching things happen without control. But the emotions are all over the place.
I’ve been writing all of them down. Just took a 25 minute nap and had a full on action thriller about escaping a state I haven’t lived in for 10 years.
I relate to so many people in the comments with the themes of my dreams so far they’re like public dreams faces are so vivid. I can taste food in my dreams and there’s like struggles with electronics. There’s end of world scenarios, family members just so much going on and I used to be an extremely vivid sleeper my whole life so wow, just wow the night sweats aren’t fun.
Guys I quit weed after 7-8 years of addiction im 24 days sober, a week sober i got back with my toxic ex girlfriend that cheated and traumatized me i made the biggest mistake of my life (we broke up 3 days after getting back ) it just messed all my healing and quitting process. Im having the worst dreams of my life , as far as as i remember im a strong man but damn boy this nightmares are drowning me i just dreamed about her getting with other dudes and or me getting prisoned by her or even obsessed by devils that looks like her shit like this , my depression and anxiety making it worse cant stop thinking negatively, i also had dreams like the doctor described where people chase you … but the intense ones are always having something to do with what you’re experiencing in the period of time you chose to quit so try to be good mentally before quitting weed pls i dont wish this to my worst enemies (quitting+breakups=hell) , stay safe and strong brothers we not giving up or looking back just wanted to write one of my experiences here , pray for me i love you all . God is great Peace ✌🏼❤️
Im going on 17 days cold turkey from cannabis. I am having very vivid dreams and vivid nightmares. I am not aware im dreaming but can control my own personal actions within the dream. The dreams are so real , i assume im living real life. I can feel touch and pain and emotions within the dream. This really sucks with nightmares. I suddenly wake up and only then realize i was dreaming. Sometimes i wake up and go right back into the same dream when i go back to sleep.
Happened to me Last night. Very vivid disturbing dream that felt so real because it dealt with real life scenarios. I woke up confused. I put on a positive affirmations video and went back to sleep. But sometimes I feel myself going back into the bad dream so I wait and try to put my mind elsewhere
I quit smoking weed 30 days ago and have been dreaming since then. Hate the dreams, they make no sense and are ridiculous and have shitty sleeps. I smoked weed from 16 years old to 63 years old slept like a baby.
I absolutely loved this video & your way of expressing this situation. I'm experiencing the same exact thing. Just passed my 6th week marijuana free & the dreams calmed down but it didnt stop. Whoever reads this, just know you are not alone & it will pass! This happened last time I quit smoking and it went away over time. Stay strong and care for your health! Sending blessings your way from NYC!
Its been 5 weeks for me today, it's intense forsure. Keep waking up from the nightmares. I know this double edged sword is for the best but damn. Watching people die everynight and failing at saving others everynight in my dreams hurts alot.
Yes im experiencing similar dreams. Definitely scary feeling but i be so relieved that it was only a dream. Im on day 11. We gotta keep going regardless. It sucks FOR NOW. We got this 🤞🏾❤
@@tatianaj7108 it's been 2 years for me and I must say I'm alot better now remember why your quitting keep your head strong and stay dedicated to it, I even joined the army and have a brand new truck, put your all into it. The dreams come because your body is actually kicking it don't give up on your journey it's worth whatever you will go through to get back to normal.
Mine aren’t nightmares but they are oddly specific like I was in a capture the flag civil war re enactment while I ate a cheeseburger with a dogs face seared on it as I stole a snub nose revolver from my friend ... for whatever reason that was the last cheeseburger dawg
Guys it’s been 10 years of smoking pot at least 2/3 times a day. These dreams are insane. My dreams feel like they are an entirely different life. My dreaming feels like another life. I wake up feeling like I have to remember my life when I’m waking up. But I’m doing it for my future family. It’ll be worth it
Great video, I learned a lot, thank you 🙏 I smoked from age 15 to 37 with a year off here and there. Quit 1 week ago I was very heavy smoker, these nightmares are getting brutal.
About the same here, worse than I could ever imagine. I started praying for strenght first time in my life. keep strong friend it gets slightly better overtime. (day 15)
Dude the nightmares are probably the hardest part about quitting for me. It's brutal. Have nightmares where the cops are investigating me and leaving me with hella anxiety talking about "we'll be back to talk to you" and then having mental breakdowns in my dreams. This shit feels so real its terrifying. Someone who's never been addicted would never understand. Its so much like real life that it leaves me fucked up for a few hours when I wake up.
I smoked for 10 years and now I’m 14 days sober. I fight in my dreams and wake my gf up in real life. I also SWEAT SO MUCH. I wake up 3 times a night and towel off. Can’t wait till it’s over
I know this is 2 months old, but how you holding up? I too sweat sometimes and also have woke up with my heart raising up. I got scarred it might have been lymphoma or something like that, but my symptoms have been improving and in my physical nothing concerning came up. Although an x-ray would have helped ease my anxiety about it, but the docs don’t think I need it. I hope you are doing better.
@@moisesmon3839 I woke up thinking I may have been going crazy. But I think we have to just push through. And remember it will get better. I listen to positive affirmations video's to sleep with so I put my mind in a positive state
Trust me it’s the weed. My brother was diagnosed with stage 3 lung cancer and he was a heavy weed smoker. When he stopped due to the cancer that’s when he got sick. Night sweats, loss of appetite, weight loss, small fevers in the morning. It’s been 4 mos now and he’s doing good even with the cancer. To think the weed was that powerful is crazy.
@@deannab4175it’s not just the weed and also if you’ve been smoking for a long time that’s a low cost in the drug world so ima just fight of these nightmares and stop being scared
Good video, thank you. 59 year old male. Smoked/vaped for the past ten years. quit cold turkey on July 22nd of 2022. approaching 5 months completely sober. Quit drinkinig in 1999. The dreams are still very intense. Every night I expereince incredible intense dreams. Some are disturbing and i wake around 3 or 4 am very anxious. typically i fall right back into the dream like a new chapter. I agree my sleep in general is better but the dreams are causing waking anxiety. Doctor put me on Trazadone to help with sleep - no real change. I wish the dreams would end!
The way we describe our dreams I feel like we’re characters from nightmare on elm street lol. At least instead of dying we’re actually rewiring and getting better 😊
The dreams will level out, the scarier ones anyway. You should eventually be able to have better ones. Most dreams, if not all are confusing to me anyway.
I’m glad I came across this video! I stopped smoking last Friday 12/30 after smoking for 10+ years It’s only been about a week but damn my dreams have been so intense but last night I had the most intense most vivid and well detailed dream I ever had!!!
Thanks so much for this video man i feel everything you are saying in this video intensely. Quit about 2 weeks ago and the dreams are absolutely insane. Just had one of the most crazy weird dreams last night.
Been 2 months since I quit smoking. Just happened to find this video. All my recent dreams we're bothering me so I'm happy to see I'm not alone in this. In my dreams; I went from traveling the world to being chased by cops, attacked by monsters etc. But I am finding my mood to feel better and I am getting the most out of my days. But damn those dreams are hard to deal with I can't lie.
Omg I just woke up from a mild nightmare/dream of being surrounded by cops and it was weird af, I'm 2.5 weeks into not smoking and my dreams are crazy intense almost every night, it really sucks
I am 31 and had been smoking for last 8 years.... its been 10 days now not smoking and i get this intense dreams and they feel so real....even after waking up, for first 10-15 secs i cannot digest that those are just dreams and not reality....seeing that these are symptoms of withdrawl and i am actually improving feels good....❤
When you first quit the first 3 days my appetite is weird but after weeks yea I’m happy I’m dreaming again but after awhile you wake up and say “oh thank god I didn’t dream. Cuz alot of intense stuff ,nightmares for months straight. It gets to the point where your actually think “Am I gonna go crazy from dreaming every night like this cuz this is too much”. Def agree with you on all this.
Ex smoker for 20 years - I'm 37 i've been clean 8 weeks if I don't sleep with the fan on my nightmares are so intense they wake me up I've never experienced such darkness in my life I've felt the best I have in years & look brandnew but smoke alot of cigarettes which I'll overcome in time... It's nice to have an appetite & be in control of my money 😂 My dreams are usually creepy men trying to do things to me I tested this out by not having the fan on so my peeps try the fan technique I believe when we overheat it brings the nightmares on 💯 Thanks for your video ❤
This morning I dreamt of entering a portal into another world and I met this family that accepted and loved me and I fell in love with their daughter who was extremely beautiful.. I was with them for two days I did activities and laughed with them until the second day.. I literally felt myself waking up and I tried to say goodbye to their daughter but she wasn’t around.. I tried to run to the cinema where she was at but once I walked out of the house I was sucked back into the portal then I woke up in my bed feeling extremely lonely.. it felt so real man I cried in bed and it has been bugging me all day.. haha :/ I’m 25 and it was the first time I felt loved by someone and I wish I didn’t wake up at all lol man.. these dreams are powerful
@@goldenbdogg4880 oh that seems intense but beautiful at the same time - you must of had a good REM sleep sucks when we have to wake up from nice dreams & it's our reality that seems like the nightmare - it's not often we remember the good ones but it seems like it wasn't all that good for you 💯 Can I ask how long have you been off the weed for? On our journey of self healing all we want or need is to be loved - but if we can find that within ourselves & true happiness in being alone (because when we quit everyone leaves us & we come into the world alone visit for a short time then leave alone) we become stronger than we have ever been without needing or wanting it from anyone else it's draining pleasing other people - the key is to be uniquely weird & owning it - the right people will accept us as we are and if not they can't sit at our tables know your self worth 🙏🏽 I've cut most of my friendship away of 20+ years because they dud not respect me or themselves. I'm sorry you feel alone & it's ok to have a cry doesnt make you any less of a person us humans are funny creatures of habit - I'm certain you'll find people who will accept & love you in the real world just the way you are - but we must love ourselves so we know when we tell someone or they tell us that we know it's true & that nobody is worth being lonely for. I hope you find your happy place one day in reality but everything in life is about balance - sorry for the rant 😅 Stay safe, stay healthy, stay staunch & self worthy on this journey my friend 🥂🤜🏿❤🤛🏿🤙🏾
@@kowaretahito2379 Today is my third week off of weed, oxys and shrooms 👊🏼 and thank you for your kind words it really means a lot 🙏 much love brother ❤️
@@goldenbdogg4880 your welcome & wow 3 whammys you should be proud if no one is I am that's huge my brother - find yourself a men's support group or something similar & don't be afraid to reach out to your doctor for help also - if ya stumble it's ok sometimes it's just having a talk to someone helps - do keep me posted on your journey here even if ya stumble ill always be here for ya & to reduce those dreams as warm n fuzzy as they may feel grab a fan you'll sleep like a boss & hopefully overcome these feelings of being lonely - our ancestors walk with us I'm of australian aboriginal decent very spiritually connected it is what gives me strength to keep on pushing oh and the love of food now 🤣 used to starve my arse - sorry I didn't expect to rant again but I love to see us black sheep rise above any occasion you got this solider 💯💯💯
@@kowaretahito2379 yup I am proud of myself and so are my old folks 💯 I love being sober and I plan to keep this up for the rest of my life 👊🏼 I missed out on so many opportunities because of drugs and my insecurities that came from doing drugs.. I never ever want to go back to my old ways I love this new feeling I have for life haha.. thank again 🙏 much love ❤️
Thank you man. Truly. I was basically forced to quit on a work trip I'm taking. And the dreams is what brought me here and you reinforced my own thoughts and ideas. When I go back home im done. Been smoking almost everyday since 15. Dad got me started on it consistently. Stopped a few times for a job and girlfriend. But after this time away I've learned alot and this is just another inspiration.
Thanks, I'm on day 2 and had my first dream in years this morning. It wasn't too bad, but I know the nightmares you speak of. I recommend the Crappy Childhood Fairie and Tim Fletcher to deal with complex trauma which is what most of us are probably needing to deal with in order to quit suppressing our deeper emotions we want to bury.
I hope you're still doing OK. I wish you the best. I'm so glad you mentioned the Crappy Childhood Fairy and Tim Fletcher. Anna Runkle, the Crappy Childhood Fairy, also mentioned the book by Pete Walker, Complex PTSD, from surviving to thriving, a solid handbook for self treating our childhood traumas. I've rented a little place to go and get clean in solitude, and I leave in four days. I got to this point, quitting, due to one of Anna's videos that said if you have any addictions, or criminal or tax stuff weighing you down, it's best to get them dealt with for faster recovery. SO - Alcohol gone (check), minor tax issues resolved (check), and now I'm quitting weed. To help, I'm taking my tablet so I can watch all the videos I want on quitting. I'll work through Pete Walker's book on CPTSD, and I'll consume stacks of paper and pencils for the daily writing practice. And we mustn't forget Gabor Maté, the deepest voice so far on the true nature of addiction. He says, don't ask Why the Addiction, ask Why the Pain? I was the scapegoat in our family, so I come by it honestly. Now I have the tools to pass through this with more confidence. Maybe the dreams won't be too bad with all the work I've done to prepare for this passage in my life. If I can cut off my crappy family of origin, I can cut off weed.
Day 12 and last night was the worst night of my life. I feel like crying as I lay here in the sofa ready to go to work. I feel so lost trying to do this on my own. Nobody round me understand ms what am going through. Ive smoked it for 25 years and went cold turkey 12 days ago
I just had a very messed up dream and I am not ok either I hope u get it figured out in the middle of the day I start to feel scared out knower because these dreams
@Baby Siccx They fade buddy. I was thr same I was scared to go to sleep over the messed up dreams but slowly they fade and you get used to dreaming again. I've been off it now 6 months and it feels brilliant. I wanted off for so long and I am proud of myself for sticking to it. You can do it mate just keep at it try be positive of how far you've came and time will be the healer. Good luck 👍
@@WestCoastDroneServices hell ya thanks for the motivation last night was my fist night of good sleep and I also feel good and energetic during the day
I've been a chronic heavy smoker for 15 years and have been sober for about 2 months now but the nightmares are not letting up. I feel stressed and exhausted all the time. It's discouraging. But I no longer want to harm my brain or my lungs. I pray to stay strong and stay sober. Good luck to all of you who are quitting!
Check out my video on NAC, NAC's the only thing which has really helped me, make sure you're getting your multi-vitamins, Vitamin D, and most importantly Omega-3 or fatty fish oils which give my brain a boost since brain's made up of pretty much fat and feeds off the Omega-3. I feel noticeably better when taking my supplements!
Im on day 4 and this clarification definitely helped me understand whats happening. I needed to finally hear some unbiased truth about daily cannabis usage
Had a dream where my sweet kitty was acting strange and attacked me in my room woke up and he was just staring at me puzzled. Cant wait to detox completely over the sluggishness, drained, and tired feeling
Over 2 weeks clean, dreams have been very vivid but at least not nightmarish, until last night I had 2 of the worst dreams I’ve ever experienced, but I’m enjoying my sobriety and I will push through good luck everyone you are not alone, God bless you all.
Thank you for making this video. I've been smoking nearly every day for about 12-13 years now...and the last year or 2, it's been excessive. Literally every day all day. Typing this on my day 1 of quitting and my plans for the vivid dreams will be a combo of meditation and controlling what I read and watch for majority of the day...especially at night.
I am aware of this myself, SUPER vivid intense dreams and whenever i quit smoking i am expecting them and almost everytime i wake up 5-6 times a night from the dreams, sometimes right about when im about to enter the dream state i get this unescapable overwhelming feeling of intense fear, often in the form of a shadow or shade often this occurs within home or a very familiar Place. Just writing this gives me Shivers. Anyways now you know
I've been smoking for 20 years, i had some short breaks and had this horror dreams and sweating..this time...I'm like 3 weeks in and horror dreams every night are back..not fun guys and this just implies that smoking weed 24/7 SHOULD be considered very seriously! If you can't have a joint for fun once in a month - DO NOT SMOKE!!! It is addiction like every other! Good luck to all of you fighting your addictions!
I am aware of this myself, SUPER vivid intense dreams and whenever i quit smoking i am expecting them and almost everytime i wake up 5-6 times a night from the dreams, sometimes right about when im about to enter the dream state i get this unescapable overwhelming feeling of intense fear, often in the form of a shadow och shade often this occurs within home or a very familiar Place. Just writing this gives me Shivers. Anyways now you know
Thank you; I was very confused and scared because I started having these very vivid and sometimes unpleasant dreams. Seeing this video has relieved me because I thought something was wrong with me.
Thanks man 25+years daily smoker ... took a few days but the dreams started and WOW ! Crazy dreams ! It's strange all those years I thought I just didn't dream ... thanks again . This was reassuring and helped me greatly . I'm on week 3 😁 Cheers !
Im on a T break and just had a vivid nightmare where this run down urban area with gloomy weather I’ve never been to is somehow my hometown and this crazy stalker girl with a surgical knife keeps on chasing after me. I would run and hide in a random house but she keeps on popping out from the closet, bathroom or under the bed and try to stab me. I woke up from it 3 times but continue on having the exact same nightmare every time I go back to sleep. I never had a nightmare like this since I was a child lol
That electric shock convulsion where your body would jump off when your settling to sleep.. Mannnn ive had them alot.. I tbought i was having a stroke... Im having rem sleep. And im way more positive... As a stoner.. We arw too critical of others. But not critical of ourselves.. All the power to everyone. Weed addiction is a fools game.
It’s been 2 weeks since I’ve quit smoking weed and my dreams are getting so much more crazy. I just hope this ends soon. Still not going to start smoking again.
Tomorrow is 1 week for me. Never would have thought it would be a process and a bit of a struggle to quit. Time to face what I've been running from and numbing from my life. Let's get it. God bless everyone here on your path of self improvement!
I’ve experienced this a few times. Every time I stopped smoking I get super vivid dreams and emotions of all kinds - terror, joy, sadness, confusion. For me, the most effective nootropic is not smoking weed.
Haha that made me laugh, yes not smoking is a very good nootropic, the best I've ever tried. No more forgetting what I was just going to do! Thanks for sharing, hope you're doing good my man
20 year smoker, quit 5 days ago, lots of dreams. I did dream when I smoked just less then now and I did get a good sleep. Always felt great when I woke up every morning. Two strange things for me are my dreams start within minutes of me falling asleep now and I wake up every hour or hour and a half and sometimes can’t fall back asleep for an hour after I wake up. The dreaming is cool but the waking up after every dream is very annoying. Anyways great video.
Wow. This is the first time I've heard someone else mention that shocking jolt feeling while resting during a heavy stoner phase. Drifting off and then.... OMG MY HEART STOPPED. I'm on day 6 without weed now. First I couldn't sleep. Then last night started the same and I eventually fell asleep after a few hours... and I got my first vivid nightmares. It was just one absolutely horrifying dream after another and they all felt so real. I'm aware that I got REM sleep last night (yay...) but now I'm both afraid of not being able to sleep at night and what will happen if I do fall asleep. :(
Great video! It's been 2 weeks since I quit smoking (smoked for nearly 10 years on a daily basis). My experience is quite positive though. I too always woke up as if I just layed to bed, without remembering any of the dreams I had (if any). I usually slept for 6/7 hours for a full rest and woke up pretty fresh even though I smoked before going to bed. Now my dreams are VERY lucid, and for me it's AWESOME. I used to have many lucid dreams as a teenager but that went away later on. Now I sleep less and I do wake up a few times occasionally but I feel even more rested. My advice is to have a positive view on the things you're experiencing, involve curiosity and self awareness. You are on the right track now and your brain is getting used to it.
I quit 8 years ago after smoking for about 17 years and for about a year had the most extreme and vivid nightmares pretty much every single night. One night about 10-11 years ago while out walking around I had a panic attack that came out of nowhere, whenever I smoked after that it brought back that super intense paranoia and I couldn't enjoy it anymore. Two or three years later I quit smoking. Eventually I noticed my thoughts were a lot clearer and I felt alive again, my day wasn't being consumed about how long my supply would last and how to get more when I ran out.
I’m going on day 30 of no smoking. I smoked heavily everyday for for 10 years. The dreaming is so intense I’m not a fan they are way too real. Within the first few moments of waking up I’m somewhat confused on if my dreams are real or not. Thank you for making this I’ve watched a few videos Bc i didn’t know why this was happening
Today is my day 30 of being sober after smoking for about 7 years. I feel the exact same way you do. I don’t want to experience these dreams anymore, they’re way too real. I wake up confused wondering if it was real. This is probably the worse part of being sober:/
@@isaax713 i would love to say the dreams will stop.. but I’m going on 3 months and they don’t. BUT they become much more tolerable. Still very vivid.. but you will actually feel like you get a good nights rest instead of feeling like your awake in two different worlds. You will start feeling like you actually slept and dreams will start feeling like dreams. I hope this helps out!!
I really appreciate you ❤️ and your courage. I've been 2 weeks clean now, and I have been having horrible dreams quite literally as soon as I pass out. This has been so uncomfortable to me to the point that I thought this was the beginning stages of losing my mind. I feel better knowing i am not alone.
Damn, literally the first two things he listed off resonates so much. The first week or two after I stopped I was having constant stress dreams about being chased by some kind of monster or running from the police, not a great experience but the relief when I woke up was like a hit itself. Nearly 3 months off the stuff I still dream some wacky stuff every night without fail but luckily the nightmares are becoming less frequent. Like he says it’s so nice just to have dreams again, I feel like it’s a sign my brain is returning to normal and I actually feel rested when I wake up, it’s so worth it instead of being a dopey stoner all the time. I would encourage everyone to quit that nasty stuff.
90days plus Clean and Haven’t stopped Dreaming yet. They started at Day 7 and haven’t stopped at all. Every time I Sleep I dream and had ZERO nightmares. Years ago I quit smoking and same thing Day 7/8 I had the Scariest nightmare I ever had a Sleep paralysis Type where two Black Masses were Holding me , I couldn’t Breath until I got The Lords name out of my Mouth. It seemed like The THC was fighting me to let go. But after that Nightmare All the dreams after we’re Just Dreams. But now years later I can’t sleep without Dreaming None of them being Nightmares. I’m trying to achieve Lucidity now and Journaling my dreams . The Clear headedness from not smoking during the day Is almost a Buzz in its self. Good luck too anyone watching this Vid who’s trying to stop 🛑 smoking For whatever reason you Got this
I quit cold turkey for a week now. Starting from day 2 i have been having these crazy dreams. I remember every single detail of every dream i have been having since then. Most of the time i dream about stuff that happend the day before or what could maybe happen in the future. Kind of like my brain is trying to anticipate what is going to happe in the future. Sometimes it can be very scary but at the same time i enjoy remembering them. I try to train myself to control them. Somehow having these livid dreams make me feel proud of myself since i know i am on a good path quitting smoking. Don't get me wrong i enjoyed smoking and i think i could help out a lot of people for some of their issues but i was a heavy smoker for a couple of years and i wasted way to much money on it. It started to affect my social and work life. I was always tired and lazy. I just wasn't productive at all. I missed out on a lot of things because of it. Anayway. For those who are in the same situation as me, please keep fighting, keep going, be strong. I know it can be difficult sometimes but it feels so satisfying for me knowing i can actualy set my mind to quit smoking.
I studied with a dream analyst for 18 months, and she assured me that all dreams have a positive message. When someone dies or you kill someone, it’s a part of yourself you want to get rid of. Think of you as all the characters. When you are fighting, you are fighting for you. Hope this helps.
Thanks for this video. I thought my brain was going crazy and I was gonna smoke again to shut it up but the dreams are getting kind of fun now. It’s only day 3 or 4 for me as well.
I'm a nutcase and I love these intense dreams because to me, I have a personal interpretation of nightmares being thrilling and fun and something to learn from, especially when I wake up for the day and being able to look back to that night when I woke up in a sweat with a racing heart checking to make sure there's not some demon down the hallway. I get a laugh out of it later. - That's how I got over my fear of nightmares as a kid. Though, I've definitely noticed my dreams after quiting have been really intense, I knew that would be the case going in so I've been keeping a dream journal. Bring it On! I honestly don't want it to end and would love the intensity to increase, if every dream could feel like that 2 day long feeling dream I had, that'd be great, a real adventure and I learnt a lot. Don't be afraid to let your dreams adapt you to becoming a better person, it's worth it. I've got a whole other paragraph I've written for this saved detailing some important dream instances but they're not at all safe for youtube.
Thanks for the video. I smoked weed for almost 25 years, very heavily, but now I am 5 months clean from weed and I still have super strange dreams. I feel like you really explained the facts well and I understand things alot better now about REM dreaming and the brain detoxing.
@@KNatLove Well done keep it up! But yeah.. Ive just got to a point where I accept I have bad dreams.. they haven't gone away tbh 😒 I suppose I just deal with it and care less now.
@@sneakyprawn131 how long have you quit ? I stopped for like two days now and already getting nightmares Haha. I have quit for 30 days before tho and went through all of that before . I want to detox my brain I miss being myself
I’ve only had the weird dreams for the past 8 days but damn last night was a freakin nightmare filled with cannibal cheer leaders and a physically disabled demon in a wheel chair.. I pray I don’t have that one again.
I just had the most crazy dream. I had gone to see a dealer but it was a trap they stripped out my body for parts I woke up to find myself in a surgical smock with a drip. I had become a Frankenstein creature. Strange wires and metal pieces had been added to my body my ligaments had all been "stripped out" and a strange bag was used like the bagpipes when I moved. I walked up to people begging for an ambulance but everyone was ridiculing me. As I walked "Scotland the brave" was playing through the pipes and tubes they had added. I looked in the mirror I was a complete freak. Then somebody said they done this to my son also. The laughter and ridicule surrounded me. I just woke up and wrote this directly after waking. I'm still very shaken by this dream. Don't want to go back to sleep.
Im in the same boat, having intense dreams ( mostly nightmares) every night, and i wake up feeling tired ... but not as tired as i used to wake up after a night smoking . Im just yerning for that night where i can sleep like 10 hours and wake up brand new ! been a long time since I truly felt the benefits of sleep.
I just woke up tonight from a crazy dream. Didn't know if the dream was real or the room I was in when I woke up. Scary stuff. I quit smoking 3-4 weeks ago. I've been dreaming a lot lately but this was the most vivid.
i feel this!! I have been having terrible nightmares! I quit 31 days ago and I wake up panicked because my nightmares are very vivid and super scary! Wouldn't wish anyone this. Noted: Don't smoke weed!
You know what, I feel these dreams are spiritual. The enemy wants to keep you locked in with the weed so he tries to scare you in your dream to make you go back to your old habit but we have to keep going!!! Show them their not scary anybody 🙌🏾
The dreams for me were the hardest part of quitting! These vividly realistic dreams try to pull you back in with dreams smoking again, which are def the worst!! Good for you!! =)
@@BetterYouNow I haven’t started my journey just yet because I Am scared of the dreams I may have but I’m going to pray through it 🤙🏾❤️ thanks a lot!! I love your videos!!
I just stopped smoking weed after 8 years and came out a dream 15 minutes ago was really intense I came out the dream wondering if it actually happend haven’t dreamed in years so it was a bit weird but the weirder thing was what was in the dream I felt like my mind was trying to show me stuff I didn’t relize when I was smoking weed(abusing it) people kept laughing at me and nobody understood what I was saying so I felt helpless. I kept on getting told he’ll be here soon but was so confused but was wondering who it was and why he was coming for me I was so scared but when I finally met the person he ran in the shop and grabbed me and that’s when I woke up it was crazy tho cause I got the idea he was only coming to help me
25 year old here. I quit smoking after daily intake of 2gs sometimes more, sometimes less a day. I was always a dreamer. Even before the weed I liked going to bed just to dream. Some nights nothing some night crazy adventures. When I started smoking the dreams got a little hazier and couldn’t remember much when I woke up other then if I had a crazy adventure. I quit smoking weed about a month ago and I have had a whole switch up. I can’t make it through a night of sleep/ I have vivid short dreams that feel like they last a lot longer. A couple being demonic/ getting attacked/ beaten up a ngl a couple sexual that just turn weird. I just want to get back to a full night sleep but it’s every morning 4am I wake up and wonder wtf just happened in my dream. One night it was a dream where I would wake up in the same spot but still be dreaming and it was a nightmare just waking up in a different dream but in the same spot. Finally when I awoke in the real world I had to truly take my surroundings in to make sure I wasn’t still dreaming. I need help but smoking isn’t an option. Side note wonderful video. Great points on being mindful and understanding the human mind and body! I have noticed in the morning I am very energized and ready to start my day!
Dude my dreams started at around day 7, it's day 12 now and I'm having these disturbing dreams every night, thougjt this shit will pass in few days lol
God, are you guys kidding?! I’m on day 11 and I’m still dreaming every night and it’s exhausting, wakes me up every time. Very disturbing. And I was hoping that these dreams will go away much sooner. It’s so dreading - I feel like I’m waking up exhausted because of all of this.
@@knife3 Day 247 now, still having dreams pretty much every night but its not as vivid all the time and less nightmarish. Dreams dont last as long as they use to back in my first 2 months.
Last year I’ve stop smoking for about 7 months and I’ve experienced sleep paralysis it scared me so bad that I started to smoke again but I’ll give it another try now it’s been 2 days without smoking and here we go again dreaming every night 😕
It’s amazing I kind of knew this and had to stop smoking because I work in a mountain station where weed have been impossible to find in France ... but it’s amazing I was watching walking dead yesterday and gosh I can’t describe for long my dream but it was real creepy but I actually don’t give a shit because when you wake up I actually find it cool ! Because I’ve not been dreaming for like 2 years until now !
I'm glad to hear you say right off the bat "The police are looking for you" I've been running from cops in 80% of my dreams the past few weeks. I thought it was just me.
I hate it I hate going to sleep now I quit after 15 years and I been having dreams n nightmares for a month like 6 a day tired of it I even thought of smoking again
Pretty sure I’ve smoked every day for the past two months and recently stopped like 5 days ago and my dreams are UNREAL and feel so random and uncontrollable . I had no dreams when I smoked and woke up not even remembering when I fell asleep.
Damn it looks we all got a sign saying to quit😂 2 1/2 weeks clean (with an exception of drinking 3 days ago) didn’t have dreams until 3 days in they were mellow but as of the last 2-3 days these dreams have turned to nightmares ranging from being chased by a rhino on my street to getting caught doing dumb shit. I hope this stops
Two weeks now. Vivid dreaming every night. Last couple of dreams I’ve been aware I’ve been dreaming but I’ve been unable to wake up. A couple of times I’ve woke up from the dream but I’ve still been sleeping (dream within the dream). It was horrific.
Ouch. That sounds rough. Waking up from a dream, within a dream, is not something I've experienced but it sounds dreadful. My worst night was, gosh I don't even want to write it, just imagine having pieces of yourself cut off. I'm literally still traumatized from that dream when I first quit smoking a year ago. It gets better though. Wait till your 8th week, they'll stop being so intense.
@@BetterYouNow I’ve smoked weed for 21 years bro. I’m turning 35 next week and I don’t want to be a slave to it anymore. The longest I’ve ever lasted in the past has been three weeks. I ended up smoking again because my dreams were exhausting and I started to feel sorry for myself and lost all my initial motivation to get off it. The first few dreams were cool and interesting, but the longer it goes on the harder it is to deal with. Not only are the dreams exhausting me, but I wake up and I can’t stop thinking about it. As I said, in the last couple of dreams I’ve been aware that I’ve been dreaming and I’ve been telling myself to wake up in the dream - but last night I just couldn’t wake up even though I knew I wasn’t awake. I started to think that maybe I was dead given the fact I couldn’t wake up. I checked my heartbeat and my heart wasn’t beating. I finally “woke up” and called my friend to tell him that I had a dream that I couldn’t wake up from. Five minutes later I realised that I was still dreaming and I can’t even begin to explain how horrifying it was. I fell asleep earlier today when I came home from work and something similar happened. When I woke up the first thing I did was search on UA-cam for advice and found your video. That dream of yours sounds terrifying bro. I was thinking it might be a good idea to try and analyse your dreams to work out the symbolism behind them - maybe if you get a clearer idea of what your body is trying to tell you and fully process it then the idea of falling asleep it might not feel so daunting. Appreciate your video anyway mate. Hope you continue on your journey and manage to replace your addiction with a major positive in your life 👍🏼 sending love from Scotland ✊🏻
@@bassmasta93 I ended up smoking again for a while bro. I took a month off at the start of the year and told myself I would only smoke at weekends. This didn’t last long. Recently I started to cut down how much I smoked, and over a month ago I quit for good. I’ve been feeling better each day but I’m still having unwanted dreams. This time I’m just going to go with it. I hope that they go away in time but I’m not going to smoke weed again.
@@herrklamm1454 I still havnt smoked. My dreams have balanced out now, they was intense af for like 3 to weeks , I feel more normal now, you can do it bro.
This really helped me understand a few things, I haven't smoked for 21 days now and have 3/4 really really intense dreams every night without fail but to know theses dream are actually good for my health is a game changer thank you :)
Hello thanks for this video you helped to understand what’s going on with me, and also that I’m not alone with the nightmare issues in relation to stopping smoking weed. I have been a smoker for 22 years and 20 of them where all day everyday. Like you said what a waste of time and potential. It’s like putting your life in neutral when you should be in drive. This is day 7 for me the most important as I have made it this far a few times and relapsed, but have not given up and kept trying. I think i will make it this time cause I want to better myself now even more. It has become something to conquer getting past this day and win. But these dreams are vivid and nightmareish and they suck totally to know this is a process of healing gives me confidence to keep moving forward. Thanks again for this video it is comforting knowing that I’m not the only one going through this. May God bless you for your humbleness and honesty as it is not an easy thing to put yourself out there on social media.
I just had the absolute worst nightmare. Running from all the evil, I woke up in a panic attack. I wrote down all of what I remember happened. Then I came searching for someone who relates. Thank you for making this video! Leveling up comes with a new hard. This is gonna be a journey.
This has been possibly one of the most influential and uplifting videos I’ve seen in my journey of quitting. Been smoking for about 10 years of my life now, I’m 28, and these dreams have been absolutely brutal. I’m about 3 weeks sober and every morning so far I wake up feeling like I just played a horror game in VR and took off the glasses after hours of playing and believing what I just experienced was real. Knowing that what I’m going through is actually helping me and improving my mental health is what’s keeping me on track. Thank you so much for this post, you are out here helping people recover and live a better life for themselves free of bad habits and dependency.
That's crazy I'm also 28 and going through all this what gets me more mad at myself is the fact that I believed everyone that said its not addicting yet I'm facing withdrawal symptoms now but either way we push through everything and things always get better proud of everyone going through these stages trying to fix their life/health. Stay strong!
These dreams are so intense
I am also 28 and currently four days out of smoking bud, I threw all my stuff away. I’ve been having the worst nightmares since, like I wake up and I’m terrified I have to convince myself for a good 15 minutes that it wasn’t real, but also as you said it feels like a horror game in VR mode it truly sucks. Maybe I could write these crazy nightmare ideas down for a horror themed book 😂. (Gotta laugh or I may cry! 😅) anyways, it’s inspiring to see others in the same boat as me. Health is wealth for real! I hope you’re all doing well in life and staying strong with your sobrieties. 🫶
28 and on the same boat wake up with whole body sweats feeling completely cold !
Just went through this right now for the first time I’ve been clean from weed for seven days now I couldn’t tell real world from dreamworld right when I woke up and I think I was screaming because the last “minute” of my dream I was screaming for help. in the dream, my little sister and I found a portal to another dimension and we thought it was cool at first until we started “abusing it” and the dream got so sinister genuinely scared when I woke up looking at my phone Screen same one I’ve had for’7 months and calmed me down cuz I knew damn well after seeing that im for sure in the real world. Reminds me of Morpheus from the matrix saying to Neo have you ever had a dream that you were so sure was real, but how will you wake from that dream? Or something like that I’ll have to rewatch the 1999 matrix. One of my favorite movies since I was little kid
37 years young here, smoked every day since I was 18. Quit cold turkey 41 days ago now, dreams have been crazy as hell..night sweats the whole deal. But can honestly say I’m starting to feel absolutely amazing!
Still dreaming like so ?
@@shabarfortruth5770 dreams have not quit. Sleep only bout two hours every night. Sober for 4 months now, feel great except for nighttime.
JESUS IS LORD❤❤ GOD BLESS YOU!!
@@shabarfortruth5770 yes the dreams are crazy but everything else is absolutely amazing. Working on 5 months sober now.
@@615drop let's be sinfree now Through his sacrifice
Haven’t smoked in a week & the nightmares are coming in strong
I had this one I was at the bar with a girl I like we kissed then she fell to the floor i did cpr and failed. These people helped me to my car then I was at the funeral. It was my fault I thought remorse was real
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i literally have been having nightmares that are so vivid I can’t tell what’s real when I wake up.
same
i literally have to ask myself what did i do before i went to sleep !!!!! crazy real dreams
I haven't smoked in 5 days and had the most realistic dream
And scary
yup, they just kept going for me a month after i quit. Teeth falling out, being chanced, being in end of the world scenarios, fights, etc. I would wake up emotionally stressed and it would carry through my whole day, but if you keep going without weed, those dreams become dreams of falling in love, having fun, flying,...good things.
I just had one after day 4 where I was essentially rejected by my closest family members for no reason. Was pretty darn horrific, I hope I’m not in for more of that nasty shit
Yes, im on day 6. I have dreamt every night for the last 3 nights. I havent really dreamt in like 9 or 10 years
Me too bro that's fucking crazy
My dreams are getting crazier it's been 4 days since I last smoked I fell proud of my self keep up the good work
Mary Jane awww I’m on 7days!!!!!! Crazy weird dreams lol.. proud of myself too
I’m on day like 80 and still having the craziest dreams
@@justinh8309 oh god Justin this doesnt fill me with hope lol. I gave up 2 months ago, still having intense dreams 2-3 times a night😒
Katie 131 I lost count of my sober days and I still have wild dreams. They have got a little less intense
@@justinh8309 Maybe it's just a backlog of dreams that will never end lol. Hoping mine calm down soon. Thanks for the update 👍
28 year old male here. I had been a daily smoker/dabber for the past 14 years and recently noticed intense anxiety after using. Made me quit cold turkey one day and ever since I have noticed a great increase in lifes outlook and positivity. Everything is much more clear now. Never thought I would quit but it truly does help. Dreams have been a bit wonky but overall I wake up with tons of energy and feel so much better. For those who are thinking about quitting/slowing down, it is totally worth it!
thanks for sharing man!
hey how's it been ? you still manage not to smoke ? your comments really caught my eyes since I am 28 years old and also been smoking for 14 years , and smoking A LOT. I have a horrible memory , short and long both trash and I am realizing that I need to abandon this addiction , but I don't think that I can just drop it for good , but instead slowly and steady day by day . I mostly don't feel the huge urge to smoke when I'm alone , but all of my best friends are pot smokers , and most of them are not losers or feel like pot does any harm to them at all , so it's hard for me to explain to them what i'm going thru since they can't relate, like im the only loser in my circle that smokes pot , they all have good careers , girlfriends , some of them have kids and so on . I kinda feel like weed has taken out the pleasure in other things in my life , like meeting people , chasing girls and doing stuff. It is really hard to do a Self evaluation since I started so early with weed in life , I met nice people and changed my perspective in life because of weed, I really love the weed culture and feel that people who smoke tend to be good and chill people usually , we would have that one thing in common and would all get along because of our favorite hobby lol. Perhaps I don't wish to quit completely but to do a moderate use like I do with alcohol , I almost never drink and when I do it's only a can or two max. Anyways hope to hear from you , blessings.
I'm not the guy above, but I'm 30 and stopped smoking 2 months ago without any problems.
It was easy for me when I TRULY realized what I'm going up against if I kept on doing it.
Smoked for 10+ years (with interruptions).
I now sleep better, think better and relate better with anything around me. Oh and I started to dream again.
Exactly and position as you. Had to quit cold turkey and this time had no urges. Glad to know I’m not alone. Hope you’re still on the road to sobriety.
@@AlexTad93 I’ve been sober few days and I’m having so many vivid dreams . And my memory short and long turn are coming back . I think weed is medicine and unless you really need it or a really sick , one shouldn’t be “medicating” for fun or boredom . Cheers mate
This clears up some of the stuff I been going through and the intensity of it. I woke up punching the wall from nightterrors; but the weirdest part is the dreams start off normal and actually pretty positive. Then small things happen and it just turns to shit.
Fuck fr? I only experienced night terrors from other drugs, never weed. The moment I feel that shit and not just funny weird dreams I’m going back in lmao. Night terrors suck and I’m just quitting for the week so
Literally I’ve been smoking everyday for 2 years straight and I’ve been having the craziest fucking dreams ever like (on day 7 rn)
@@Iainstressin I still get them. I think it could be trauma in the mix. I appreciate the wet dreams though💀💀 I think that's from semen retention.
@@Iainstressin keep being sober. Dreams are always intense. It's when the mind is most vulnerable
Omg, the part where the dream starts off really chill and positive and than just turns to shit in a matter of seconds. I have this like at least 6 times a night, from what I can remember.
I thought I was the only one.
The good thing for me is, I am not considering them nightmares, it's like I'm watching myself and watching things happen without control. But the emotions are all over the place.
I’ve been writing all of them down. Just took a 25 minute nap and had a full on action thriller about escaping a state I haven’t lived in for 10 years.
Good idea. I quit a week ago and the dreams started two days ago. I just wrote down what I could remember. They are so random and make no sense.
I relate to so many people in the comments with the themes of my dreams so far they’re like public dreams faces are so vivid. I can taste food in my dreams and there’s like struggles with electronics. There’s end of world scenarios, family members just so much going on and I used to be an extremely vivid sleeper my whole life so wow, just wow the night sweats aren’t fun.
Guys I quit weed after 7-8 years of addiction im 24 days sober, a week sober i got back with my toxic ex girlfriend that cheated and traumatized me i made the biggest mistake of my life (we broke up 3 days after getting back ) it just messed all my healing and quitting process. Im having the worst dreams of my life , as far as as i remember im a strong man but damn boy this nightmares are drowning me i just dreamed about her getting with other dudes and or me getting prisoned by her or even obsessed by devils that looks like her shit like this , my depression and anxiety making it worse cant stop thinking negatively, i also had dreams like the doctor described where people chase you … but the intense ones are always having something to do with what you’re experiencing in the period of time you chose to quit so try to be good mentally before quitting weed pls i dont wish this to my worst enemies (quitting+breakups=hell) , stay safe and strong brothers we not giving up or looking back just wanted to write one of my experiences here , pray for me i love you all . God is great Peace ✌🏼❤️
Thanks @betteryou for the video, you just showed alot of ppl that they’re not fighting alone . God bless you 🙏🏼
Im going on 17 days cold turkey from cannabis. I am having very vivid dreams and vivid nightmares. I am not aware im dreaming but can control my own personal actions within the dream. The dreams are so real , i assume im living real life. I can feel touch and pain and emotions within the dream. This really sucks with nightmares. I suddenly wake up and only then realize i was dreaming. Sometimes i wake up and go right back into the same dream when i go back to sleep.
Happened to me Last night. Very vivid disturbing dream that felt so real because it dealt with real life scenarios. I woke up confused. I put on a positive affirmations video and went back to sleep. But sometimes I feel myself going back into the bad dream so I wait and try to put my mind elsewhere
Bruh me too 😐 why do the dreams continue tho geez
I woke up from bed in my dream
@John Davis I'm about 2 and a half weeks in and still getting vivid dreams/nightmares, they only started about 3 or 4 days after stopping
Does it get better?
I quit smoking weed 30 days ago and have been dreaming since then. Hate the dreams, they make no sense and are ridiculous and have shitty sleeps.
I smoked weed from 16 years old to 63 years old slept like a baby.
I absolutely loved this video & your way of expressing this situation. I'm experiencing the same exact thing. Just passed my 6th week marijuana free & the dreams calmed down but it didnt stop. Whoever reads this, just know you are not alone & it will pass! This happened last time I quit smoking and it went away over time. Stay strong and care for your health! Sending blessings your way from NYC!
How long did it take you I quit after 15 years and I been having dreams like crazy some good some bad it's been like almost a month like this
@@donny5628 it's been about 2 and a half weeks for me and the dreams are very strange
Lord help me a fire truck came with no one in it😭😭my roommate was chancing me
Thank you brotha sometimes I wake up sweating nervous as hell and even thinking what happened was real it’s brutal
Its been 5 weeks for me today, it's intense forsure. Keep waking up from the nightmares. I know this double edged sword is for the best but damn. Watching people die everynight and failing at saving others everynight in my dreams hurts alot.
Yes im experiencing similar dreams. Definitely scary feeling but i be so relieved that it was only a dream. Im on day 11. We gotta keep going regardless. It sucks FOR NOW. We got this 🤞🏾❤
@@tatianaj7108 it's been 2 years for me and I must say I'm alot better now remember why your quitting keep your head strong and stay dedicated to it, I even joined the army and have a brand new truck, put your all into it. The dreams come because your body is actually kicking it don't give up on your journey it's worth whatever you will go through to get back to normal.
Mine aren’t nightmares but they are oddly specific like I was in a capture the flag civil war re enactment while I ate a cheeseburger with a dogs face seared on it as I stole a snub nose revolver from my friend ... for whatever reason that was the last cheeseburger dawg
Bro this just gave me a laugh I really needed mostly to reflect on my own weird ass crazy dreams
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@@ambersweet6951 yea that's why I watched the video,obviously that dream was monumental.
@@crushbeast29 I completely forgot about that dream until just now.
Your a real hero.
Guys it’s been 10 years of smoking pot at least 2/3 times a day. These dreams are insane. My dreams feel like they are an entirely different life. My dreaming feels like another life. I wake up feeling like I have to remember my life when I’m waking up. But I’m doing it for my future family. It’ll be worth it
Saved my anxiety. Seriously, I tought I had sleep apnea. Thanks so so so much for this. Glad I found this! I will stay clean for 1 month now!
Great video, I learned a lot, thank you 🙏 I smoked from age 15 to 37 with a year off here and there. Quit 1 week ago I was very heavy smoker, these nightmares are getting brutal.
About the same here, worse than I could ever imagine. I started praying for strenght first time in my life. keep strong friend it gets slightly better overtime. (day 15)
@@JasonBourne-h5xBrother its 2 in the night, just woke up from an nightmare where I prayed, i feel u..
Dude the nightmares are probably the hardest part about quitting for me. It's brutal. Have nightmares where the cops are investigating me and leaving me with hella anxiety talking about "we'll be back to talk to you" and then having mental breakdowns in my dreams. This shit feels so real its terrifying. Someone who's never been addicted would never understand. Its so much like real life that it leaves me fucked up for a few hours when I wake up.
I smoked for 10 years and now I’m 14 days sober. I fight in my dreams and wake my gf up in real life. I also SWEAT SO MUCH. I wake up 3 times a night and towel off. Can’t wait till it’s over
I know this is 2 months old, but how you holding up? I too sweat sometimes and also have woke up with my heart raising up. I got scarred it might have been lymphoma or something like that, but my symptoms have been improving and in my physical nothing concerning came up. Although an x-ray would have helped ease my anxiety about it, but the docs don’t think I need it. I hope you are doing better.
@@moisesmon3839 I woke up thinking I may have been going crazy. But I think we have to just push through. And remember it will get better. I listen to positive affirmations video's to sleep with so I put my mind in a positive state
Trust me it’s the weed. My brother was diagnosed with stage 3 lung cancer and he was a heavy weed smoker. When he stopped due to the cancer that’s when he got sick. Night sweats, loss of appetite, weight loss, small fevers in the morning. It’s been 4 mos now and he’s doing good even with the cancer. To think the weed was that powerful is crazy.
@@deannab4175it’s not just the weed and also if you’ve been smoking for a long time that’s a low cost in the drug world so ima just fight of these nightmares and stop being scared
Good video, thank you. 59 year old male. Smoked/vaped for the past ten years. quit cold turkey on July 22nd of 2022. approaching 5 months completely sober. Quit drinkinig in 1999. The dreams are still very intense. Every night I expereince incredible intense dreams. Some are disturbing and i wake around 3 or 4 am very anxious. typically i fall right back into the dream like a new chapter. I agree my sleep in general is better but the dreams are causing waking anxiety. Doctor put me on Trazadone to help with sleep - no real change. I wish the dreams would end!
The way we describe our dreams I feel like we’re characters from nightmare on elm street lol. At least instead of dying we’re actually rewiring and getting better 😊
I quit 2 weeks ago and I thought I was crazy man !!! I’ve been lucid dreaming constantly
Great video brother. Answered all my questions. 🙏🏼 10 year heavy smoker. Now 1 month clean and now experiencing night terrors!
The dreams will level out, the scarier ones anyway. You should eventually be able to have better ones. Most dreams, if not all are confusing to me anyway.
you gained a sub. Life is too short to continue this madness.
60 days here, and I’ve been experiencing really vivid dreams. Great content
I’m glad I came across this video! I stopped smoking last Friday 12/30 after smoking for 10+ years
It’s only been about a week but damn my dreams have been so intense but last night I had the most intense most vivid and well detailed dream I ever had!!!
I’ve been having dreams with so much dialogue and plots it’s been so crazy! Some are pretty entertaining actually 😂
@@dannyyyyj honestly I’m starting to look forward to them every night :) free lsd trip without the lsd haha
Any updates brother? Hope ur doing good ✌🏼
Thanks so much for this video man i feel everything you are saying in this video intensely. Quit about 2 weeks ago and the dreams are absolutely insane. Just had one of the most crazy weird dreams last night.
It’s been 2 months and now I’m scared to go to sleep because these dreams are too intense
How are you doing now?
Same I’m going through it right now
@@hvz0078 sleep got better after a few months
@@rage_fusion intense. Hydrate
@@SundayVenomhow things are going right now ? I suppose they’re gone no? (ur comment is 2 years old )
Gosh thx dood I'm a week clean from marijuana going through the nightmares and now I feel it's worth it because I'm doing good for my brain.
Been 2 months since I quit smoking. Just happened to find this video. All my recent dreams we're bothering me so I'm happy to see I'm not alone in this. In my dreams; I went from traveling the world to being chased by cops, attacked by monsters etc. But I am finding my mood to feel better and I am getting the most out of my days. But damn those dreams are hard to deal with I can't lie.
Omg I just woke up from a mild nightmare/dream of being surrounded by cops and it was weird af, I'm 2.5 weeks into not smoking and my dreams are crazy intense almost every night, it really sucks
Any suggestions to help tamper down the bad dreams/vivid dreams?
Omggggg in my dreams I’m always gettin chased by cops I’m happy I’m not alone
I am 31 and had been smoking for last 8 years.... its been 10 days now not smoking and i get this intense dreams and they feel so real....even after waking up, for first 10-15 secs i cannot digest that those are just dreams and not reality....seeing that these are symptoms of withdrawl and i am actually improving feels good....❤
3 months out...it has gotten more intense.....like crazy real.....now I look forward to another adventure anytime I sleep......nightmarish or not.
I’m looking forward to my next one ☝️. After a year how are you
@@Cookie.x.monsterr dreams are less intense and rare to remember ever since i quite....nothing to look forward to any more when i sleep
When you first quit the first 3 days my appetite is weird but after weeks yea I’m happy I’m dreaming again but after awhile you wake up and say “oh thank god I didn’t dream. Cuz alot of intense stuff ,nightmares for months straight. It gets to the point where your actually think “Am I gonna go crazy from dreaming every night like this cuz this is too much”. Def agree with you on all this.
It’s been like a month and I have been having crazy wild dreams
Thank you so much. I’ve been quitting to get into the military and you have cleared so many worries of mine on a night to night basis!
Ex smoker for 20 years - I'm 37 i've been clean 8 weeks if I don't sleep with the fan on my nightmares are so intense they wake me up I've never experienced such darkness in my life
I've felt the best I have in years & look brandnew but smoke alot of cigarettes which I'll overcome in time...
It's nice to have an appetite & be in control of my money 😂
My dreams are usually creepy men trying to do things to me I tested this out by not having the fan on so my peeps try the fan technique I believe when we overheat it brings the nightmares on 💯
Thanks for your video ❤
This morning I dreamt of entering a portal into another world and I met this family that accepted and loved me and I fell in love with their daughter who was extremely beautiful.. I was with them for two days I did activities and laughed with them until the second day.. I literally felt myself waking up and I tried to say goodbye to their daughter but she wasn’t around.. I tried to run to the cinema where she was at but once I walked out of the house I was sucked back into the portal then I woke up in my bed feeling extremely lonely.. it felt so real man I cried in bed and it has been bugging me all day.. haha :/ I’m 25 and it was the first time I felt loved by someone and I wish I didn’t wake up at all lol man.. these dreams are powerful
@@goldenbdogg4880 oh that seems intense but beautiful at the same time - you must of had a good REM sleep sucks when we have to wake up from nice dreams & it's our reality that seems like the nightmare - it's not often we remember the good ones but it seems like it wasn't all that good for you 💯
Can I ask how long have you been off the weed for?
On our journey of self healing all we want or need is to be loved - but if we can find that within ourselves & true happiness in being alone (because when we quit everyone leaves us & we come into the world alone visit for a short time then leave alone) we become stronger than we have ever been without needing or wanting it from anyone else it's draining pleasing other people - the key is to be uniquely weird & owning it - the right people will accept us as we are and if not they can't sit at our tables know your self worth 🙏🏽 I've cut most of my friendship away of 20+ years because they dud not respect me or themselves.
I'm sorry you feel alone & it's ok to have a cry doesnt make you any less of a person us humans are funny creatures of habit - I'm certain you'll find people who will accept & love you in the real world just the way you are - but we must love ourselves so we know when we tell someone or they tell us that we know it's true & that nobody is worth being lonely for.
I hope you find your happy place one day in reality but everything in life is about balance - sorry for the rant 😅
Stay safe, stay healthy, stay staunch & self worthy on this journey my friend 🥂🤜🏿❤🤛🏿🤙🏾
@@kowaretahito2379 Today is my third week off of weed, oxys and shrooms 👊🏼 and thank you for your kind words it really means a lot 🙏 much love brother ❤️
@@goldenbdogg4880 your welcome & wow 3 whammys you should be proud if no one is I am that's huge my brother - find yourself a men's support group or something similar & don't be afraid to reach out to your doctor for help also - if ya stumble it's ok sometimes it's just having a talk to someone helps - do keep me posted on your journey here even if ya stumble ill always be here for ya & to reduce those dreams as warm n fuzzy as they may feel grab a fan you'll sleep like a boss & hopefully overcome these feelings of being lonely - our ancestors walk with us I'm of australian aboriginal decent very spiritually connected it is what gives me strength to keep on pushing oh and the love of food now 🤣 used to starve my arse - sorry I didn't expect to rant again but I love to see us black sheep rise above any occasion you got this solider 💯💯💯
@@kowaretahito2379 yup I am proud of myself and so are my old folks 💯 I love being sober and I plan to keep this up for the rest of my life 👊🏼 I missed out on so many opportunities because of drugs and my insecurities that came from doing drugs.. I never ever want to go back to my old ways I love this new feeling I have for life haha.. thank again 🙏 much love ❤️
Thanks for sharing. You help more than you realize
Thank you man. Truly. I was basically forced to quit on a work trip I'm taking. And the dreams is what brought me here and you reinforced my own thoughts and ideas. When I go back home im done. Been smoking almost everyday since 15. Dad got me started on it consistently. Stopped a few times for a job and girlfriend. But after this time away I've learned alot and this is just another inspiration.
Thanks, I'm on day 2 and had my first dream in years this morning. It wasn't too bad, but I know the nightmares you speak of. I recommend the Crappy Childhood Fairie and Tim Fletcher to deal with complex trauma which is what most of us are probably needing to deal with in order to quit suppressing our deeper emotions we want to bury.
I hope you're still doing OK. I wish you the best.
I'm so glad you mentioned the Crappy Childhood Fairy and Tim Fletcher. Anna Runkle, the Crappy Childhood Fairy, also mentioned the book by Pete Walker, Complex PTSD, from surviving to thriving, a solid handbook for self treating our childhood traumas. I've rented a little place to go and get clean in solitude, and I leave in four days. I got to this point, quitting, due to one of Anna's videos that said if you have any addictions, or criminal or tax stuff weighing you down, it's best to get them dealt with for faster recovery. SO - Alcohol gone (check), minor tax issues resolved (check), and now I'm quitting weed. To help, I'm taking my tablet so I can watch all the videos I want on quitting. I'll work through Pete Walker's book on CPTSD, and I'll consume stacks of paper and pencils for the daily writing practice.
And we mustn't forget Gabor Maté, the deepest voice so far on the true nature of addiction. He says, don't ask Why the Addiction, ask Why the Pain? I was the scapegoat in our family, so I come by it honestly. Now I have the tools to pass through this with more confidence. Maybe the dreams won't be too bad with all the work I've done to prepare for this passage in my life. If I can cut off my crappy family of origin, I can cut off weed.
Day 12 and last night was the worst night of my life. I feel like crying as I lay here in the sofa ready to go to work. I feel so lost trying to do this on my own. Nobody round me understand ms what am going through. Ive smoked it for 25 years and went cold turkey 12 days ago
if you relapsed try Again , have to heal
I just had a very messed up dream and I am not ok either I hope u get it figured out in the middle of the day I start to feel scared out knower because these dreams
Been off it now 6 months and it's brilliant ;)
@Baby Siccx They fade buddy. I was thr same I was scared to go to sleep over the messed up dreams but slowly they fade and you get used to dreaming again. I've been off it now 6 months and it feels brilliant. I wanted off for so long and I am proud of myself for sticking to it. You can do it mate just keep at it try be positive of how far you've came and time will be the healer. Good luck 👍
@@WestCoastDroneServices hell ya thanks for the motivation last night was my fist night of good sleep and I also feel good and energetic during the day
Been having lucid dreams nightly, started as nightmares but now half my dream I can control and even tell everyone it's just a dream when I'm in it
Any updates bro ? Are things getting better with time??😊
If I explained my dream last night, youd think i was deranged
I've been a chronic heavy smoker for 15 years and have been sober for about 2 months now but the nightmares are not letting up. I feel stressed and exhausted all the time. It's discouraging. But I no longer want to harm my brain or my lungs. I pray to stay strong and stay sober. Good luck to all of you who are quitting!
Check out my video on NAC, NAC's the only thing which has really helped me, make sure you're getting your multi-vitamins, Vitamin D, and most importantly Omega-3 or fatty fish oils which give my brain a boost since brain's made up of pretty much fat and feeds off the Omega-3. I feel noticeably better when taking my supplements!
Im on day 4 and this clarification definitely helped me understand whats happening. I needed to finally hear some unbiased truth about daily cannabis usage
Had a dream where my sweet kitty was acting strange and attacked me in my room woke up and he was just staring at me puzzled. Cant wait to detox completely over the sluggishness, drained, and tired feeling
Over 2 weeks clean, dreams have been very vivid but at least not nightmarish, until last night I had 2 of the worst dreams I’ve ever experienced, but I’m enjoying my sobriety and I will push through good luck everyone you are not alone, God bless you all.
Hey. How are you doing?
How are you doing now???
Thank you so much for the information… I thought I was going crazy. I’m Afraid to go to sleep 😞
Thank you for making this video. I've been smoking nearly every day for about 12-13 years now...and the last year or 2, it's been excessive. Literally every day all day. Typing this on my day 1 of quitting and my plans for the vivid dreams will be a combo of meditation and controlling what I read and watch for majority of the day...especially at night.
How’s it going?
😢my worst nightmare came up this morning. People taking my room, being rude to me, with self righteous tone while breaking the rules….
I am aware of this myself, SUPER vivid intense dreams and whenever i quit smoking i am expecting them and almost everytime i wake up 5-6 times a night from the dreams, sometimes right about when im about to enter the dream state i get this unescapable overwhelming feeling of intense fear, often in the form of a shadow or shade often this occurs within home or a very familiar Place. Just writing this gives me Shivers. Anyways now you know
Same thing with me, and this guy is telling that you'll ha e better sleep
I've been smoking for 20 years, i had some short breaks and had this horror dreams and sweating..this time...I'm like 3 weeks in and horror dreams every night are back..not fun guys and this just implies that smoking weed 24/7 SHOULD be considered very seriously! If you can't have a joint for fun once in a month - DO NOT SMOKE!!! It is addiction like every other! Good luck to all of you fighting your addictions!
I am aware of this myself, SUPER vivid intense dreams and whenever i quit smoking i am expecting them and almost everytime i wake up 5-6 times a night from the dreams, sometimes right about when im about to enter the dream state i get this unescapable overwhelming feeling of intense fear, often in the form of a shadow och shade often this occurs within home or a very familiar Place. Just writing this gives me Shivers. Anyways now you know
It's familiar because its real memories being combines
This is very oddly the exact same thing that has been happening to me
How're you doing now??
Thank you; I was very confused and scared because I started having these very vivid and sometimes unpleasant dreams. Seeing this video has relieved me because I thought something was wrong with me.
This video hits the head on the nail!! Even the “good” dreams are so intense that your brain feels cooked the next day.
Nearly 20yrs smoking and done just over a month now but dreams are killing me
Yessss ! 3 weeks and I can’t take this anymore
Night one sober and I had a full on cosmic horror dmt inspired nightmare
1 month sober , I just literally woke up 30 mins ago screaming my lungs out from my dream….
Thanks man 25+years daily smoker ... took a few days but the dreams started and WOW ! Crazy dreams ! It's strange all those years I thought I just didn't dream ... thanks again . This was reassuring and helped me greatly .
I'm on week 3 😁
Cheers !
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I needed to hear this thank you so much brother I just woke up from a horrible dream
Im on a T break and just had a vivid nightmare where this run down urban area with gloomy weather I’ve never been to is somehow my hometown and this crazy stalker girl with a surgical knife keeps on chasing after me. I would run and hide in a random house but she keeps on popping out from the closet, bathroom or under the bed and try to stab me. I woke up from it 3 times but continue on having the exact same nightmare every time I go back to sleep. I never had a nightmare like this since I was a child lol
My dreams were great after I stopped. Like IMAX movies in your head and sometimes lucid. I've never been susceptible to nightmares.
Yes the plots are so cool makes me feel like I can be a movie director or something lol
That electric shock convulsion where your body would jump off when your settling to sleep.. Mannnn ive had them alot.. I tbought i was having a stroke... Im having rem sleep. And im way more positive... As a stoner.. We arw too critical of others. But not critical of ourselves.. All the power to everyone. Weed addiction is a fools game.
It’s been 2 weeks since I’ve quit smoking weed and my dreams are getting so much more crazy. I just hope this ends soon. Still not going to start smoking again.
Tomorrow is 1 week for me. Never would have thought it would be a process and a bit of a struggle to quit. Time to face what I've been running from and numbing from my life. Let's get it. God bless everyone here on your path of self improvement!
How's it goin? 10 days in here, dreams are getting intense! Hope you're doing well.
I’ve experienced this a few times. Every time I stopped smoking I get super vivid dreams and emotions of all kinds - terror, joy, sadness, confusion. For me, the most effective nootropic is not smoking weed.
Haha that made me laugh, yes not smoking is a very good nootropic, the best I've ever tried. No more forgetting what I was just going to do! Thanks for sharing, hope you're doing good my man
20 year smoker, quit 5 days ago, lots of dreams. I did dream when I smoked just less then now and I did get a good sleep. Always felt great when I woke up every morning. Two strange things for me are my dreams start within minutes of me falling asleep now and I wake up every hour or hour and a half and sometimes can’t fall back asleep for an hour after I wake up.
The dreaming is cool but the waking up after every dream is very annoying.
Anyways great video.
Wow. This is the first time I've heard someone else mention that shocking jolt feeling while resting during a heavy stoner phase. Drifting off and then.... OMG MY HEART STOPPED. I'm on day 6 without weed now. First I couldn't sleep. Then last night started the same and I eventually fell asleep after a few hours... and I got my first vivid nightmares. It was just one absolutely horrifying dream after another and they all felt so real.
I'm aware that I got REM sleep last night (yay...) but now I'm both afraid of not being able to sleep at night and what will happen if I do fall asleep. :(
3 weeks sober and bro these damn dreams are extremely vivid. It’s 2am I’m here because tonight’s dream was just too much
Great video! It's been 2 weeks since I quit smoking (smoked for nearly 10 years on a daily basis). My experience is quite positive though.
I too always woke up as if I just layed to bed, without remembering any of the dreams I had (if any). I usually slept for 6/7 hours for a full rest and woke up pretty fresh even though I smoked before going to bed.
Now my dreams are VERY lucid, and for me it's AWESOME. I used to have many lucid dreams as a teenager but that went away later on. Now I sleep less and I do wake up a few times occasionally but I feel even more rested.
My advice is to have a positive view on the things you're experiencing, involve curiosity and self awareness. You are on the right track now and your brain is getting used to it.
I quit 8 years ago after smoking for about 17 years and for about a year had the most extreme and vivid nightmares pretty much every single night. One night about 10-11 years ago while out walking around I had a panic attack that came out of nowhere, whenever I smoked after that it brought back that super intense paranoia and I couldn't enjoy it anymore. Two or three years later I quit smoking. Eventually I noticed my thoughts were a lot clearer and I felt alive again, my day wasn't being consumed about how long my supply would last and how to get more when I ran out.
I’m going on day 30 of no smoking. I smoked heavily everyday for for 10 years. The dreaming is so intense I’m not a fan they are way too real. Within the first few moments of waking up I’m somewhat confused on if my dreams are real or not. Thank you for making this I’ve watched a few videos Bc i didn’t know why this was happening
Today is my day 30 of being sober after smoking for about 7 years. I feel the exact same way you do. I don’t want to experience these dreams anymore, they’re way too real. I wake up confused wondering if it was real. This is probably the worse part of being sober:/
@@isaax713 i would love to say the dreams will stop.. but I’m going on 3 months and they don’t. BUT they become much more tolerable. Still very vivid.. but you will actually feel like you get a good nights rest instead of feeling like your awake in two different worlds. You will start feeling like you actually slept and dreams will start feeling like dreams. I hope this helps out!!
@@kellshere4872 hell yeah good to hear you didn’t relapse😎but that actually sounds a lot better than what it is now. Thanks for the input !
@@isaax713 no problem 😌 !!
mine r mostly horny dreams @@kellshere4872
I really appreciate you ❤️ and your courage. I've been 2 weeks clean now, and I have been having horrible dreams quite literally as soon as I pass out. This has been so uncomfortable to me to the point that I thought this was the beginning stages of losing my mind. I feel better knowing i am not alone.
Damn, literally the first two things he listed off resonates so much. The first week or two after I stopped I was having constant stress dreams about being chased by some kind of monster or running from the police, not a great experience but the relief when I woke up was like a hit itself. Nearly 3 months off the stuff I still dream some wacky stuff every night without fail but luckily the nightmares are becoming less frequent. Like he says it’s so nice just to have dreams again, I feel like it’s a sign my brain is returning to normal and I actually feel rested when I wake up, it’s so worth it instead of being a dopey stoner all the time. I would encourage everyone to quit that nasty stuff.
90days plus Clean and Haven’t stopped Dreaming yet. They started at Day 7 and haven’t stopped at all. Every time I Sleep I dream and had ZERO nightmares. Years ago I quit smoking and same thing Day 7/8 I had the Scariest nightmare I ever had a Sleep paralysis Type where two Black Masses were Holding me , I couldn’t Breath until I got The Lords name out of my Mouth. It seemed like The THC was fighting me to let go. But after that Nightmare All the dreams after we’re Just Dreams. But now years later I can’t sleep without Dreaming None of them being Nightmares. I’m trying to achieve Lucidity now and Journaling my dreams . The Clear headedness from not smoking during the day Is almost a Buzz in its self. Good luck too anyone watching this Vid who’s trying to stop 🛑 smoking For whatever reason you Got this
I quit cold turkey for a week now. Starting from day 2 i have been having these crazy dreams. I remember every single detail of every dream i have been having since then. Most of the time i dream about stuff that happend the day before or what could maybe happen in the future. Kind of like my brain is trying to anticipate what is going to happe in the future. Sometimes it can be very scary but at the same time i enjoy remembering them. I try to train myself to control them. Somehow having these livid dreams make me feel proud of myself since i know i am on a good path quitting smoking. Don't get me wrong i enjoyed smoking and i think i could help out a lot of people for some of their issues but i was a heavy smoker for a couple of years and i wasted way to much money on it. It started to affect my social and work life. I was always tired and lazy. I just wasn't productive at all. I missed out on a lot of things because of it. Anayway. For those who are in the same situation as me, please keep fighting, keep going, be strong. I know it can be difficult sometimes but it feels so satisfying for me knowing i can actualy set my mind to quit smoking.
I studied with a dream analyst for 18 months, and she assured me that all dreams have a positive message. When someone dies or you kill someone, it’s a part of yourself you want to get rid of. Think of you as all the characters. When you are fighting, you are fighting for you. Hope this helps.
Thanks for this video. I thought my brain was going crazy and I was gonna smoke again to shut it up but the dreams are getting kind of fun now. It’s only day 3 or 4 for me as well.
At first i couldn't fall alseep but now i don't want to fall asleep.
I'm a nutcase and I love these intense dreams because to me, I have a personal interpretation of nightmares being thrilling and fun and something to learn from, especially when I wake up for the day and being able to look back to that night when I woke up in a sweat with
a racing heart checking to make sure there's not some demon down the hallway. I get a laugh out of it later. - That's how I got over my fear of nightmares as a kid.
Though, I've definitely noticed my dreams after quiting have been really intense, I knew that would be the case going in so I've been keeping a dream journal. Bring it On! I honestly don't want it to end and would love the intensity to increase, if every dream could feel like that 2 day long feeling dream I had, that'd be great, a real adventure and I learnt a lot. Don't be afraid to let your dreams adapt you to becoming a better person, it's worth it.
I've got a whole other paragraph I've written for this saved detailing some important dream instances but they're not at all safe for youtube.
Thanks for the video. I smoked weed for almost 25 years, very heavily, but now I am 5 months clean from weed and I still have super strange dreams. I feel like you really explained the facts well and I understand things alot better now about REM dreaming and the brain detoxing.
5 months oh God I'm on month 2 when will the dreams end 🥺
@@sneakyprawn131 are you still having them ? I’m literally on month 11 😭
@@KNatLove Well done keep it up! But yeah.. Ive just got to a point where I accept I have bad dreams.. they haven't gone away tbh 😒 I suppose I just deal with it and care less now.
@@sneakyprawn131 how long have you quit ? I stopped for like two days now and already getting nightmares Haha. I have quit for 30 days before tho and went through all of that before . I want to detox my brain I miss being myself
I’ve only had the weird dreams for the past 8 days but damn last night was a freakin nightmare filled with cannibal cheer leaders and a physically disabled demon in a wheel chair.. I pray I don’t have that one again.
I just had the most crazy dream. I had gone to see a dealer but it was a trap they stripped out my body for parts I woke up to find myself in a surgical smock with a drip. I had become a Frankenstein creature. Strange wires and metal pieces had been added to my body my ligaments had all been "stripped out" and a strange bag was used like the bagpipes when I moved. I walked up to people begging for an ambulance but everyone was ridiculing me. As I walked "Scotland the brave" was playing through the pipes and tubes they had added. I looked in the mirror I was a complete freak. Then somebody said they done this to my son also. The laughter and ridicule surrounded me. I just woke up and wrote this directly after waking. I'm still very shaken by this dream. Don't want to go back to sleep.
I have been 4 months clean, i wake up almost everytime from a realistic dream not always a good one
How do you feel now????
Im in the same boat, having intense dreams ( mostly nightmares) every night, and i wake up feeling tired ... but not as tired as i used to wake up after a night smoking . Im just yerning for that night where i can sleep like 10 hours and wake up brand new ! been a long time since I truly felt the benefits of sleep.
I just woke up tonight from a crazy dream. Didn't know if the dream was real or the room I was in when I woke up. Scary stuff. I quit smoking 3-4 weeks ago. I've been dreaming a lot lately but this was the most vivid.
I'm about 2.5 weeks in of no smoking and the dreams are just crazy vivid
i feel this!!
I have been having terrible nightmares! I quit 31 days ago and I wake up panicked because my nightmares are very vivid and super scary! Wouldn't wish anyone this. Noted: Don't smoke weed!
Surely the answer is to start smoking again? I'm getting sick of the dreams
You know what, I feel these dreams are spiritual. The enemy wants to keep you locked in with the weed so he tries to scare you in your dream to make you go back to your old habit but we have to keep going!!! Show them their not scary anybody 🙌🏾
The dreams for me were the hardest part of quitting! These vividly realistic dreams try to pull you back in with dreams smoking again, which are def the worst!! Good for you!! =)
@@BetterYouNow I haven’t started my journey just yet because I Am scared of the dreams I may have but I’m going to pray through it 🤙🏾❤️ thanks a lot!! I love your videos!!
Amen!!!
Amen 🙏🏾 ❤
I just stopped smoking weed after 8 years and came out a dream 15 minutes ago was really intense I came out the dream wondering if it actually happend haven’t dreamed in years so it was a bit weird but the weirder thing was what was in the dream I felt like my mind was trying to show me stuff I didn’t relize when I was smoking weed(abusing it) people kept laughing at me and nobody understood what I was saying so I felt helpless. I kept on getting told he’ll be here soon but was so confused but was wondering who it was and why he was coming for me I was so scared but when I finally met the person he ran in the shop and grabbed me and that’s when I woke up it was crazy tho cause I got the idea he was only coming to help me
25 year old here. I quit smoking after daily intake of 2gs sometimes more, sometimes less a day. I was always a dreamer. Even before the weed I liked going to bed just to dream. Some nights nothing some night crazy adventures. When I started smoking the dreams got a little hazier and couldn’t remember much when I woke up other then if I had a crazy adventure. I quit smoking weed about a month ago and I have had a whole switch up. I can’t make it through a night of sleep/ I have vivid short dreams that feel like they last a lot longer. A couple being demonic/ getting attacked/ beaten up a ngl a couple sexual that just turn weird. I just want to get back to a full night sleep but it’s every morning 4am I wake up and wonder wtf just happened in my dream. One night it was a dream where I would wake up in the same spot but still be dreaming and it was a nightmare just waking up in a different dream but in the same spot. Finally when I awoke in the real world I had to truly take my surroundings in to make sure I wasn’t still dreaming. I need help but smoking isn’t an option.
Side note wonderful video. Great points on being mindful and understanding the human mind and body! I have noticed in the morning I am very energized and ready to start my day!
Day 49 quitting from 13 years of smoking ATLEAST a gram a day. My dreams are still like day 7.
Shit. I'm on my 3rd week. Been dreaming nonstop.
Dude my dreams started at around day 7, it's day 12 now and I'm having these disturbing dreams every night, thougjt this shit will pass in few days lol
God, are you guys kidding?! I’m on day 11 and I’m still dreaming every night and it’s exhausting, wakes me up every time. Very disturbing. And I was hoping that these dreams will go away much sooner. It’s so dreading - I feel like I’m waking up exhausted because of all of this.
@@knife3 Day 247 now, still having dreams pretty much every night but its not as vivid all the time and less nightmarish. Dreams dont last as long as they use to back in my first 2 months.
Last year I’ve stop smoking for about 7 months and I’ve experienced sleep paralysis it scared me so bad that I started to smoke again but I’ll give it another try now it’s been 2 days without smoking and here we go again dreaming every night 😕
Omg, my body convulses often when I'm lying in bed, I've never heard someone speak on it before... I always wondered what the hell is that!
Sami Sosa we are not alone well at least is me you and this guy that get it lol
Sleep paralysis
I just had a bone chilling dream where I was trying to sleep and having dreams in those dreams…
It’s amazing I kind of knew this and had to stop smoking because I work in a mountain station where weed have been impossible to find in France ... but it’s amazing I was watching walking dead yesterday and gosh I can’t describe for long my dream but it was real creepy but I actually don’t give a shit because when you wake up I actually find it cool ! Because I’ve not been dreaming for like 2 years until now !
I'm glad to hear you say right off the bat "The police are looking for you" I've been running from cops in 80% of my dreams the past few weeks. I thought it was just me.
Anyone else likes dreaming even if it's a nightmare? I just love waking up realising all is ok and go back to sleep
Nope not me
I did love my scary dreams until I quit weed then it felt like I was awake while I was dreaming very scary and vivid
Yes 👍
I hate it I hate going to sleep now I quit after 15 years and I been having dreams n nightmares for a month like 6 a day tired of it I even thought of smoking again
@@donny5628 mines started to get better I was a very heavy smoker keep at it and eat plenty of nutrients
Pretty sure I’ve smoked every day for the past two months and recently stopped like 5 days ago and my dreams are UNREAL and feel so random and uncontrollable . I had no dreams when I smoked and woke up not even remembering when I fell asleep.
Damn it looks we all got a sign saying to quit😂 2 1/2 weeks clean (with an exception of drinking 3 days ago) didn’t have dreams until 3 days in they were mellow but as of the last 2-3 days these dreams have turned to nightmares ranging from being chased by a rhino on my street to getting caught doing dumb shit. I hope this stops
Put the fan on you at night it'll stop them I promise you 💯
Agree I'm having intense dreams but I think symbolically the dreams are telling us things so im trying to analyze it. Subbed 💯🙏
Two weeks now. Vivid dreaming every night. Last couple of dreams I’ve been aware I’ve been dreaming but I’ve been unable to wake up. A couple of times I’ve woke up from the dream but I’ve still been sleeping (dream within the dream). It was horrific.
Ouch. That sounds rough. Waking up from a dream, within a dream, is not something I've experienced but it sounds dreadful. My worst night was, gosh I don't even want to write it, just imagine having pieces of yourself cut off.
I'm literally still traumatized from that dream when I first quit smoking a year ago. It gets better though. Wait till your 8th week, they'll stop being so intense.
@@BetterYouNow I’ve smoked weed for 21 years bro. I’m turning 35 next week and I don’t want to be a slave to it anymore. The longest I’ve ever lasted in the past has been three weeks. I ended up smoking again because my dreams were exhausting and I started to feel sorry for myself and lost all my initial motivation to get off it. The first few dreams were cool and interesting, but the longer it goes on the harder it is to deal with. Not only are the dreams exhausting me, but I wake up and I can’t stop thinking about it. As I said, in the last couple of dreams I’ve been aware that I’ve been dreaming and I’ve been telling myself to wake up in the dream - but last night I just couldn’t wake up even though I knew I wasn’t awake. I started to think that maybe I was dead given the fact I couldn’t wake up. I checked my heartbeat and my heart wasn’t beating. I finally “woke up” and called my friend to tell him that I had a dream that I couldn’t wake up from. Five minutes later I realised that I was still dreaming and I can’t even begin to explain how horrifying it was. I fell asleep earlier today when I came home from work and something similar happened. When I woke up the first thing I did was search on UA-cam for advice and found your video. That dream of yours sounds terrifying bro. I was thinking it might be a good idea to try and analyse your dreams to work out the symbolism behind them - maybe if you get a clearer idea of what your body is trying to tell you and fully process it then the idea of falling asleep it might not feel so daunting. Appreciate your video anyway mate. Hope you continue on your journey and manage to replace your addiction with a major positive in your life 👍🏼 sending love from Scotland ✊🏻
@@herrklamm1454 how are you getting on bro
@@bassmasta93 I ended up smoking again for a while bro. I took a month off at the start of the year and told myself I would only smoke at weekends. This didn’t last long. Recently I started to cut down how much I smoked, and over a month ago I quit for good. I’ve been feeling better each day but I’m still having unwanted dreams. This time I’m just going to go with it. I hope that they go away in time but I’m not going to smoke weed again.
@@herrklamm1454 I still havnt smoked. My dreams have balanced out now, they was intense af for like 3 to weeks , I feel more normal now, you can do it bro.
This really helped me understand a few things, I haven't smoked for 21 days now and have 3/4 really really intense dreams every night without fail but to know theses dream are actually good for my health is a game changer thank you :)
Hello thanks for this video you helped to understand what’s going on with me, and also that I’m not alone with the nightmare issues in relation to stopping smoking weed. I have been a smoker for 22 years and 20 of them where all day everyday. Like you said what a waste of time and potential. It’s like putting your life in neutral when you should be in drive. This is day 7 for me the most important as I have made it this far a few times and relapsed, but have not given up and kept trying. I think i will make it this time cause I want to better myself now even more. It has become something to conquer getting past this day and win. But these dreams are vivid and nightmareish and they suck totally to know this is a process of healing gives me confidence to keep moving forward. Thanks again for this video it is comforting knowing that I’m not the only one going through this. May God bless you for your humbleness and honesty as it is not an easy thing to put yourself out there on social media.