To Pay Attention, the Brain Uses Filters, Not a Spotlight

Re:To Pay Attention, the Brain Uses Filters, Not a Spotlight by jhedwards on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @01:21PM (#21062464)

Not necessarily: I always had anxiety issues with cannabis until I tried a pure sativa strain. The problem is that indica gives we weird bodily sensations which trigger my anxiety, whereas sativa only affects my mind.

I think the important thing is that people can experiment in a controlled way. It wasn't until cannabis became legal that I could compare strains and figure out what exactly was causing my anxiety.

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Re:To Pay Attention, the Brain Uses Filters, Not a Spotlight by 09bjb on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @03:01PM (#21063465)

An alternative explanation is "No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man."

Certainly holds true for me: the experience, it turns out, depends more on where I am in that stage of life than the substance in question. Cannabis is radically different for me now (at 30-something and after several intense psychedelic experiences) than at 19 or 20 when I first tried it.

And...I'm not assuming you're a man :)

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