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Whatever underlying mental state you have running in the background will come to surface when you use psychedelics. Marijuana is a mild psychedelic. Many people seem to be under the impression we should live free from scary thoughts, dark thoughts, things that make us worry or anxious. This is all part of the human condition though and as long as these states are transitory and lead to positive change they're not "bad". Recognize there's a time and place for everything. If bringing these things to the surface helps you grow and deal with things in your life, even if it's scary, good. If not, then stop ingesting / smoking it. Really simple. People seem to want things to be good or bad when in fact the state of isness really just is. It's not good or bad. It just is. What you make of it, how you live your life is what matters. If you smoke weed and it helps your back pain, or if it helps you think about your feelings and deal with something you've been putting off, that can be "good". If you smoke it and have heart palpitations and freak out about taxes that can be "bad" but the weed hasn't changed, it's just brought something to the surface. Our minds are complicated. Especially now, in a culture where we're overloaded with information, entertainment, manufactured outrage, and expectations about what we should or shouldn't be, all compared to thousands of other things. How can anyone, smoking weed or not, expect to be sane or live a simple life that doesn't lead to mental health problems?