[GordonS]

This is a big topic, but here are a few random bits:

Pretty much any strain will make me feel more empathic to some degree.

In particular "orange" strains work well for me during the day. They're slightly stimulating, and not too sedating; they clear my mind and allow me to focus on a task; I get good muscular and neuropathic pain relief; I feel much more empathic, better able to understand subtleties of spoken and body language, and just better able to understand other people in general.

I find strains with myrcene and ocimene best for pain.

Strains with alpha-pinene are very relaxing.

Some high limonene strains can cause me anxiety even worse than terpinolene-based ones. Maybe it depends if they also have enough of other, calming terpenes such as myrcene, alpha-pinene, caryophyllene and linalool.

I try to avoid strains with limonene at night, as they can keep my mind going when I'm trying to sleep.

[hereme888]

Very interesting. I'll have to try them out. Thanks for sharing.