Quitting Marijuana - Dreams, Memory & Symbolism

Many people who start on the path to quittingand other impurities then our brain starts improving its
marijuana experience strange and vivid dreams. Somememory and functions again which leads to the vivid
say they are just very weird and nonsensical anddreams as the mind furiously works to repair the
other describe them as nightmares but the commondamage the pot has done and perhaps they might
element that many who experience such dreamingseem all the more real and clear because it has been
soon after they have stopped smoking pot is theso long since an ex addict has had such dreams.
clarity and vividity of such dreams which has surprisedOn the other hand many people believe in the
and often scared them.symbolism of dreams and how they have meaning if
I was thinking on this and wondering if it has to do withyou can interpret them and with marijuana being
marijuana and it’s effect on memory. Many studiesprimarily a psychological addiction there must be many
have shown that excessive usage of marijuana canpent up emotions and problems just waiting to come
lead tom short term memory loss and over a longerto the fore when a marijuana addict becomes clean
period long term memory loss as well as absentof the drug and with themselves.
mindedness and a general lack of clarity.Perhaps it is a mix of both with marijuana addiction
How this links to memory is that I was reading up oninhibiting memory and brain function and the reasons
how they believe that dreams are a way for the mindfor being addicted inhibiting people from exploring the
to sort out your memories when you are asleeppsychological issues that they face? In any case I
leading to better cognitive functions and better claritybelieve that having such drams should not be
of memory.something to be scared or frightened of but instead to
It seems to me that the chemical processes in yourbe embraced when quitting marijuana as it is obviously
body and mind that are going on when you smokea sign that something is changing and if you are
marijuana inhibit the functioning of memory and oftencommitted you know that giving up weed is a change
problem solving abilities too. When we give up smokingfor the better and so are your dreams!
marijuana and the body starts to clean out the THC