Look elsewhere. Even if you can convince this particular psychologist to see you, they are not a good fit. There are plenty of more open minded mental health workers and it can sometomes take going through a few before finding a good fit. If you can afford it, it's worth looking for a private therapist because you can go through profiles and see if they sound like a good match before contacting.

Who told you that? Was it a Clinical Psychologist, Assistant Clinical Psychologist, receptionist? I can’t imagine a Clinical Psychologist saying that.

Alcohol and drug use is often a symptom of underlying issues and many people use them to help them regulate both their emotions and their sympathetic nervous system, or as part as a pattern of behaviours or your rules for living.

A Clinical Psychologist will recognise this, do a full analysis and build a program using a range of techniques to address all of these.

If you have genuinely been turned away by a Clinical Psychologist because you smoke pot, I would be shocked.

I think she was a clinical psychologist. Her name started with "Dr". But I don't know that for sure. I was really disappointed because I was of the same opinion as you about clinical psychologists.

If she is a doctor then she will be a Clinical Psychologist. Shocking advise. Do you have her contact details so that you could email her your concerns and give her the opportunity to explain her reasons for not seeing you.

maybe skip the email and go right to twitter, this doc is dangerous and needs to be called out.

I just find it ridiculous how people stigmatised weed so much. Obviously some people use it for medical reasons. I wish you luck with all these supposed "doctors ".

Hey mate a long time ago I was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, recently this year I was also diagnosed with autism and adhd (Before adhd diagnosis they said maybe aspergers, it took a while for proper diagnosis).
I've always been upfront about my use of cannabis and it has never been a problem for me. I was successful in my application to Cancard and have had one for just over a year and a half.
What I do know about getting help with things like this is, it really does take a long bloody time, my autism and adhd diagnosis took a couple of years and now I think the waiting list has gone up even more.
There is a severe lack of funding and I don't think it's getting any better....
Keep on asking, you are doing the right thing in asking for help. As others have said ask for different opinions.
All the best,
AB.

My thought?: fucking outrageous…

Last time I had the temerity to ask a Consultant Specialist a few questions they said in a withering sarcastic way “oh, you’ve read a book have you?”….followed by “you are not going to get any better you know?”

I didn’t bang any pans for the NHS..,.

The nhs has some weird major issue with cannabis despite the first uk studies (project 21) showing 80% of people with anxiety and depression showed improvement using cannabis. You can however pay to see a private cannabis doctor who will prescribe it perfectly legal in the uk 😂 💰.. they are assholes same thing happened to me around 7 years ago turns out I have ptsd that has turned into functional neurological disorder now 🤦‍♀️ Back on the waiting list for cbt. I would try another doctor personally I think it’s slightly narsassistic to refuse to treat someone based on your own personal beliefs not any sort of real bloody evidence it is 💯 discrimination. I am sorry this has happened to you I hope you find the help you need 🙂

I’m no expert but I can see NICE guidelines saying something like.. if the patient is using any kind of none prescription drug the NHS aren’t going to pay for physiological treatment

Early Floyd works great for me…those albums are like stoner jamming sessions designed to be listened to the same way. I didn’t realise it the first time around as a teenager but it all makes sense now! 😵‍💫😂

yeeee Polly! a little bita Syd Barrett...early Floyd is thee best...

get on kind of blue Miles Davis. A masterpiece which will introduce you to the other side of the ether...

Oooh yes! Syd Barrett....God rest his fabulous soul....this is beginning to feel like the "Ole farts brigade of Prog Rock"!! Next we will be expounding the virtues of Elp,Genesis & Camel to name but a few! Not arrrf music lovers! Lets Rock!!!!!!!!

Oooh don’t get me started on early Genesis- no one is going to convince me that Gabriel’s lyrics make any sense if you’re not stoned! 😂😂

Just looked up the Miles Davis amigo- will be hitting that later- thanks👍👍

Yes i agree! Pink Floyd is quite surreal when listening with some good greens!...ever tried to listen to "Ummagumma" when flying high??...Amazing!

Now THAT comment is VERY spooky my friend because today is Wednesday and I have a Mimosa session on Wednesdays (my go to strain for music) and on my Floyd rotation for today, I swear to God is: Ummagumma!! 😳😵‍💫🤯⚡️👍❤️

"One of these days I'm gonna......"!!!!....Enjoy mate!

I will 👍👍…and I’ll be careful with that axe!!

Hahaha!....Reminds me of good ole Jack in "The Shining"...."Honey...Im home!"

...think that lyric quote I just made was from "Obscured by Clouds" and not "Ummagumma"...."One of these days I'm gonna chop you into little pieces!"....can anyone confirm???

Neither…it was ‘Meddle’.🤓 That lyric is ‘spoken’ by Nick Mason. Jeeez I am a Floyd nerd!

Oh yes of course it was Meddle! And yes...you are Floyd nerd!(which in my book is a compliment!)

LOL🤣
In much later live performances of that track they cut out that intro line 😖…Mason, who kind of looks like everyone’s favourite uncle these days decided it wasn’t really appropriate with his kids in the audience 🙃

Yes...I think Mason has "mellowed with age"...but its a great line and sounds totally amazing after a bit of Sativa!(or perhaps in your specific case...Mimosa!)(I must get some of that...heard a lot of good vibes about it!)

Mimosa & music is top👍 and will be hitting it in about 60 minutes🥳
After all this build up I’m going to add some of ULC’s Mimosa Wax to the weed for a ‘Mimosa Turbo’ 🤯
Will report back….😉

Sounds like a great night ahead! As its a week night sadly its only a warm beer and a packet of pork scratchings for me!!!! lol!

Probably 70% of the time it’s Frank Zappa but I’m always on the look out for new music, any genre and anything goes. Love to have people over, smoke and listen music as well, that for me can’t be beat.

Love a bit of Zappa when I'm getting high. "At St Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast....Where I stole the Margerine" Cracks me up everytime.

Yeah me too mate! :)

Yes...I bit of Frank Zappa on the decks is bliss..such an amazing artist!

My favourites are Ozrick tentacles and Hawkwind ( mostly early 70’s Hawkwind) when I get high I seem to pickup the higher frequencies of the tweets and bubbles..if you are not aware of any of these suggest listening to “Masters of the universe” by them

Hawkwind & Gong, I used to hang out with both in early 70s. Private gigs/parties too when they were able to play, being too wrecked to tune up was Hawkwinds tradition. I don't listen to it now, I don't like it!

Oh i think you should!...I discovered Tangerine Dream after listening to late night John Peel way back in the 70s and they are STILL my favorite bands today! AND...I'm listening to "Rubycon" as I type this!!!

Oh i think you should!...I discovered Tangerine Dream after listening to late night John Peel way back in the 70s and they are STILL my favorite bands today! AND...I'm listening to "Rubycon" as I type this!!!

If you liked TDs "Rubycon" I would therefore suggest anything by Redshift or Arc...Mark Shreeve(sequencer genius) is in both bands and Ian Boddy is the other half of Arc...both sound very very similar to TD(Phaedra,Rubycon & Ricochet eras)...Have a look on Spotify as there are some great "Best Of" mixes from both :)

Yes I'm very aware of both my friend...in fact it was Harkwinds "Silver Machine" & of course the true DJ legend John Peel that got me into my obsession with Tangerine Dream & all things electronica!...I'm just listening to "System 7"(Steve Hillage) as I type this!

If you're into Tangerine Dream and more contemporary electronica, try a band called Reformat!

Thanks for that...will try them on Spotify...haven't heard of Reformat before so will let you know how I rate them :)

Cool, no worries! Please do.

Thanks for those mate! Will check them out!

Usually something P-Funk, but I do enjoy Rap, not the mumble jumbo shit kids listen to these days, more the old skool viby type stuff

Yep! Can concur with that Mr MD! Give me the Orb,Vibrasphere,Stephen Erbe every time!

Yup: Zappa, Floyd ( agree - early!), a lot of jazz, usually 1945 onwards - a lot of stoners and as many smack users amongst those musicians of colour inc., Gillespie, Davis, Oscar Peterson, Mingus, Roland Kirk and many others. Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee ( ... amazing blues). Dusty Springfield ( check her out, from 60-70's she could rock and sing da blues up with the best), Patti Smith, Marley and a lot of real Irish/celtic stuff ( not River Dance level crap).
Little Feat ( been my fave USA rocky type band since they began - Lowell George was incredible), Tabla and other Eastern/Asian music - try Shahbaz Hussain or Sukhvinder Singh "Pinky" (Tabla - incredible) when stoned ( these guys really rock- you'll be blown away) .... I have many hundreds of albums, I could list all but LB would ban me 8)

Collie Buddz (Hold Firm, Good Life, Legal Now, Love and Reggae) Chronixx, protoje, herbalist, Bob Marley!! Peter tosh, Rolling Stones, Neil young, led zep, jimi Hendrix, Ben Howard, Jack Johnson. I’ll stop now

Great and varied selection there mate!...All fantastic and some well known to me...will try the others on Spotify...many thanks :)

Awesome some new names for me to try having a perusal of 🙌 I love music

Koan have exceptional production values and good tunes 😍

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0I41QKgHkF8TPUSiUtnL6n?si=0bjxL5r-RKe72Vp19WDGuQ&utm_source=copy-link

That's my go too ambient background playlist.

Telefon Tel Aviv
Blanck mass
Idles
Wet leg

Are all recent plays for me

Oh and nine inch nails, if you like music that makes you think the ghosts album is great imo

Thanks mate! Yeah,Koan are really amazing! Such a talented combo...production is crystal clear and sharp...will try that playlist...also check out Steve Hauschildt on Spotify...very laid back and modular...great accompliment to some perfect vaping!

🙌 fab will have a listen

ive been really into a lot of midwest emo bands lately whilst smoking, with the weather it fits perfect

Yeah agreed! Mid west is best with this fab sunshine today! Long may it go on!

soon enough we'll be getting the summer playlists out!

Right now I'm smoking some Bubba Kush hash and listening to Micheal Hurley.

Sounds brilliant....Tonight Ive got some Royal Gorilla(from the great guys @ Northern Organics) accompanied by Tangerine Dreams new "Raum" album....doesn't get much better!

Heaven!

Glad you agree mate! :)

Just discovered Banco de Gaia on Spotify which is totally amazing to listen to with a nice haze! Check out the track "China" and you will be in "euphorium"! :)

Sounds good, check out Thievery Corporation 👌🏼

Will do!

Pretty sure I was at Glastonbury in about '94 or '95 or '96 not sure....make of that what you will..but Banco De Gaia played on a little bandstand out the front of our stall in the Greenfields...at least I think they did. I remember lying there coming up on my first something or other and it was a real moment of the the festival for me. Great memories...I think.

Yes they were there in 95!...the set was incredible and if memory serves this was my first foray into "bud" when previously Id only experienced "resin"...Happy haze-daze!

Must listen to some of them with my next smoke been chilling to kota the friend for a while now just gives me that vibe

Not sure if this is a necropost, sorry! Wish these posts had dates on them haha. But couldn’t resist a chance to share my favourite part of getting high; the music.
When I smoke I tend to go with stuff that has deep and layered production, stuff with a slight psychedelic/neo-psychedelic element, I love to sink into the sounds and hear all the little elements.
This tends to lead me to moden rnb; Frank Ocean, Brent Faiyaz. But to give one recommendation – Greentea Peng. Superb production, great vibes, and great lyrics on all her tracks. Perfect for me.
Alternatively, Left In The Dark by Galster Lustwerk is brilliant, perfectly captures that deep and mellow production.
Sending love biggas!

Great stuff mate and thanks for those names...I will have a listen when Im getting high next time!

jungle all day every day !

Currently tokin some of mercedes best and listening to nusrat fateh ali khan remixes - superb snd also some ambient stuff

Wow....loving this!!!....Totally my kind of music! Just about to fire up the Flowermate with some rather decent Orange Sherbet,so this will go brilliantly with that! Many thanks...."see you on the other side!"(yes,I know...I nicked this expression from Tyler Green!!!! lol!)

Just discovered Nils Fahrm on Spotify...this is very sublime stuff and very meditative,minimalistic and serene...if you like your ambient with a touch of "Berlin School"....please give this a try.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJiu2IIWZ8U

Heres another great in concert performance from the amazing Nils Fahrm..God I love this!..Live @ Melt Festival...very haunting and surreal...what a talent!....Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygHWtEQWWo8

I love nils frahm . Olafur arnalds v nice too!
https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCDQlvsMEM5j0k5cqmfHBzVA
Also balmorhea you might like
https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCEj5pI0oi-7YA-4fGJnCRgA

Yes Nils is THE MAN!...Have listened to Olafor Arnolds too...all fabulous stuff! Thanks for the links..will have a listen to Balmorhea,as thats a new one on me!
Cheers mate :)

Just cannot stop playing/viewing this amazing performance from Nils Fahrm live @ Melt Festival...just simply incredible...what an amazing talent this man has...the piece called "All Melody" is one of his most loved compositions.

Roll a spliff,light a bong,fire up a vape and immerse yourself in this 18 minute piece of musical Heaven......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld-bpEooCqY

The big news for me on the music side is the release of "Osiris" by Klaus Schulze this June...This guy is a synthesizer legend and even in his 72nd year on this planet he continues to produce mind bogglingly beautiful music that's made in Heaven...Heres a 6 min taster of Osiris Pt1......Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/E5dpZ_z1uQg

Normally start off in one genre and 10 minutes later something completely different ❤️Life in music😄 where ever the smoke takes me funky 80s through to Marilyn Manson maybe ccc and Santana who knows man that’s the beauty of weed n music. Beautiful combo😁🙏

Yes,good to change genres occasionally...variety is the key! Loving Carlos Santana also! Hes defo THE MAN!

Dreamer420🤛 Love a bit of synth🤙 A few big tokes headphones on klaus Schulz eyes closed volume up goosebumps 🤯 👍

Yeah! Klaus is the man! Try his new release "Osiris" its just amazing!

Dreamer420🤗 I’ll check out Osiris tonight when it’s quiet 👍. Currently in the shed doors open it’s raining outside listening to the dead south having a cool smoke😁🤣

It's been pretty varied lately. Lots of Hospital Records... but on a different tangent... I've been getting really into this dude...

Thanks...just about to listen!