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Small Ways Weed Can Improve Your Relationship

Smoking weed helps lower stress and diverts your attention from the mundane things in life so that you can focus on what matters, like improving your relationship.

By Dr. Harmon LovePublished 7 years ago 5 min read
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Marijuana is currently the world’s most popular drug for both recreational and medicinal use, and one of the many reasons for this is that weed can improve your relationship. Numerous studies have been conducted on this naturally occurring substance that documented health benefits. The psychoactive chemical tetrahydrocannabinol is responsible for producing a high that is influences the functions of the body and can be felt and observed on the mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual levels. In fact, marijuana use has grown exponentially over the years by people of all ages and backgrounds. Weed can improve your relationship by producing whole body relaxation effects and promoting emotional well-being, allowing you to enjoy every aspect of your relationship.

How Weed Influences Relationships

The sensations, mild euphoria, increased sense of well-being, and relaxation created by marijuana are caused by the release of the chemical dopamine. Marijuana usage can lower stress levels while helping individuals bond and form stronger and closer relationships because they are more relaxed. Essentially, all healthy relationships are based off of three principles: trust, communication, and respect. Smoking weed helps lower stress and diverts your attention from the mundane things in life so that you can focus on what matters, such as building rapport with your partner around these three factors.

While the psychoactive ingredient in weed lowers stress levels and the amount of stress hormones in the body, it can create other symbiotic effects. Marijuana inspires deep thinking and taps into the passion and creativity that exists in mind and spirit. Therefore, smoking this herb can foster clear and meaningful communication that leads to building trust on a deeper level. When trust and communication are strengthened, more respect is gained for each partner in the relationship. With this being said, weed can improve your relationship by promoting intimacy, improving arousal, making things fun, and helping individuals enjoy the small things in life.

Psychological Effects of Weed

Weed improves relationships by creating a general sense of well-being and comfort. It has been said that “couples that smoke together, stay together.” Smoking weed on a regular basis with your partner can induce peace and help you experience everything on the next level. Since weed makes individuals less aggressive, they are less prone to getting into small fights or letting the small things get in the way of a healthy bond. When each partner feels understood and appreciated, relationships can thrive.

While the same thing can be said for couples that drink, weed makes one less aggressive and more open minded and alcohol can have the opposite effect depending on the person. Also, it seems as if scientists and medical doctors approve of the medicinal effects of weed more than alcohol because it does not cause physical damage or deteriorate the body. For this reason, weed can add a sense of passion, romance, and fun to your relationship. Weed opens channels in the body to make it easier to relax and maintain a clear mind. As such, marijuana can heighten the level of experience with partners in a relationship. Marijuana produces multiple effects, such as:

  • Decreased aggression
  • Heightened sensory perception
  • Lowered anxiety
  • Increased patience
  • Understanding and compassion
  • Stronger sex drive

Physical Effects of Weed

Not only are the psychosocial effects of weed enticing but there are many physical effects of smoking weed. Incidentally, weed can improve your relationship by helping you focus on your partner and less on any stress, physical pain, or ailments that you may have. Scientists and medical doctors have studied the more physical effects of this drug and concluded that it helps manage short and long term health conditions. Due to the release of dopamine, all organ systems are influenced and the pain receptors in the body are turned off. Essentially, the use of this herb can help balance moods and even influence sexual activity with your significant other.

The brain’s receptor for pleasure, CB1, is stimulated upon smoking weed. As published in the NY Mag, Dr. Mitch Earleywine, professor of psychology at the State University of New York at Albany, claims that this receptor is involved in “improved tactile sensations and general euphoria.” This means that smoking weed can make an individual horny and more susceptible to sexual stimulation. As the body is in a state of relaxation, heightened arousal and climax can occur, therefore strengthening the sex drive naturally. When the sex drive is strong, each partner can enjoy their bond with one another with the most satisfaction possible.

The Psycho-Spiritual Connection

Healthy relationships consist of tending to each other’s needs and wants on all levels. When weed is used in moderation, the effects can help a couple maintain a healthy bond and enjoy the benefits of being in a relationship. Effectively, when both the physical, mental, and emotional connections are balanced and in harmony, pleasure can be experienced to the highest potential. Inherently, smoking weed is a private and often intimate activity. Smoking with another person can ease tension and lead to a sense of happiness and enjoyment. One of the most important that small ways weed can improve your relationship is how it enhances sexual performance and sensory stimulation.

According to medical doctors, weed has effects that can enhance sexual stamina. It can open the body and help to channel energy on the physical and psycho-spiritual levels that feed off of each other. For instance, men who smoke weed can overcome erectile dysfunction. Women who smoke weed may be able to feel pleasure more quickly, therefore making the act of sex more pleasurable. When both partners enjoy added romance and physical pleasure, the relationship becomes stronger and healthier.

Weed can improve your relationship by making you a better and more attentive partner. With the medicinal effects of this herb, you can get to know your partner on the deepest level possible and be able to satisfy their needs and wants more easily. When you and your partner enjoy showing affection on all levels, the relationship is strengthened which creates a sense of security. In every sense of the context, the medicinal effects of weed can improve your relationship easily, naturally and quickly. Weed can improve your relationship because it can help you connect with your partner on all levels and let you enjoy the things that you love about your partner while also having fun.

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Dr. Harmon Love

Sex therapist, avid reader and movie fan. Sex is not love but there is no love without sex.

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