“Workout and Layoff the Dr*gs”- Post Malone’s Sad Confession to Joe Rogan About “Depersonalization” Strikes a Chord With Fans

UFC commentator Joe Rogan‘s area of interest is vast. The 55-year-old has always shown a lot of enthusiasm to learn something new about the world. The podcaster has always been vocal about sensitive topics like substance use. Moreover, Rogan is someone who believes that the use of psychedelics has the power to change someone’s life. He is all ears when a person opens up about their unique experience regarding similar subjects.

When the former Fear Factor host met renowned rapper Post Malone, the two openly discussed the effects of psychedelics. Malone went on to confess the effect it had on his mind, which ended up in “depersonalization.” After listening to what Malone went through, Rogan found it hard to comprehend. When the fans came across the conversation between the two, they even went on to suggest healthy ways to get away from the use of such substances. Let’s dive deeper to know more about Malone’s experience and the reactions from fans.

JRE #2018, Post Malone reveals he suffers from depersonalization from smoking a “bad joint,” Joe suggests it could have been a schizophrenic break.
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Joe Rogan and Post Malone sat together in the #2018 episode of JRE. During the chat, Malone detailed how he went through depersonalization after smoking. Depersonalization is a disorder that separates people from reality and the strangest part of the disorder is that it makes people feel like they are viewing their lives in a movie. While talking about his experience, Malone said, “A lot of my friends from smoking weed, it’s like almost like a depersonalization thing. I feel like for the longest time since I had smoked one bad joint and for the longest time ever since then felt like I have been almost like watching my life happen instead of actually like living it. Does that make sense?” 

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After listening to Malone Rogan said, ” It does. If you have like an episode like if you smoked one bad joint and you got way too high and you had like a break like some surface schizophrenic break, something strange episode.” As the conversation progressed Malone confessed that it has happened to him a lot of times. Rogan was confused and asked, “Still to this day?” To which Malone replies, “To this day. A lot of the time, Yeah.”When the fans came across the conversation between the two, they came forward to give some friendly suggestions that could help Malone get rid of these experiences.

Fans react to the conversation between Post Malone and Joe Rogan

Some of the fans believed that depersonalization was highly linked to anxiety and one can get rid of it by adopting a healthy lifestyle. Few other fans opened up about experiencing the same due to anxiety.

• “It’s mainly linked to anxiety. Eat well, sleep well, and workout regularly.”
• “I’ve had this happen, but not from weed. I attribute it mostly to anxiety. It is a very, very strange feeling.”
• “I had the same; but through head trauma. Ain’t fun son.”

Most of the fans asked the rapper to stop using addictive substances. They also suggested he work out, meditate, and spend time with nature.

• “Stay off all substances and get into nature and do something to challenge yourself, plan a solo hike or something spend time in nature with yourself.”
• “Workout and layoff the drugs”
• “Meditation. It’s sort of like exercise for your brain and can help make sense of what you’re going through

One of the fans pointed out how people mostly react when they hear about someone going through strange experiences.

• “I hate that mentality, in any arena. “Weird bro! Never heard of that before! Must be something wrong with YOU.”

From the reactions of the fans, it is clear that they were able to empathize with Malone. They even went on to suggest some healthy methods that could help him get rid of depersonalization. What do you think about Malone’s experience with depersonalization? Do you think that it’s strange? Let us know in the comments below.

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