And here I have to imagine people are exploring different strains if they're exploring them at all , exploring different modes of delivery , smoking or ingestible , et cetera . If you're somebody who experiences anxiety , it's very likely that you won't have the increased openness to experience and divergent ideas that will facilitate creativity . However , if you are somebody who achieves heightened levels of relaxation and reduce levels of anxiety from cannabis , regardless of which strain we happen to be talking about , well , then yes , it will position you to be in a heightened state of creativity at least as defined by convergent and divergent thinking .
So if somebody asks you or if you're wondering , or if you feel like cannabis increases creativity in some sense , the answer is yes , but the answer is yes . Because of the ways that it shapes openness to new ideas and can I should say can because not in everybody but can in some individuals reduce anxiety . What this means is that if you are somebody who experiences anxiety or increased levels of focus from cannabis , regardless of the strain .
Because of the ways that it shapes openness to new ideas and can I should say can because not in everybody but can in some individuals reduce anxiety . What this means is that if you are somebody who experiences anxiety or increased levels of focus from cannabis , regardless of the strain . And here I have to imagine people are exploring different strains if they're exploring them at all , exploring different modes of delivery , smoking or ingestible , et cetera .
However , if one considers that divergent thinking is absolutely crucial to the creativity process and the range of things that one will explore will be enhanced by openness and by reduced levels of anxiety . So a willingness to explore different options , some of which might seem completely crazy and cannabis increases the personality types and the re reduces the anxiety that create that sense of openness . Well , then it makes perfect sense why cannabis would increase creativity in certain individuals but not directly .
Well , this is interesting , we have to ask ourselves how that was accomplished and it turns out that one of the major ways in which it was accomplished is that cannabis users , even if they are not under the influence of cannabis are far more open to novel ideas . And they have a more explorative and sort of reduced anxiety or I should say lower anxiety mode of thinking when they explore novel ideas , which is essential for divergent thinking . So they observe both enhanced divergent and convergent creative type thinking in cannabis users and the source of that they conclude is , and here I'll just quote cannabis users , higher levels of openness to experience are responsible for their enhanced self reported creativity and convergent thinking test performance .
