@deardabby420, it’s actually crazier than you think.

I grow my own cannabis from seed.
I ferment my own alcohol and I bring that to an overproof state of 95% (really is my own Mtn Dew.)

I cut these buds right off the plant when they were super sticky and skunky. Then freeze dried immediately.
(Normally, they’d be dried and cured for 6 weeks first.)

Then I extract to make my own fully extracted, full spectrum cannabis oil, reclaim 75% of the original alcohol, and purge off any of the residual alcohol in an oven, under vacuum pressure for 96 hours.

This produces a finished oil that is free of any alcohol.
The original plant material can be soaked and filtered a few times with the alcohol, but after that there is nothing left to extract so the cannabis gets composted.

The finished oil hits upwards of 90% THC depending on the strain. Currently Apollo 13 is the most potent strain that I grow. If her conditions are right, she can reach 30%.
I make many different strengths of oils. I use strains at different potency levels and I blend oils from different strains together.
It gets intricate. Lolz!
Then, I dab or eat it.
If you require lower THC because you get anxiety, paranoia or feel like you’re going to die on higher THC strains, you may have genes that are amping these sensations up. Asian genetics are known to do this. Or, you are just using too much too quickly and are overwhelming and flooding your receptors. You can try taking smaller dabs and smaller inhalations less frequently. ;)
Nice to meet you. ;)