Quote Originally Posted by slipknotpsycho
no those aren't physical....

physical withdrawl includes (but not limited to) shakes/tremors, naseau/vomiting, headache/body pains, diahreah/constipation (although you'd see that with certain rx meds) coldsweats etc....

depression/moodiness is an emotion, it's in your head, eating disorders are already known to be a mental thing, true you're physically not eating, but it's still your mind in control... sleeping, well that can go both ways, although i'd consider it mental and i'll tell you why in a sec...

the only way you could really construe cannabis to be physically addictive is because it increases your melatonin levels by thousands... but it's not replacing the chemical (like other drugs do that are physically addicting) it's just simply giving your system more then it's used to...

the reason i believe sleepign is classified as mental is because you can take melatonin supplements when you don't have bud, and you're normal again... melatonin is in no way a narcotic, so it's not making you drowsy, it's just replacing the ammount you were used to before you ran out of weed allowing your brain to work normally again.
yes but a drastic uprising of neurochemicals and then a drastic drop and no reuptake of those neurotransmitters can, if not will employ withdrawal symptoms. eating disorders are construed as mental because usually the person suffering from the disorder does not see themselves as they truely are, and are mentally bound to the fact that if they dont eat they will bloom into the true beauty they think they can find but never will. thats totally mental.

but loss of appetite is not mental. i dont think you can mentally control appetite. thats why in africa and other third world countries, they smoke a lot of potent tobacco. because this is an appetite suppresant. you cant turn on and off your appetite with your mind, its just not possible. otherwise hunger wouldnt be painful. we could choose to be not hungry, if it were mental.

and i still think sleeping is physical. exhaustion is a physical condition, not mental. just like appetite, you cant turn your state of exhaustion on and off, otherwise we would never sleep. sure you can induce a state of drowsiness with chemicals, but this doesnt substitute exhaustion and the progression of your sleep.