If you are depressed, read this

[bentleygtgirl]

I feel like even though depression is a disease, a positive outlook always helps. Theres always a lot of ways you could interpret things. I am a little bit of a larger girl, well not really, but I have small friends. If i wanted to, I could stand in front of the mirror and make myself cry by saying "oh i have fat hips, im ugly, my boobs are too big i have ugly hair" but I don't! I have to have that self confidence so I always try to compliment myself. I don't think its bein conceited, I just have a good body image.

One thing that helped me get over my depression was figuring out appropriate feelings for things. It sounds super cheesy, but I don't care. I was taking everything personally but I couldn't see it. If a pretty girl drove by in a hot car I would get jealous and feel like she was like "Oh, im so hot, and you all are losers" in reality, she was just a girl havin a good day. I think if more people thought like this we would be happier.

bentleygtgirl Reviewed by bentleygtgirl on 02-03-2007. If you are depressed, read this I've had to deal with depression for much of my life, and now am in the process of getting off meds, so I have been searching for other methods to keep me from sliding down. I found the best book- It is called The Zen Path through Depression by Philip Martin. It is a slim book, only 143 pages, and is broken down into practical actions one can take to reduce depression. It's very easy to read and follow, so I would recommend it to anyone (you don't even have to be Buddhist to benefit from the Rating: 5

[bong_man]

Bong_man, do you find that weed helps with bipolar? I have read a lot about it, have the horrible 'label' of biopolar put on me and am currently off meds because I hate the side effects. Are you a daily toker or do you just smoke when you need to medicate yourself?

Herb did'nt have much to do with the bi polar itself i think it was more the adhd it had the effect on but once i could consontrate and feel abit more mellow from the weed i started seeing things alittle differantly when i was high and thinking about why i see things the way i do, Why do i think everythings so bad why do i constantly feel like topping myself then after doing some reading i found that once you can control your mind you can choose how you feel you can be constantly happy etc Im a daily toker i loveeee getting high i'd be dead without it

[Natural Revolution]

Makes sense bong man, Ive had those realizations too. For you people with bipolar, how fast do the moods switch?

[Tom Swierzbinski]

Makes sense bong man, Ive had those realizations too. For you people with bipolar, how fast do the moods switch?

Several times a day, going from 1 to 10 within minutes. Docs have said I could be psyclothimic (sp?) which is basically rapid cycling bipolar.

[nikweiser]

thank you demeter!!!!!!!!

[napolitana869]

I'm bipolar among some other things and weed does help with my moods

[hello3pat]

Another good book is The Art of Happiness by the Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler M.D.

It's extremely good book, it compares the Thaibeten Buhddist's ideas of happiness and western ideas on it. Extremely good read whether or not your Buhddist or even religious

[Matt the Funk]

Weed is awesome for bi-polar, I swing from mania and depression every 3 weeks or so, and everyday I have multiple mood swings like normal people, maybe a little more intense. But weed helps all that.

[Demeter]

I agree with Matt- Cannabis works to stabilize my mood. I have been off Prozac for about 3 weeks and Welbutrin now for about a week and feel much better just smoking a bowl! Why must I settle for synthetic when nature has already provided the natural medicine? Now if it was only legal, life would be much easier! Stupid government

[the yeag]

I would be real careful stopping medication. I do not have depression. Although 2 out of the four women i have seriously dated have had it at some point in there lives. How can smoking a depresant..~marijuana ~ help your depression? That does not seem to make sense, we know alcohol does not work. I know it works for anxiety in some and makes it worse in others. show me a well published doctors paper stating that pot helps and i might believe. best of luck to all you depressed peeps.