If you are depressed, read this

[Natural Revolution]

marijuana is a hallucinogen not a depressant. also depressant drugs aren't the same thing as mental depression. they are called that because they slow down heartbeat and respiration, not because they make you feel depressed necessarily.

Natural Revolution Reviewed by Natural Revolution on 02-04-2007. 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

[Matt the Funk]

marijuana is a hallucinogen not a depressant. also depressant drugs aren't the same thing as mental depression. they are called that because they slow down heartbeat and respiration, not because they make you feel depressed necessarily.

Marijuana is an anti-psychotic,hallucinogenic,stimulant, and depressant. Being a depressent it just depressed your body and such. The fact that it is all of these is partially why I believe cannabis helps with so many health conditions.

[Amun]

yeah, i had really bad depression and thats actually a reason i started smoking back up again a few years back.


since then, ive done a lot of research in a lot of fields, learned a lot and read a lot of philosophy and zen buddhism.


...i think weed helped me out a lot.

most definately.

may have even cured me.

[Willard_420]

This may be a 6day old topic, so if I get yelled at for reviving it or something, sorry... I just felt I wanted to add on to this...

I took many different anti depressants to treat my "severe" depression. Some, like Prozac made my condition worse! Well I began smoking about 6 months after the start of my depression, not for medicinal, but just as recreational use.

Over the time of smoking, I began to notice the med (or so I thought) I was trying was actually working! So I stopped smoking to see if there was a full benefit from that, and it stopped working. So curious, I stopped taking the med for 3 days and continued my smoking. To my surprise, I was fine. I've been fine ever since, I've had not ONE anxiety attack or suicidal thought since I started smoking almost 5 years ago.

[robert42]

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.

Well said

i agree