Guest guest Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 I've smoke pot for over 35 years and will continue doing so until the day I die. Alot safer then all of those pills that are out on the market. from Illinois Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2009 Report Share Posted October 25, 2009 It works wonders for me. More calm and most of my pain is gone for a few hours until I decided to smoke more or not. My doc's know I do and I can't wait until it is legal here in my state. It helped a friend of mine that was on chemo for 6 months. She was able to eat a little but plus it helped with pain. from Illinois Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2009 Report Share Posted October 25, 2009 Bethany, as you may well know, there are important trade-offs between treating psychological disorders with substances (pharmaceuticals, marijuana) and psychotherapy. Effective psychotherapy eliminates the anxiety/panic/fear from the roots, and has the positive side-effect of teaching the client that THEY themselves have power over all negative emotions that crop up in the future by going inside themselves and changing self-defeating thoughts, beliefs, actions that create the panic, fear, depression, anger, shame, etc. Pharmaceuticals and weed, on the other hand, may eliminate the negative emotion temporarily by turning the autonomic nervous system down, but has many negative side effects such as preventing the individual from learning how to turn their own ANS down themselves; creating a vicious cycle of dependency on others, dependency on substances, costly, biological side-effects, etc. I think you make an important point that not all psychotherapists have the same ability; its rare to find a good one, but if you do or can, it is one of the most valuable experiences a person can have ...learning to have control over emotions, happiness, reactivity, etc. As M Peck said, psychotherapy is the road less traveled. Walter > > > > *Sometimes* panic attacks are treated successfully with psychotherapy. As a > > former therapist who unsuccessfully treated panic disorder patients for > > many years (in one case 7 years, only ending because I moved from that > > city) I would say that psychotherapy is palliative at best, without proper > > medication. > > Bethany > > > > > > > > > Panic attacks are treated quite successfully with psychotherapy....having > > > a good therapist help you uncover the core fear-based beliefs and working > > > through them; rebutting and replacing them with perspectives and beliefs > > > that induce serenity and comfort. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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