How do you pull yourself out of the dumps?

[MariJan]

Personally I am incredibly messy but I know exactly where things are...but at the same time can never find what I am looking that's the ADHD side of the brain, can have phone in hand and be looking for it but you ask me where the most random things are at any given time and I usually know, it's a weird life

WW is a good strain for mental clarity. It helps me stay focused. I know nit the same . It slso help me with stress.

 

[giggy]

Break out that camera and grab some shots, look forward to seeing them.

 

[RosterMan]

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[Growdude]

I admit I did not read everyone's reply but I would like to add that pets can make all the difference when you're lonely.
The love they give me is truly what keeps me going, that and I know they rely on me as well.

 

[Candy Smith]

I been sober off heroin for six years. I just had to take little steps. If i just sit home and sleep a lot I stay down. Routine and structure is very important its hard but get up clean up and just go for a mile or two walk. Get some sunshine. Make sure to be out of the house the same time every day. I volunteer to cook at a day center for the homeless. Try to get a pet. Something that needs you for it to live. I have always said we are all crazy but some are in a different place. I think people are always here to lend support but its you that has to keep moving

 

[MariJan]

I been sober off heroin for six years. I just had to take little steps. If i just sit home and sleep a lot I stay down. Routine and structure is very important its hard but get up clean up and just go for a mile or two walk. Get some sunshine. Make sure to be out of the house the same time every day. I volunteer to cook at a day center for the homeless. Try to get a pet. Something that needs you for it to live. I have always said we are all crazy but some are in a different place. I think people are always here to lend support but its you that has to keep moving

Yes pets do help with depression. I got my Son a Cat and I think he loves her more than me some times but he is still here and I am grateful.

 

[MariJan]

Sorry I had that all messed up. I have just smoked a 1/2 a J way more than I normally do. Got to start buying mini cones I don't like to relight.

 

[Oscarzuma]

Sorry I had that all messed up. I have just smoked a 1/2 a J way more than I normally do. Got to start buying mini cones I don't like to relight.

I never knew these existed. Cool idea I may have to try. But, with fifty years rolling experience, it seems a shame to waste my ability to roll smooth burning fatties. One usually lasts Mrs Zuma and I a day.
With minis, I could get more variety each day. Hmmmm...

 

[MariJan]

I never knew these existed. Cool idea I may have to try. But, with fifty years rolling experience, it seems a shame to waste my ability to roll smooth burning fatties. One usually lasts Mrs Zuma and I a day.
With minis, I could get more variety each day. Hmmmm...

Well I smoke alone it only taste good the first time relighting a j tastes like shit to me. Sometimes I pinch the burnt part off and put the rest in a bowl. I prefer my one hitters. Taste great every time.

 

[Oscarzuma]

True, the first puffs are for taste, the rest are for effect. But getting the taste all the time is an interesting idea. I never liked bowls or one hitters particularly, though a good bong rip can be cool. I've dropped a box in my Amazon cart.

 

[jambamamba]

I tell you the mini blunts are great after a shitity day also if y'all are looking for variety with cigars. Sometimes that hit of nicotine is just what the day needs. Def don't knock it till you try. Spliffs ain't bad either though

 

[MariJan]

I tell you the mini blunts are great after a shitity day also if y'all are looking for variety with cigars. Sometimes that hit of nicotine is just what the day needs. Def don't knock it till you try. Spliffs ain't bad either though

I dont like blunts. The tobacco ruins it for me. I used to smoke and I quit in 93

 

[WeedHopper]

No tobacco for this guy. Fk that shit. Open heart surgery will wake your ass up very quickly to the fact that tobacco is bad for you.
I'll stick to the taste of my flowers which is why I love weed. I like the different taste you can get from different strains.

 

[CrashMagnet]

I quit smoking more than 30 years ago. It was and still is the hardest thing I ever did, and I still get strong cravings occasionally. I've always said if I get a terminal disease someday, the first thing I'm going to do is start smoking again.

 

[Flower]

One of my buddies dads, always partied with us when I was in my 20’s.
That would have been mid 90’s.
I noticed that he was always reaching in his front shirt pocket, and asked him about it one night at a party.
He said he had quit smoking 10 years ago, but every time he drank, he would continually reach in that front shirt pocket looking for a pack of cigarettes, lol.
I know the feeling.

 

[Hippie420]

No tobacco for this guy. Fk that shit. Open heart surgery will wake your ass up very quickly to the fact that tobacco is bad for you.

Lung cancer does the same.

I finally got over reaching for my shirt pocket, but I still think about cigarettes once a day, every day, all day long. I'd quit smoking at least 7 years before I got the death sentence, but I'd switched to vaping. Now, I don't vape/smoke anything. Gotta go for another six month CAT scan in October. I'll be picking up a carton of coffin nails if the results come back bad. Got a feeling they won't though. It'll be something else that takes me out. Gotta face facts; we ain't gettin' outta this life alive!!

 

[KGB]

So I am not really sure if this is a good place for this but I need some helpful advice.
I have been down in the dumps for quite awhile now. Two years ago I kicked opiates and a year n a half ago I kicked alcohol and just use the green these days.

Everything should be good for me these days. I live with my brother and I don't have a lot of expenses, I can save a little bit of money..I bought myself a reliable car a year ago, and I'm the overnight manager at my local Kroger.

Problem is I am still incredibly depressed. I don't really talk to anyone anymore, I barely leave my house. It's hard to get myself to do the few basic things I have too like going to the grocery store, going to doctors appointments, keeping my meds filled which brings me to my next point.

I have been completely honest with my doctor, I tell her how I feel. I tell her the problems I still have, I take my meds as proscribed and I have been in and out of therapy, rehabs and hospitals the last 10 years. I have lost count how many times I've been locked in a psyche ward. Been to rehab 3 times and it didn't work till I decided I was done with it.

I'm diagnosed schizoeffective disorder and I really don't feel much of anything anymore. One the worse symptoms of schizoeffective disorder is anadonia. Which I am struggling with. I came from a broken home and I've lost pretty much anyone I've ever cared about. These days it seems like no matter what I do I can barely get myself to take care of my basic needs. Im miserable. I barely talk anymore because I just don't see the point. My isolation is really bad.

Being on this forum is the most interaction I've had with the world in probably a year. The plant has become the only thing I look forward to. I think it's been good for me. I feel like there's so much in my life to try and fix that is just too overwhelming. I don't know what to do with myself anymore. I guess I'm posting this to try and make some friends and just put into words some the things I'm struggling with vs just keeping it in my head. If you read this far I appreciate it, I hate being so negative I just don't know what to do anymore

You can always try what I do. I use a vaporizer and take small portions at a time. I only get high if I want to but the microdosing helps me to stay "almost high" and be clear. Cut out a lot of the depression for me

 

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[greenscreen13]

IDK how some of you have quit smoking, I've been a smoker since age 11 and my mom, grandfather, dad, 2 of 4 of my aunts on my mom's side and IDK how many on my dad's side all die of lung cancer and yet I still can't quit. I don't even thinks it's possible for me and I quit fentanyl and all other hard drugs and alcohol but cigarettes is something else

 

[KGB]

IDK how some of you have quit smoking, I've been a smoker since age 11 and my mom, grandfather, dad, 2 of 4 of my aunts on my mom's side and IDK how many on my dad's side all die of lung cancer and yet I still can't quit. I don't even thinks it's possible for me and I quit fentanyl and all other hard drugs and alcohol but cigarettes is something else

That’s why I started vaping small amounts. I smoked now and again through high school but being honest it was all Mexican ditch weed. Looked great on Monday but in a week it started decomposing to dirt. I didn’t smoke anything really strong until I was 19 then I smoked daily for 27 years. Then I quit for 13 years until my arthritis kicked in and my wife told me to go for it if it would help as per our agreement. I finally settled on vaping small amounts as my best option.

The only thing that depressed me about smoking was I saw how controlled and conditioned the world around me had become. You can’t do anything about that but observe. There is a reason for it