I know plenty of people who can vouch for Marijuana helping with emotional pain that occurs with loneliness. I think this is a very positive and humane effect that comes from pot smoking. Loneliness kills people. Also that it helps with self- esteem. Perhaps Marijuana could work on somebody working on their self- esteem. Remember what the article states, it won't fix your problems but it could be of an aid.
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Newly published research suggests that one of the main reasons people enjoy smoking marijuana is because it helps them combat intense feelings of social exclusion.
Rather than simply getting high for the heck of it, a research team led by University of Kentucky psychologist Timothy Deckman has found that cannabis relieves not only physical pain but also emotional pain.
Marijuana use buffered the lonely from both negative self-worth and poor mental health,’ the researchers wrote in the Social Psychological and Personality Science journal.
Another experiment found people who were experiencing social pain were less likely to have suffered a major depression in the past year if they were regular pot smokers.
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Edited by Brainfogged, 03 January 2014 - 05:16 PM.