Can enemas help with depression?

I’ve read recently that enemas can help with depression which unfortunately I‘ve been dealing with. Can anyone comment whether or not they help? I‘m sure an enema can not make depression worst, but can it actually help?

Enemas can result in the release of endorphins that affect our emotions and help us to “feel better.” I’ve had times when I was in a funk and feeling “out of sorts” that doing a good enema cleanse gave me an emotional lift. Enemas can be an effective stress reliever — I know this from personal experience. The connection between our GI system and brain is real.

I don’t know about the medical side of depression — I’m not about to suggest that enemas in any manner are a legitimate remedy — but I do know that, mentally, I usually do “feel better” afterwards. I think women who have an enema bag and know how to use it would agree — maybe guys as well!

If enemas could help depression, I’d be taking them or getting them at least as often as the medical literature recommended.

Eric

I'd agree with Vicki - enemas can be relaxing, indulging - sort of a nice way of “taking care if yourself” - so under the right conditions, they can certainly make you feel better.

@Rigel ”…enemas can be relaxing, indulging - sort of a nice way of “taking care of yourself”

I couldn’t say it any better. On those few occasions when I was feeling lousy and left work early to go home and “take care of myself,” I would feel like a new person. It’s amazing how much housework I could do after taking an enema! Another reason for a woman to have an enema bag! Lol

It’s amazing how much housework I could do after taking an enema! Another reason for a woman to have an enema bag! Lol

@Vicki_V My gawd!!! I have a lot of housework than needs to be done - AND I have an enema bag!!!! C'mon over!!! 😄

Sorry I can’t reference source. I was reading about benefits of enemas. Helping with depression was listed. I’m just thought I’d get some input from members here. I’ve been offered meds from Dr. but I have some reservations. So as a result I pose the question. Depression sucks!

I don't know if I'd meet the standard of being clinically depressed. Just down sometimes. Not much energy. Roam around Zity rather than mowing the lawn or reading a good mystery book which is something I can usually immerse myself in with great pleasure. I've even sat in a deck chair next to my boat on a lovely lake evening and not gone fishing.

This ho-hum affliction has been with me since I was a teenager. Mom was a nurse and like many moms back then a believer in the curative powers of an enema. If she felt my ho-hum was too much she'd say to me, “Tommy, I think you need an enema. Don't you?” This was not really opening a yes/no conversation. I would protest I didn't need an enema, I was just fine. She'd say I wasn't and a good enema would do me a world of good. There was no sense me protesting further. She'd decided. My protests were as much for show as real. I'd know I was down and I'd know the enema would perk me up. A small price to pay for being up.

Part of the benefit package was her taking control. Her deciding. Her telling me I was getting an enema, being ordered to the bathroom, told to remove my pants and bend over when the enema was ready, told she was sorry but the enema wasn't finished yet and she was going to give it all to me. She was caring, but very firm. “Stop fussing I said you were getting an enema, Tommy, and you're going to take it all …. yes, all. I'm going to open the clamp again. Take a deep breath. Relax. The soon it's all in the sooner it's over.”

Getting an enema, actually a soapy one and then a rinse enema, generally reset my mind computer back to factory default. Somehow cleaning the garbage out of my physical system also cleaned garbage out of my mental one. From being told I was getting an enema, through the process, I had no option but to do as I was told. There was no saying to the enema I was going to ignore what my guts were telling me and I was going to go back and flop down on my bed. The enema, along with mom, had taken control. It may be as simple as that 30/60 minutes when I wasn't in control, had no choice but to comply, that broke the cycle of down thinking.

When I got married my mother sent me off with new underwear and, over time, a package of Tommy Care Instructions for my wife. Perk up enemas were part of the package and to this day, several times a year, my wife will comment on my lack of energy and tell me she's going to give me an enema to fix me up. It still works as well as it did when I was a teenager.

If I was clinically depressed and a doctor ordered meds, I'd take them. cnmtman, if you think depression sucks try enemas for sure. First though, get going on those meds. I've been told they can take a month or so before any change is noticeable so get started.

I read a very recent paper where depressed people had higher circulating levels of the amino acid proline than others who ate the same foods. The researchers attributed this to differences in metabolism by colon bacteria and supported this conclusion with fecal transplant experiments. Probiotic advocates have support from a few papers that show improvement of depression, particularly after consuming certain strains of colon bacteria. No mention of enemas but because they effect colon ecology too - who knows?

Disclaimer: Don't let Dr. Google or myself interfere in any way with seeking medical help for a serious condition like major depression 😀

My answer is definitely YES. I am absolutely convinced that there is a connection between the gut and the brain. Having struggled with mental health for years I started, fifteen years ago, going for colonics and life is completely different. Everyone I meet says “you look so well" andI feel so well too.

I don't know about clinical depression, but an enema series that ends with an orgasm always puts me in a better mood.

I always tell my hubby a few good bags of water and a side order of my tongue will surely mend up whatever ails him. And guess what, afterwards, he agrees!!! He is ALWAYS in a better mindset regardless whatever put him there!!!

Doing a series of enemas will always make me feel so much better and forget about what is causing me to be depressed

As far as I’m concerned they can sure help. Just spending the time to enjoy your personal time while taking an enema is totally relaxing. With a little masturbation on the side, how can you remained depressed?

While chronic depression is a serious matter, there is such thing as situational depression…and that's depression that comes as a result of transient circumstances such as a temporary setback. And I freely admit that over the years I've bumped into stages of situational depression. As many of you know, I was a writer for a large regional advertising agency (think “Mad Men”) over a nearly 40 year career.

Developing creative solutions to marketing challenges was what I did. It was an endeavor in which you invested your heart and soul into creating marketing programs that worked for the client. In most cases the client would give the green light to our ideas. But sometimes the client would balk at work in which we were totally invested. And to say you'd leave work or the presentation deflated and depressed was a mild understatement. This was my brush with situational depression.

It never lasted all that long and one of the best cures I could think of was a quiet enema session. I'd head home, pour a glass of wine and unwind a little. Then I'd adjourn to our master bathroom and prepare my enemas. I might take only one, I might take four. I might have an orgasm…or I may not. But when I emerged from the bathroom I felt refreshed and ready to tackle revisions…or create something entirely new. I can't begin to recall the number times over my career that an enema session was just what I needed to clear my mind and see the world in a new light.

And that's the way it was!

Have fun and play safe!

Deb

@debgirl - My first thought is that the glass of wine may have had a lot to do with it…but then, all of the issues -emotionally and physiologically - associated with enemas come into play. The permutations and combinations of synapses is infinite!! What works for some may or may not work for others and trying to figure it out comes under the heading of metaphysical masturbation, eh? Bottom line, have a glass or two, hang a bag…and enjoy!!

@debgurl You have described the ultimate manner in which to regroup, reset, relax, unwind and enjoy yourself after a “Crappy“ day.

The enemas clear out the waste in our bodies and the relaxation, a glass of wine and maybe an orgasm puts us back into a better state of body and mind that enables us the rethink things from a much better perspective.

Thank you!

Thanks for all the response. I do appreciate the feedback. A med I take can cause depression or further it. But don’t like the idea of taking a drug to stop side effects from another drug. Where does it end.

So I’ll go with suggestions to try enemas when I’m feeling particularly down.

I would definitely recommend a huge coffee enema. I get a coffee enema with approx. one gallon at least one time a week and feeling much better….

Just today, I watched two YT videos where the enema users testified that enemas, along with nutritional advice, had helped them physically and mentally. I believed these people, partly because they could have said that red balloons helped them, and then offered red balloons for sale. These people appeared to have been genuinely helped. I know that the docs among us will object, “there's no evidence for that,” and stand on their research. That's a valid point, but anecdotal evidence is still evidence, and possibly better than some of the “studies” promoted in the literature. See: https://academic.oup.com/humrep/article/33/5/770/4956366

When my wife was still working and might have had a bad day she would come home, pour a glass of wine and head for the bathroom but only after retrieving our enema bag from the hall closet first. I always knew enough not to bug her at these times, but she might spend nearly an hour in there. When she finally came out she was certainly a different woman. So, yes, an enema (and some wine) is a great way to fight depression.

My wife gives me an enema every morning, and I'm never depressed. Go figure

Coffee enemas seem to help me I think taking time out of my busy schedule for some me time helps as well.

When @sirensong promises me an enema I'm always happy, never depressed. So for me, the answer is yes.

I don’t know whether or not an enema can help if you actually have clinical depression, but I do know that when I am having a down day due to bad weather or just feeling “shitty”, a good enema really picks me up. Maybe it’s all in my head, but an enema is good, reliable, and cheap medicine for me.

Ooooh ya ….. right !

I agree with Cheryl! Some days the time spent with the bag is the best time of the day. It never fails to improve my attitude and outlook on life.

I am not a medical professional but I do know when I am bored or a little down, just the thought of seeing or thinking about the enema bag gets me going and I forget the prevous feelings and get an electric charge through me. It is even more fun if there is a Dominant lady there filling the bag as I lay there in anticipation of what is going to happen :-)

@Cheryl77177

If I could have given your post a dozen “likes", I would have!!! Good old soap enemas help with cleansing of the mind as well as your colon. Very good post! ❤

For me, an enema and even better a colonic is not just a physical cleanse but, perhaps more importantly, an emotional cleanse too. So fortunate to have two special ladies, Sue and Debbie, who care for me!!!