that wasn't the logic -- parent never mentioned what they felt relief from.

for all we know it helped their rheumatoid arthritis.

Yeah, that was my point. And the word 'pain' actually reminded me of cluster headaches, which are treated with psilocybin exceptionally well. And yes, many people will experience long term changes without having suffered any illness (diagnosed or not). It's just that under the topic of this thread, well assume posts are about diagnosed depression.

You definitely need diagnosis to be called “clinically depressed”.

For all we know lay folk use the word depressed for feeling bummed. (Not insinuating this is the case with the GP)

agreed. i'm not claiming any scientific data here, just a personal experience.

however i wouldn't be surprised my dendritic tree grew 10% last two weeks like the article claim.