Hot button topic is wellness and the discussion, I am doing is based on non-
pharmacological approaches to reduce stress. The reason this is a hot button
topic for me is because I am dealing with these matters now as we speak. Many
people are battling many different matters and we all cope differently. The
situations that occurred in my life in the past 2 years have definitely been life
challenging. I have a 15-year-old daughter that was diagnosed with leukemia.
That alone drove me insane and the reason I will say I really lost it is because I
feared that deeply. I was afraid of what may occur and as a mother I was
determined to be a supermom. I was trapped in a mindset that I will save my
baby from whatever even it was the risk of me losing my own life. I was not
able to take this from her and I obtained severe anxiety. I played my role as
calm and collected around her and with her med team. Deep down inside I was
not ok. My close family members and friends noticed the change in my
behavior, and they also realized I was going into depression. I never would
want to leave the hospital for the first 2 weeks during her diagnoses. I was
crying hysterically when I was alone, and I started to become very angry with
people that had great and pure intentions. As time progressed, I began to see
the change in me, so I was referred to a family therapist. My daughter had
obtained anxiety and it was a separation anxiety she formed because I was
always there and waited on her hand and foot besides her med team. It affects
individuals because when someone is connected to you and wants you to be
the best person all around it shows them that you are needing help and a form
of validation that everything is going to be okay. I see that it effects society
because when you hear, "your child has cancer" the next thing you will feel is,
will this be it? Can she fight this battle and why her? I see that society was very
supportive the love and connections and relationships that are built during this
trying time are so essential and pure. I found the most help and support from
parents just like myself that were battling this same fight with their children,
and we became like family. While going to therapy I seen that my doctor was
referring me to take various medications. I do not like medication. I am holistic
and I am big on self-healing and natural remedies to everything. I felt like well
why not? a I tried the medications, and I noticed a huge change in my behavior
and the energy that I needed was vanishing and fast. I was afraid of a lot of the
effects, and I took myself off of the medications. I than resulted to marijuana. I
am open minded and honest. I found that marijuana use helped me much more
than the medications that the doctors prescribed to me. I know that a lot of
states are illegal, but I am honest about it, it's very harmful and has helped me
think very clearly and definitely calmed me down and reduced my anxiety and
tremendously. I would use some of the psychological concepts from this
course to understand that there is a chance to be in legal trouble. As long as you
are doing it moderation and it is beneficial versus harmful, I find it ok. This is
not the average discussion post, but I find it very helpful, and the main concept
is the self-care course theme to help me in this matter. But when you look at
the statistics in those who become addicted to medications that are prescribed
to help, they do more damage than they do help. I have not found yet where
someone was in a marijuana addiction or has done bad harm to self or others
while using marijuana.
