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? b 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.
