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Stress is inevitable, and stress is unavoidable. Stress is universal, and stress occurs daily for all living things. Stress is so profound that the entire month of April has been declared the Stress Awareness Month by The Health Resource Network (HRN). The HRN is a non-profit health education organization with a national, cooperative effort that strives “to inform people about the dangers of stress, successful coping strategies, and harmful misconceptions about stress prevalent in our society” (HRN).
The HRN was founded by board-certified internal medicine physician and corporate medical director Dr. Mort Orman in 1992, making April 2022 the 30th anniversary of this group’s mission. By increasing public awareness about the significant effects of stress, the HRN hopes to unite experts with those struggling with stress’s negative connotations and consequences.
Like most things in life, stress can be perceived as either detrimental or beneficial towards one’s health and well-being. While people face a variety of stressors all the time, everyone manages and copes with their stress differently. The subsequent outcomes of these stressors on an individual’s health and well-being are primarily determined by how one handles and addresses these inevitable encounters of daily living. Fortunately, in this day and age of technology, the internet is bursting with helpful tips, tools, and aids that concentrate on helping people deal with everyday stressors in ways that redirect stress to one’s advantage.
Experts agree that the ideal method in overcoming stress begins with developing a solid understanding of stress and forming an awareness of stress and its influence on psychological, social, and physiological health and well-being. To best do so, many specialists recommend visualizing stress on a spectrum divided by two extremes; 0-100, for example. On the one end, you have eustress. Eustress is a type of stress that positively influences health and well-being. Eustress generally causes a sense of challenge that increases motivation and personal performance and can enhance one’s desire to act or make meaningful change. Yet, on the other side, you have distress, the type of stress you are more likely to be familiar with.
Distress causes negative influences on a person’s health and well-being and generally creates anxiety, tension, strain, and increases personal pressure. These emotional states tend to decrease motivation, decrease performance, and often manifest into debilitating mental and physical problems if left uncontrolled.
Now that you have a better grasp of stress, it is time to discuss safe ways of controlling it. In the spirit of Stress Awareness Month, we would be remiss not to discuss medical marijuana and how it has exploded in popularity over recent years. The State of Florida legalized medical marijuana thanks to its wide range of medicinal purposes and properties, particularly those related to anxiety and stress management. These facts are made evident by the sheer number of medical marijuana patients who have been qualified, approved, and treated by certified medical cannabis doctors and medical marijuana treatment centers (dispensaries) under Florida’s Office of Medical Marijuana Use Registry (OMMU).
With proper oversight, the therapeutic usage of cannabis has been proven and validated to successfully manage and treat conditions directly associated with distress. Current research literature demonstrates that conditions such as insomnia, anorexia, depression, PTSD, IBS, and even substance abuse disorders like nicotine addiction, alcoholism, and benzodiazepine dependence, can now be treated or avoided altogether using medicinal marijuana. With the growing number of health care professionals who focus solely on medical marijuana treatment options for debilitating conditions linked to stress, medical marijuana experts can be found at cannabis doctor’s offices such as Compassionate Healthcare of Florida.
Whether seasonal or permanent, Florida residents can now set up an appointment and get the care they need as early as today! Compassionate Healthcare of Florida (CHF) is a family-owned company established in 2019 in Naples, FL, and has recently opened its second location in Cape Coral, FL. They are now open and eager to connect Lee County residents in finding effective relief from the multitude of adverse conditions and unhealthy states unmanaged stress frequently creates.
If you believe you are one of the many millions of Americans suffering from unrelenting and unbearable stress-related anxiety, consider reaching out to the healthcare professionals at Compassionate Healthcare of Florida and hear how they may facilitate same-day medical marijuana cards on-site!
Additionally, in light of Stress Awareness Month, throughout April, Compassionate Healthcare of Florida will be offering all new patients, patient transfers, and patient renewals a limited-time 15% discount. Just mention “Stress Awareness Month” or “Health and Wellness Magazine” and make this the perfect time to join the hundreds of others who have already experienced relief at CHF!
For more information on Stress Awareness Month or becoming a medical marijuana use patient, please visit www.flmmjhealth.com or dial (833)-NEED-MMJ (833) 633-3665.
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