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Cannabinoid system versus fear and anxiety
Hashtag anxiety hits 13 million posts on @Instagram alone. Yet, many believe being stressed and being anxious is more or less the same. And, most importantly the outcome is on you. Willpower, or the power of positive thinking, exercising, healthy diet — all within your hands. Trust me, deep breathing only will not correct the dysregulation of the body’s physiological systems.
A routine blood test may reveal one’s thyroid hormone level, or vitamin D level is abnormal. I challenge that praying, meditating, or taking a relaxing bath would reset vitamin D or thyroid. However, everyone seems to have advice on how to treat anxiety. Try yoga, take a deep breath, relax, forgive yourself, go for a walk, meditate. Still no luck to be more chill? Meditate deeper, longer, ring a friend, reconnect with your family — millions of useful ideas. Approaches are indeed excellent to deal with occasional stress (a justified and temporary worry). Still, it does nothing to help a person who suffers from constant chronic and recurring anxiety when no threat presents itself on the horizon.
Stress as an occasional worry is a healthy survival mechanism. Anxiety, when no imminent danger presented, is a disorder. Strikingly, chronic anxiety may be a hypocannabinergic state…
