Stress & Anxiety Can Take A Toll On Your Health – Here's What You Can Do

Our theme for March 2022 is Stress and Anxiety. Did you know that “anxiety is your body’s natural response to stress?” It’s okay to have some stress, but our bodies start to show physical signs when it is too much. According to Healthline, “some common symptoms include: increased heart rate, rapid breathing, restlessness, and trouble concentrating.” Therefore, it is wise to recognize the signs before they get out of control and make it harder to manage than just the symptoms.

There are many ways to regulate anxiety, here are just a couple:

Exercise

It releases endorphins, puts you in a good mood, and “helps to burn off anxious energy” (Medical News Today). Furthermore, stretching also assists in loosening your muscles from all the tension you are holding onto while your body is in a stressful state.

Meditation

“Meditation can help to slow racing thoughts, making it easier to manage stress and anxiety” (Medical News Today). Moreover, guided meditation can help with your breathing and take you away for a couple of minutes, allowing your mind to have a break from what is causing you this stress.

Cannabidiol oil (CBD)

According to Springer Link “found that existing preclinical evidence strongly supports CBD as a treatment for generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder when administered acutely”. New Phase Blends shares that, “of all the reasons people use CBD, taking CBD for stress is one of the most popular. This is because cannabidiol, or CBD, offers sedative-like properties that can help calm your nerves.”

Talking to someone you trust

Talking to either a friend, family member or someone who has training in mental health can help you sort out those feelings and validate them. In addition, they can help you to organize your thoughts and put together an action plan to tackle the things that are causing the most stress in your life. Another trusting member of your family you can lean on is one of your furry friends. “Pets offer companionship, love, and support.” (Medical News Today)

Sources:

https://www.healthline.com/health/natural-ways-to-reduce-anxiety#what-anxiety-is
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/322396#natural-remedies-for-anxiety-and-stress
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13311-015-0387-1
https://www.newphaseblends.com/using-cbd-for-stress-relief/

Here are a couple of resources of websites and videos to help you find natural remedies to alleviate stress:

11 Natural Remedies for Anxiety –
https://www.thecut.com/2018/12/natural-remedies-for-anxiety.html

A comprehensive guide to dealing with anxiety –
https://www.hollandandbarrett.com/the-health-hub/conditions/mental-health/mind-and-body/how-to-deal-with-anxiety/

“How to stop feeling anxious about anxiety” This is an 18 minute Ted Talk – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZidGozDhOjg

“10 natural remedies for helping anxiety and stress” This is a 7-minute video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuKckDE1ntQ

“Chronic Stress, Anxiety? – You Are Your Best Doctor” This is an 18 minute Ted Talk – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qq0DBeFdDlM One technique not listed in any of the resources shown above is the practice of earthing, (a/k/a grounding). In simple terms, this practice is directly connecting to the earth through your skin such as walking barefoot on the earth or by connecting with a commercial earthing device – https://www.earthing.com/. Besides helping to alleviate stress and anxiety, earthing has the potential to help your body in other ways such as improving sleep issues and reducing inflammation and/or pain.

To learn more, consider purchasing and reading the book Earthing – https://isbndata.org/978-1-68442-322-4/earthing-the-most-important-health-discovery-ever-second-edition or watching the full documentary. Here is the link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44ddtR0XDVU

In addition, we offer a variety of natural products to help people alleviate stress and anxiety in their lives. Please consider visiting our store to discover how these products may benefit your situation.