PTSD management gets giant boost with medical cannabis
There are encounters in our lives that the two of us all remember with both excited thoughts & not so excited thoughts.
Some encounters are so impactful that they sort of linger with us as deep seated memories. Then there is PTSD & those memories generated from a traumatic event can end up dominating our lives. This is what I have been living with for the last more than 2 years. And until I found medical cannabis, I wasn’t getting where I wanted to be with managing our PTSD. My situation stems from a random act of violence that came close to killing me. While our logical brain realizes that I was simply in the wrong place at exactly the wrong time, the rest of our brain doesn’t see it that way. There is so much fear, paranoia & crazy thoughts that have developed since I was hurt. However, I found a great support group that has tipped the scales in our favor. Marijauana treatment is fairly prevalent in our PTSD group. And with our therapist’s okay, I began treatment with medical marijuana. The results were quick & have been lasting. I observed immediately that weed helped me sleep & not be afraid to sleep. Prior to cannabis, I would lay awake in fear of the nightmares. The marijuana helps me to relax & guess that if the nightmares come I can deal with it. I’m also much calmer & am able to live our life without looking over our shoulder every 10 minutes. And I observed the other day that I was just randomly smiling. This is something that hasn’t happened in far too long.