1. Stress at work
2. Stress from school
3. Stress in a personal relationship
4. Financial stress
5. Stress from an emotional trauma such as the death of a loved one
6. Stress from a serious medical illness
7. Use of an illicit drug, such as cocaine
8. Lack of oxygen in circumstances as diverse as high altitude sickness, emphysema, or pulmonary embolism (a blood clot in the vessels of the lung)

CBD and Anxiety Research

When we look at some of the research that has been done for potential treatments for anxiety disorders, there is a growing amount of scientific studies involving CBD‘s medical usefulness for anxiety and depression. Hundreds of studies have looked at how cannabidiol might be used to treat various neuropsychiatric disorders. One of the most recent, published in October 2015 in Neurotherapeutics, concluded that topical CBD has “considerable potential as a treatment for multiple anxiety disorders.” In addition, a study review published in September 2015 in the Journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics found that “preclinical evidence strongly supports CBD as a treatment for anxiety disorders,” including PTSD, generalized anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and seasonal affective disorder.