Monday, February 6, 2017

20% of Time 100% Natural

20TIME blog post #1
Natural stimulants
        20 time is where I am able to spend 20% of my time in class working on a project of my interest. My essential question, for my project, is how to heal those who have been trafficked or suffer from PTSD without the drugs that are prescribed by the government. 
        My project research will include learning about different neurotransmitters that are affected when drugs are in the system of a person. If I can figure out what natural smells or senses can trigger those same neurotransmitters for the same calm and joyous
feeling that drugs can, then the healing process will not be detrimental to the patients later in their lives. I chose this topic because my National Charity League class's senior project was to help this organization that creates backpacks for those who are rescued from being trafficked. We were told that 75% of those rescued go to drugs for comfort because they are afraid to go home; that made me think of other ways to help then and the way the brain works has always interested me so I decided to combine the two.
        I will be able to measure my progress by whether or not I've completed certain research topics. The first that I have completed is what parts of the brain the neurotransmitters associated with drugs, emotion, stress, and fear. The final research needed to be done is which drugs have similar transmitters to what natural oils, herbs, or plants and how they will be made into lotions, perfumes, candles etc. If I have spare time, I want to research the stimulants of certain colors and the effects they have on emotion and mood to hopefully add those in as well. My plan for moving forward is to follow my schedule and also get together with a lady I met from NCL who works for a natural oil company and interviewing her and having her help me put together my final product. Since she works for a natural oil company, she mentioned to me that she would like to see my final project to see if their company could so something simular. 
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2 comments:

  1. Nicole ChangFebruary 8, 2017 at 7:59 PM

    This is a cool project and a straightforward plan of what and how you're going to research! It's also great to know what inspired to began to project. It'd definitely be interesting to find out what exact drugs are in the oils or herbs that become lotion or candles and see what effects are most soothing to people to relax.

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  2. UnknownFebruary 8, 2017 at 9:21 PM

    I think this is a very interesting topic because not much is known about PTSD treatments, especially natural remedies. I think it would be cool if you could research common solutions that people believe such as massages to see if they actually work. Some scents that you could maybe look into using are lavender, coffee, and mint. Are you going to conduct experiments yourself, or do research on it?

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