Medical history: In her childhood she was constantly ill: migraine, gastric ulcers – at the age of 10 years(!) – and gallstones at 20. As a child she also suffered from bronchitis and eczema, right-sided facial neuralgia, cystitis and pyelonephritis. Ten years ago she had a severe pneumonia and almost died; she was admitted to hospital unconscious. She had not realised how ill she was and had left it too long. A few years earlier she had a burnout syndrome with panic attacks after having supported her sister intensively. She had gone far beyond her limits and could no longer sleep. Now she was happy to be safely at home again. |
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Mind and temperament: she is quickly over-stimulated and cannot set boundaries. She is a perfectionist and has a strong need for control. She is enterprising and very active in organising all kinds of projects and exhibitions. She is afraid of illness and death. Ten years ago, when she was so ill, she was very frightened. "One loses basic trust." Fear in confined spaces + + +, fear in crowds + and fear of fainting. She is afraid of accidents and does not dare to drive in the dark. "I've already seen so many accidents." She fears madness and the sudden non-existence of herself. She is constantly worried, over-cautious and works too much. She has a "helper syndrome". "I have such good rapport with my pupils." Sometimes she has fits of anger. |
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| Adolescence: As a child she felt responsible for her brother. Her father was emotionally dependent on her: "I always held his hand." He called her every time he planned to commit suicide, which he never really did. At eight years old she knew she wanted to be a sculptor. At eighteen her parents threw her out of the house. "I idealised love; it should stand above everything." At nineteen she became depressed and began to hear voices. | |
| Family history: Her parents experienced terrible things during the war. Her mother was quite reckless at the time and did everything for everyone. Her father saw many people die and narrowly escaped death himself several times. | |
| Physical: Sometimes she cannot digest food; she then vomits and gets diarrhoea. Her body becomes stiff and cramped, and she begins to tremble. She has to stay in bed for 24 hours until it passes. Eating: aversion to fatty foods, craving for sweet things, peppers, bread and cheese. Worse from tomatoes, which cause her digestive disturbances, and from fruit. Skin: eczema, cracks on the fingers. | |
| Particularly striking is the tragedy of her parents, which influenced her entire youth. As a small child she had severe physical problems, such as gastric ulcers at only 10 years and gallstones at 20. As an adult she was also often seriously ill and even once had a life-threatening pneumonia. She does not know her limits and does not notice how ill she is. On an emotional level she feels obliged to care for her family and her pupils. Her panic attacks severely limit her. | |
| Gemstone themes: not having a sense of how tired one is. Difficulty maintaining healthy boundaries; she helps others up to the point of burnout. Severe problems; physical difficulties and mentally heavily burdened by her parents' history. Strong personality with a lot of charisma. High standards, perfectionism. She likes to help others; as a child she was required to give extreme support to her father. | |
| Gemstone themes in the present case: She has largely lost the sense of her own body (numb), which leads her to disregard her personal boundaries to her own detriment. She no longer senses her own needs, but tries (even as a child) to fulfil those of the people around her. | |
| Amethyst1 | Amethyst themes: Panic; fear of fainting; over-stimulation, does not know her limits, lets everything affect her; very committed; improved by feeling safe at home, fear in small spaces, fear in crowds + + +, trembling, migraine, respiratory diseases, sleep disorders. Amethyst themes in the present case: Fear of fainting, fear of leaving the body; feels insecure when she is not at home; is quickly over-stimulated and lets things affect her too much, over-caring. |
| Prescription: Amethyst 30K | |
| Severe initial aggravation after taking the remedy; dreams of death, moving house, illness and travel. She trembles and the old complaints reappear in a milder form. Afterwards she becomes much more balanced and even dares to drive in the dark. She is less anxious in situations that would previously have frightened her. Her energy is good; she feels fit all day and is not as ill as she was before. An enormous improvement, both physically and emotionally, has taken place in the last one and a half years during which she has taken Amethyst in ascending potencies from 30K to 10MK. Her response to Amethyst is remarkable. She is in excellent physical health and no longer has panic attacks. She finally feels "at home". | |
| Photo: Amethyst1: Mineral collection of the Senckenberg Natural History Museum. Amethyst, Eva Kröcher ************************************************************************** Category: Cases ************************************************************************** Keywords: serious childhood illnesses, lack of boundaries, respiratory diseases, sleep disorders, migraine, fear of crowds, fear of fainting ************************************************************************** Remedy: Amethyst |
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