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This is the case of a 35-year-old lady who came to my clinic for the first time to have her depression and anxiety treated. At that time she was taking psychotropic medication which did not suit her and caused considerable side effects. |
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| The depression began five years earlier, after she had a motorcycle accident. I prescribed Aconit, after which she felt much better: "My depression is gone!" Consequently her psychiatrist halved her medication. | |
| Some years later she asked me to treat her hair: she complained that it was thin and falling out. She also complained of confusion, irritability and restlessness. I prescribed Lac leoninum, which did her a lot of good. But after 6 months she returned and asked me to treat her increased appetite and weight gain. Even though she exercises and does regular workouts, she does not lose weight; it is "as if my body wants to keep it," she says. | |
| Patient (P): "The way I perceive food has changed: there is so much of everything, and I always want to eat everything. I want to lose weight, but I don't want to think about it or deal with it - as if it would happen by itself. This is exactly the way I deal with my feelings: I push them away and don't talk about them, hoping that they will pass. I am very rational, I act from the mind, not from the heart, and I cannot express my feelings. It is very difficult for me to talk about my feelings, to speak from the heart. | |
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I eat much more than I need, and I think about food all the time, even when I have just finished eating, and even when I'm not hungry. I trace all of this back to the accident. After the accident I spent a lot of time at home and only went out for lunch. Eating was a way to escape my problems and the loneliness at home. I love chocolate most of all. I can eat chocolate all day. Eating is compensation!" "The accident is constantly in my head. It changed me, and I want to go back to the way I was before. I want to erase the accident from my memory. I am very tidy and love cleanliness. I cannot work if the house is dirty and chaotic. I need harmony." |
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| HZ: Tell me about this dirt? | |
| P: Dirt is a negative feeling or a negative thought. A dirty environment invades me, and then I have to wash it away. Like the accident ... it must be cleansed and purified, etc. There is not much of it left, but it is a heavy burden for me, and I want to be light. Maybe the body deliberately stays thick? To feel robust and resilient - not fragile. | |
| I want to let it go, I feel frustrated and guilty. I ask myself: "Why can't I let go?" It is like a huge heavy sack that I carry. It is like a prison one has put oneself in, but the door is wide open, and yet you do not go out. It is a basket that I carry because I am afraid of letting go. It is part of me. I am afraid of leaving everything behind and starting anew. Fear of letting go. | |
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| Prescription: Salix fragilis C 200, one dose | |
| The remedy is indicated after repertorisation and according to the book "Table of Plants – Wondrous Order"; it describes a situation when one has reached the end: one wants a change in life but cannot accomplish it, which produces a feeling of being trapped, stuck. One is stuck in the final phase of a situation (last stage), but cannot effect the necessary change. There is a great feeling of heaviness and difficulty in letting go of an event from the past. | |
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The last series also signifies desiccation: here the emotion is drying up and is dominated by the intellect. The theme of eating and the craving for chocolate point to the 4th stage - the nutritional stage. The way she describes her improvement also points to the nutritional stage: "I cannot digest negative events that happen in life." |
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Follow-ups |
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| After 2 months: she is better. She thinks less about food, her appetite is back to normal. She eats only when she is hungry and has lost weight. | |
| Seven months later: her thoughts no longer revolve around the accident. She finalised the ongoing claim process with the insurance over the accident and moved on with her life. | |
| She accepts her life: "I can now 'digest' the negative things that happen in life, such as death." She is more open and manages to express her feelings. She can resolve her anger and has fewer negative thoughts. She feels stable, strong and whole. "I feel that I stand on firm ground, and I can cope with what comes my way." | |
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