Post by gordana on Jul 22, 2021 14:25:29 GMT
It has been needed the moment of uttermost despair for Pulsatilla to be revealed.
I hope that I will be able to show in this piece of writing what I want to: not to present a complete case, with analysis and treatment, but a view from a deeper level.
Case
A 30 year old woman comes in a state of mental exhaustion, sadness and irritability – all caused by the recent breakup of an emotional relationship.
She lost weight, looks broken, extremely exhausted and unhappy. Facial expression indicates weariness and deep sadness; the complexion is brownish and looks sickly.
She lives and works in another city, but due to the current situation she took a few days off to be at home with her family.
Childhood and youth with some health episodes
As a child, she was always obedient, did everything she was told, tried to fulfill all the requirements of adults in the family; later in school always an excellent student, very responsible and ambitious; prominent basketball player, scout.
She graduated before the deadline with the highest grade point average, a student of the generation. Since high school, she has been working on part time jobs, wanting to contribute and ease to her family the costs of schooling, although she was not required to do so. Independent, and as she would say (one of her favorite words): self-sustaining.
After graduating from college, she continued her education, attended advanced training courses, won scholarships at competitions. At the same time she works very much, often multiple jobs. After a rather materially poor childhood, which resulted in the desire to earn well and generally have a life without financial difficulties, she succeeds in that.
Full of ideas, an artist with a lot of talent. Dedicated to the practical application of everything she does. Some of her questions in life, work, relationships: what do you get out of it? Thereby, she does not think only of material gain, but also of spiritual or some other.
The first health crisis occurred when she was 2 years old: during several months, purulent ulcers appeared and disappeared on the back of one leg (it is unknown which one). Staphylococcal infection was diagnosed. The analysis showed that the bacteria had penetrated the blood. Most likely the infection originated from a potty in the kindergarten. It was a threatening condition, suppressed by seven days of intensive penicillin injection therapy.
At the age of 9-11, she had two serious purulent ear infections, with painful interventions.
At the same age, she suffered of severe migraine headaches, which led to the first homeopathic treatment. Then she was given several doses of Spigelia and headaches did not occur almost 15 years.
I consider as important episode was when she was 16, with lice. She was always prone to lice, as a child. But, in teenage it is not common, and she got the lice several times as high school girl. After the treatment with Staphisagria, 'the child who keeps quiet their anger' (as the homeopath said) suddenly became rage, rude, defiant and disobedient. The lice disappeared immediately (literally disappeared), she never had them again, and her mental state improved.
At the age of 17, when she was finishing the first grade of high school, she suddenly fell into a state of breathing problems, similar to asthmatic condition (never before had respiratory difficulties).
Then was prescribed Calcarea phosphorica that, except it stopped respiratory issues, completely changed her mental and emotional state and worked for years, in all acute conditions.
Now we come to the presenting complaint
Despair after the breakup. Okay, it is normal. But why such a breakdown of mental and emotional state? What is her problem? What is wrong with her? Where is the diseased state? What is to be cured?
What preceded?
A few years ago, around the same time:
- she gradually fell into an increasingly depressed state;
- re-occurrence of the headaches, not so much dominant in pain as in strange and unpleasant symptoms; by nature completely different from those in the childhood; now they are neuralgic (with shocks/ blows/electric like pains);
- menstrual cycles suddenly became very painful, with also some unusual symptoms;
- again breathing problems, different from those in adolescence;
- anxiety, fears, dissatisfaction;
- feeling trapped in the first relationship (this which is now broken is the second one); it was a feeling of sacrificing personal freedom; she felt that compromises are difficult to her;
- she turns seriously to religion, which calms her somewhat, but at the same time produces fear for her own salvation; within this, the need to sacrifice, sometimes to the limits of masochism;
- she feels a need to make the money presents to parents and siblings in the current state of her material well-being, to make them happy; it makes her content and happy.
Beautiful, charismatic, captivates by her appearance, men fall in love with her. But she's not interested. She became very successful and esteemed in her business. She acquired material wealth she could only dream of. Realized her dreams about traveling.
But?
What she says?
"Why all this: money, career, traveling..?"
"I want to have a family, children but I cannot imagine myself in marriage with a man. I don't know what could keep me to stay with him."
"I realized that I've always was afraid of people, especially men."
"Since childhood, I have not tolerated meat, not even the smell. I cannot bear to eat killed animals. I have been eating vegetarian food for years now."
At one point, thinking of so much success on the one hand, and so much lack of meaning and purpose on the other, I asked: "How do you cope with criticism?"
"I would like someone to criticize me finally. No one criticize me. I liked when then I made that scene, when I attacked brother and then sister told me that it never should happen. I was guilty and I wanted someone to tell me. Maybe because of that I so desperately want to go to the priest, that finally someone reprimands me and tells me what I am doing wrong."
What scolding means to you?
"Closeness. That someone cares about me. When I am close with someone, I expect to tell me when I’m wrong. If not, it means that I’m not important to them."
Spontaneously:
"I feel brittle inside. As if I hardened inside. When something is too hard, it can be easily broken. One strong blow is enough.
Couple of days ago I massaged my feet. I felt as if my bones are brittle too, in feet.
And this relationship, as if it dried me up."
Calcarea phosphorica did not work anymore, nor Haliaeetus leucocephalus.
But she acted so structured, determined, focused, with clearly set goals that she wanted to achieve.
I hope that I will be able to show in this piece of writing what I want to: not to present a complete case, with analysis and treatment, but a view from a deeper level.
Case
A 30 year old woman comes in a state of mental exhaustion, sadness and irritability – all caused by the recent breakup of an emotional relationship.
She lost weight, looks broken, extremely exhausted and unhappy. Facial expression indicates weariness and deep sadness; the complexion is brownish and looks sickly.
She lives and works in another city, but due to the current situation she took a few days off to be at home with her family.
Childhood and youth with some health episodes
As a child, she was always obedient, did everything she was told, tried to fulfill all the requirements of adults in the family; later in school always an excellent student, very responsible and ambitious; prominent basketball player, scout.
She graduated before the deadline with the highest grade point average, a student of the generation. Since high school, she has been working on part time jobs, wanting to contribute and ease to her family the costs of schooling, although she was not required to do so. Independent, and as she would say (one of her favorite words): self-sustaining.
After graduating from college, she continued her education, attended advanced training courses, won scholarships at competitions. At the same time she works very much, often multiple jobs. After a rather materially poor childhood, which resulted in the desire to earn well and generally have a life without financial difficulties, she succeeds in that.
Full of ideas, an artist with a lot of talent. Dedicated to the practical application of everything she does. Some of her questions in life, work, relationships: what do you get out of it? Thereby, she does not think only of material gain, but also of spiritual or some other.
The first health crisis occurred when she was 2 years old: during several months, purulent ulcers appeared and disappeared on the back of one leg (it is unknown which one). Staphylococcal infection was diagnosed. The analysis showed that the bacteria had penetrated the blood. Most likely the infection originated from a potty in the kindergarten. It was a threatening condition, suppressed by seven days of intensive penicillin injection therapy.
At the age of 9-11, she had two serious purulent ear infections, with painful interventions.
At the same age, she suffered of severe migraine headaches, which led to the first homeopathic treatment. Then she was given several doses of Spigelia and headaches did not occur almost 15 years.
I consider as important episode was when she was 16, with lice. She was always prone to lice, as a child. But, in teenage it is not common, and she got the lice several times as high school girl. After the treatment with Staphisagria, 'the child who keeps quiet their anger' (as the homeopath said) suddenly became rage, rude, defiant and disobedient. The lice disappeared immediately (literally disappeared), she never had them again, and her mental state improved.
At the age of 17, when she was finishing the first grade of high school, she suddenly fell into a state of breathing problems, similar to asthmatic condition (never before had respiratory difficulties).
Then was prescribed Calcarea phosphorica that, except it stopped respiratory issues, completely changed her mental and emotional state and worked for years, in all acute conditions.
Now we come to the presenting complaint
Despair after the breakup. Okay, it is normal. But why such a breakdown of mental and emotional state? What is her problem? What is wrong with her? Where is the diseased state? What is to be cured?
What preceded?
A few years ago, around the same time:
- she gradually fell into an increasingly depressed state;
- re-occurrence of the headaches, not so much dominant in pain as in strange and unpleasant symptoms; by nature completely different from those in the childhood; now they are neuralgic (with shocks/ blows/electric like pains);
- menstrual cycles suddenly became very painful, with also some unusual symptoms;
- again breathing problems, different from those in adolescence;
- anxiety, fears, dissatisfaction;
- feeling trapped in the first relationship (this which is now broken is the second one); it was a feeling of sacrificing personal freedom; she felt that compromises are difficult to her;
- she turns seriously to religion, which calms her somewhat, but at the same time produces fear for her own salvation; within this, the need to sacrifice, sometimes to the limits of masochism;
- she feels a need to make the money presents to parents and siblings in the current state of her material well-being, to make them happy; it makes her content and happy.
Beautiful, charismatic, captivates by her appearance, men fall in love with her. But she's not interested. She became very successful and esteemed in her business. She acquired material wealth she could only dream of. Realized her dreams about traveling.
But?
What she says?
"Why all this: money, career, traveling..?"
"I want to have a family, children but I cannot imagine myself in marriage with a man. I don't know what could keep me to stay with him."
"I realized that I've always was afraid of people, especially men."
"Since childhood, I have not tolerated meat, not even the smell. I cannot bear to eat killed animals. I have been eating vegetarian food for years now."
At one point, thinking of so much success on the one hand, and so much lack of meaning and purpose on the other, I asked: "How do you cope with criticism?"
"I would like someone to criticize me finally. No one criticize me. I liked when then I made that scene, when I attacked brother and then sister told me that it never should happen. I was guilty and I wanted someone to tell me. Maybe because of that I so desperately want to go to the priest, that finally someone reprimands me and tells me what I am doing wrong."
What scolding means to you?
"Closeness. That someone cares about me. When I am close with someone, I expect to tell me when I’m wrong. If not, it means that I’m not important to them."
Spontaneously:
"I feel brittle inside. As if I hardened inside. When something is too hard, it can be easily broken. One strong blow is enough.
Couple of days ago I massaged my feet. I felt as if my bones are brittle too, in feet.
And this relationship, as if it dried me up."
Calcarea phosphorica did not work anymore, nor Haliaeetus leucocephalus.
But she acted so structured, determined, focused, with clearly set goals that she wanted to achieve.
She could not be Pulsatilla. And yet she was. A delicate Pulsatilla that built defensive walls around herself, perhaps of limestone with little phosphorus. Pulsatilla that wanted to rise high above the ground, to escape far from her fragility and vulnerability, to the heights where she won't need anyone.
Thanks for reading.
Gordana Jujić