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Lac maternum
Year 2026, Issue 3, Article 6CaseAuthor: Tomas Vyboch
A 40-year-old woman developed anorexia at age 20, triggered by guilt over her poor relationship with her mother. She was hospitalized, later diagnosed with a schizoaffective disorder, and treated with electroshock therapy. She has been taking Clozapine and Aripiprazole for twenty years.
Her mother is domineering and never cut the “umbilical cord.” She constantly tries to control her life, calls her ten times a day, criticizes everything she does, and has emotionally tormented her since childhood. Even small mistakes, like using an unsharpened pencil or falling from a playground—were met with harsh criticism. Her mother did not breastfeed her due to postpartum psychosis and spent little time with her; the woman was raised by her grandparents, who gave her love and attention.
As a child, every harsh word from her mother wounded her deeply. She tried to please her but could never succeed. At first, she responded with silence, later with hidden anger, but never stood up to her. Her way of coping was escape; moving away to another city to gain distance. Around her mother, she feels like a prisoner, controlled and stripped of autonomy.
Her psychotic episode began while studying for university entrance exams, after her uncle accused her of mistreating her mother. Overcome by guilt, she disconnected from reality, stopped eating, and believed she didn’t deserve to live. She experiences alternating manic and depressive phases—the manic phases usually occur in summer and winter, and the depressive ones in spring and autumn. During manic phases, she has an excess of energy and a constant need to do something: clean, write a book, paint portraits, or shop compulsively.
She describes herself as passive and overly tolerant, struggling to assert boundaries. She still wishes for independence, love, and emotional peace free from her mother’s control. Her friends describe her as easily influenced and too soft. She lends people money and gives them things, and they take advantage of her. She says she always sees only the good in people — she’s naïve, almost foolish. She would like to paint portraits or mandala’s.AnalysisAnimal kingdom: During the consultation, she talked about what her mother did to her. She says her mother tyrannized her, knew how to hit her weak points, and wanted to control her.
Carbon series: Her mother never cut the umbilical cord. Her mother calls her ten times a day. She was raised by her grandparents.
Lanthanide: There is no clear Lanthanide aspect here, but she is quite aware of the reason she is sick. She also wants to paint mandalas.
Mammal: In most mammal cases, we see weak boundaries. They cannot stand up for themselves, they try to avoid conflicts, and often try to please others. These aspects are probably expressions of the Carbon series.
Lac maternum: She was not breastfed at all. This is often a good indication for Lac maternum. We can also consider psychosis as a hydrogen quality—she said she lost connection with the real world. Lac maternum is known for its hydrogen aspect and for alternation between cheerfulness and sadness. Lac maternum has very weak boundaries, this milk cannot go to opposition at all. Reaction After two months, she feels much better. Her energy increased by about 70 percent. She is more cheerful and has a better mood. The doctor reduced her medication. After half a year, she feels very good—there is no more alternation between depression and cheerfulness. She has a better relationship with her mother and says she realized that she had been playing the role of the prey. After three years, she still has not had a relapse.
Her mother is domineering and never cut the “umbilical cord.” She constantly tries to control her life, calls her ten times a day, criticizes everything she does, and has emotionally tormented her since childhood. Even small mistakes, like using an unsharpened pencil or falling from a playground—were met with harsh criticism. Her mother did not breastfeed her due to postpartum psychosis and spent little time with her; the woman was raised by her grandparents, who gave her love and attention.
As a child, every harsh word from her mother wounded her deeply. She tried to please her but could never succeed. At first, she responded with silence, later with hidden anger, but never stood up to her. Her way of coping was escape; moving away to another city to gain distance. Around her mother, she feels like a prisoner, controlled and stripped of autonomy.
Her psychotic episode began while studying for university entrance exams, after her uncle accused her of mistreating her mother. Overcome by guilt, she disconnected from reality, stopped eating, and believed she didn’t deserve to live. She experiences alternating manic and depressive phases—the manic phases usually occur in summer and winter, and the depressive ones in spring and autumn. During manic phases, she has an excess of energy and a constant need to do something: clean, write a book, paint portraits, or shop compulsively.
She describes herself as passive and overly tolerant, struggling to assert boundaries. She still wishes for independence, love, and emotional peace free from her mother’s control. Her friends describe her as easily influenced and too soft. She lends people money and gives them things, and they take advantage of her. She says she always sees only the good in people — she’s naïve, almost foolish. She would like to paint portraits or mandala’s.AnalysisAnimal kingdom: During the consultation, she talked about what her mother did to her. She says her mother tyrannized her, knew how to hit her weak points, and wanted to control her.
Carbon series: Her mother never cut the umbilical cord. Her mother calls her ten times a day. She was raised by her grandparents.
Lanthanide: There is no clear Lanthanide aspect here, but she is quite aware of the reason she is sick. She also wants to paint mandalas.
Mammal: In most mammal cases, we see weak boundaries. They cannot stand up for themselves, they try to avoid conflicts, and often try to please others. These aspects are probably expressions of the Carbon series.
Lac maternum: She was not breastfed at all. This is often a good indication for Lac maternum. We can also consider psychosis as a hydrogen quality—she said she lost connection with the real world. Lac maternum is known for its hydrogen aspect and for alternation between cheerfulness and sadness. Lac maternum has very weak boundaries, this milk cannot go to opposition at all. Reaction After two months, she feels much better. Her energy increased by about 70 percent. She is more cheerful and has a better mood. The doctor reduced her medication. After half a year, she feels very good—there is no more alternation between depression and cheerfulness. She has a better relationship with her mother and says she realized that she had been playing the role of the prey. After three years, she still has not had a relapse.