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Pleiostachya pruinosa
Year 2025, Issue 5, Article 4CaseAuthor: Jonathan Stallick
Woman 61 years.Presents as very ebullient, enthusiastic.
End of abusive relationship, advised to leave London for safety.
Moved to Yorkshire in 2018 to escape and recover.
Felt lost, blamed self, but resisted medication, seeking self-healing.Career versus Personal IdentityLost sense of self while being an adjunct to a partner with a strong personality.
Successful consultant previously, felt subsumed by partner’s needs.
Work with Charity and Personal Growth
Assumed a new identity for safety while working for a domestic abuse charity.
Learned to enjoy solitude during the pandemic, finding contentment alone after being a people pleaser with low self-esteem.Educational Background and Social ChallengesBright student, attended boarding school, felt out of place, turned to music for solace.
Faced bullying, nicknamed 'Podium Girl,' resulting in a deep-seated fear of not being liked despite having amazing friends.Current Life and FeelingsExperiences highs and lows; feels loneliness more acutely with age.
Desires a partner, fears illness and being alone.
Fears and Dreams
Fear of ice and falling, loneliness, and family history of cancer.
Recurring vivid dreams of terrorism, fires, and being trapped or late.AnalysisThe problem is around relationships: 3-633.00.00
Enthusiastic, ebullient, Phase 5: 3-633.50.00
Confusion around identity: lost, had to change name after abusive relationship, Phase 3: 3-633.53.00
Lots of neglect and trying different things and confusion: Stage 3:3633.530.3
Prescription: Pleiostachya pruinosa C200Follow upI can create my life. RESILIENT & ROBUST.
Self confidence, not allowing myself to be phased.
Not feeling as bleak.
Spent time with friends- who would normally make me feel inadequate. They are super stars. But then just thought 'you speak a lot, that’s all’.
Less self critical about weight.
Went to a dance and had a great time, spent hours on the dance floor, more than her younger friends.
End of abusive relationship, advised to leave London for safety.
Moved to Yorkshire in 2018 to escape and recover.
Felt lost, blamed self, but resisted medication, seeking self-healing.Career versus Personal IdentityLost sense of self while being an adjunct to a partner with a strong personality.
Successful consultant previously, felt subsumed by partner’s needs.
Work with Charity and Personal Growth
Assumed a new identity for safety while working for a domestic abuse charity.
Learned to enjoy solitude during the pandemic, finding contentment alone after being a people pleaser with low self-esteem.Educational Background and Social ChallengesBright student, attended boarding school, felt out of place, turned to music for solace.
Faced bullying, nicknamed 'Podium Girl,' resulting in a deep-seated fear of not being liked despite having amazing friends.Current Life and FeelingsExperiences highs and lows; feels loneliness more acutely with age.
Desires a partner, fears illness and being alone.
Fears and Dreams
Fear of ice and falling, loneliness, and family history of cancer.
Recurring vivid dreams of terrorism, fires, and being trapped or late.AnalysisThe problem is around relationships: 3-633.00.00
Enthusiastic, ebullient, Phase 5: 3-633.50.00
Confusion around identity: lost, had to change name after abusive relationship, Phase 3: 3-633.53.00
Lots of neglect and trying different things and confusion: Stage 3:3633.530.3
Prescription: Pleiostachya pruinosa C200Follow upI can create my life. RESILIENT & ROBUST.
Self confidence, not allowing myself to be phased.
Not feeling as bleak.
Spent time with friends- who would normally make me feel inadequate. They are super stars. But then just thought 'you speak a lot, that’s all’.
Less self critical about weight.
Went to a dance and had a great time, spent hours on the dance floor, more than her younger friends.