A ten-year-old girl suffers from tantrums, headaches, and stomach aches. She is an adopted child from Central Africa, and lived in an orphanage until she was one year old, where she suffered a period of malnutrition. At age one, she was moved in with her adoptive parents, who divorced when she was four. The separation was marked by violent arguments, persecution, and the usual violence. She now lives with her mother and spends one day a week with her father. The father has an unstable relationship, which has ended several times because of the girl; the child doesn't really feel like a trusted place there. At age six, she began treatment with a psychotherapist for behavioral problems: from age three, she had been experiencing tantrums. Over the next year, it emerged that she had been abused by a family friend, and she was questioned by the police. After this, things seemed to go well for a while.
For the past six months, for unknown reasons, things went downhill. She now has daily tantrums, more intense than ever, with kicking, hitting, and foul language. The tantrums can last 20-30 minutes, and they seem worse on weekends. Outside of these tantrums, she's very sweet and sensitive, even concerned about the well-being of others, especially her mother. She's very sensitive, especially about her moods. Her "thinking level is very high," meaning she quickly grasps what's being talked about. She's a very persistent person, and when she wants to achieve something, she puts in a lot of effort, such as in sports and singing. She's in a choir, sings solo, and "naturally wants to be a singer later." The reason she started singing lessons and joining the choir was that she was often hyperactive, singing loudly and excessively, and screaming. She has trouble falling asleep, frequently gets out of bed, and says she has stomach aches or headaches. This started around the time of their divorce, when she was anxious and "saw people on the roof." She's very fidgety when she sleeps, dreaming a lot about fun things, like winning a singing competition. She bites her nails, right down to the flesh. She's growing now, and her breasts are developing. She plays very little, stays indoors a lot, and gets bored easily. If she wants to achieve something, she almost compulsively follows the exercises flawlessly until she can do it. Her stools have been variable since she was toddler, either rock hard or diarrhea. She drinks very little and resists it, despite her mother getting quite angry about it.
She eats well, loves chicken, rice, and pancakes with bacon. She has a lot of energy and can jump endlessly on the trampoline. Occasionally, she fights with other children. She seems shy and giddy, looking like a child who was raised with clear rules and strictness. She has a sheepish attitude, more befitting a teenager who is no longer rebellious. The mother, who raises her alone, has a shaky appearance but is steadfast and can be very fierce. Her upbringing is strictly religious, the child is happy and somewhat distant, and she seems haughtily indifferent to adults.
AnalysisMalvales characteristics: sensing, acting (singing), and a good sense of people. Her posture on the chair, constantly observing, with great sensitivity, almost groping, nonverbally responding before I ask a question, understanding and responding well to facial expressions.
She speaks condescendingly, isolates herself, gets angry when something is put in her way, and naturally has high expectations of herself (the practice, the dream). This, combined with her extreme moods and her sweet, sensitive, and empathetic nature, is previously seen in a
Chocolate indication.
Magnesiums and
Oxalicums are a possibility, but she is very self-confident, has excellent communication skills, and gives the impression of being able to navigate the world well. Her attitude and expression of "what do they want from me?" could be a reaction to the abuse; the tantrums had already been present for some time. Abandoned by her biological mother, the adoptive father, who was left by force, alludes to a theme in
Chocolate. Violence within the family, parents who fought, who still criticize each other (loyalty conflict), expressing anger as a theme (parents, tantrums), separation (biological mother, parents, motherland, on-and-off relationship with her father), the voice as an important medium (singing, howling): a palette of the themes Jan Scholten mentions as characteristic of the
Malvales.
Sterculiaceae are known for aggression; based on previous case studies, Abroma fits more with turning away, a permanent stubbornness, and aversion. Kola fits more with targeted attacks, feeling threatened, and anger out of reason.
Chocolate fits with being caring, persistent, and confident.
Prescription:
Chocolate MK.
Follow upWithin a few days, she calmed down; there were no more extreme outbursts. She's generally calmer; if something is said, she doesn't immediately get angry. She knows how to handle it now. Her mother can see that she's enjoying it more; she's now receiving compliments. She now sits on the chair, kicking her feet, wiggling, and giggling, no longer in a distant attitude. She seems more like a child now. She regularly falls asleep quickly these days. After six weeks, she got angry again after eating a candy roll. What had been going on for a while and hasn't changed: frequent runny noses, sneezing, and nasal congestion. This can come on suddenly and last for hours to days. Swollen sublingual glands. Nail biting remains unchanged. Sleep is now good, and her bowel movements are also good. After two years, she's been given Gaertner Bach for her colds.