Case by Maarten van der Meer.
Remedy code: 3- 655.73.01.
A woman of 63 years old, she often looks startled, in posture she is submissive, insecure and can move jerkily. Previously she was much engaged in Reiki, Tai-chi. She works in library, suffers from the reorganization there, because of that there is a lot of turmoil, as a senior she has had to transfer a lot and induct new colleagues. The workplace has been unsettled for years, and there is a lot of annoyance with policies, even anger. The past few years had a lot of worry within the family, due to death, informal care, and arguments. She talks lively, and does look open but has something evasive, as if she wants to say a lot but not stand out. Things had not been going well for some time, she collapsed and is now on sick leave. She was very busy, after a weekend away last month she panicked: so much work. Then she stayed awake until 4 am, she was restless for days and then she got laryngitis, with pain in the left ear and the right throat. Ear pain she always has on the left, with lying on the back just like choking, or the throat closing up. The panic was there all the time. She keeps thinking about work and mulling over the home situation. Her husband feels alone and has no contact with his family. They have no parents, and no children, and all colleagues shows her pictures of children or grandchildren. What are those friendships from work worth now? Unrest, unrest. There is a lot of irritation at work: she has to go after the others, including the supervisors, or things will go haywire. She has worked herself over, and why, she has been complaining for years. It is good to think: what do I want, is work an escape? She used to have a lot of abdominal complaints, but that's going well now, she still has weird stools and occasional diarrhea. About her work: as a child, the library was the only place where she felt safe, that's why she thought “I can do that,” at the time the safety was: lots of books and friendly people. She wonders if she is at her limit now, is it the age? With an adjusted schedule she goes back to work but has a lot of flu, she has to cough often, got cystitis, she doesn't trust it. She still doesn't sleep well, the input is too much, the TV, the images, her head keeps “on. At the TV and with more people in the office her ears start to hurt: 'That filter with me doesn't work, I interfere with everything'. She feels insecure, and wobbly, and has moments when she feels she could just lose control. For example, when colleagues are not being nice. A problem is: you see, they think I'm weird, it's a conspiracy, etc. That feeling was predominant in the previous months. When I am tired the sensitivity to sound is greater, it drives her crazy. Looking up she is very dizzy, she thinks she will faint. She feels sluggish. Work continues to bother her, she finds she needs a lot of recovery time on weekends. After the flu, she remains angry and shaky, and she feels like breaking something. She feels tired battling, it's an end phase. You can't win a battle with stupid people. Despondent. A colleague has already quit because of crying fits; she is afraid of having to do only very simple work. She had a dream: she was walking through a building, there was a group of people, they were screaming because there was going to be another earthquake. They had to flee, the building collapsed afterward. The dream was exciting.
AnalysisStage 1: Panic. Primary reaction, enthusiasm, impulsiveness, the theme of reflection, holding tension, and rigid (compare in this the
Kalium salts).
Phase 7: Final, going out as theme, end, a battle you cannot win, no more courage. It's on, no offspring.
Phase 3: Searching for possibilities, adapting to cope with the situation and your limitations, feeling of not being there yet, you have not achieved what you are striving for. Dizziness. Disaster Dream:
Viscum album. No power of your own, parasitic plant, need a safe place. Dependence and security as themes.
Silver series: books, atmosphere sensitive, between management and colleagues: connecting. Interested in Reiki, Quantum Touch, energy, want to experience this. Many complaints with neck and voice. Does not want to do simple work.
Silver series: Sensitive to impressions, noise, and crowds.
Prescription:
Viscum album C200.
Follow upAfter six weeks, she now feels happy and energetic. She has even joined her colleagues on excursion, normally she would not dare to do so and made up an excuse. She still can't stand the noise, the tubes in her ears still hurt. At work she can now address people about it: please be quiet, it bothers me. She never dared to do that before. Now she notices that it is subjective, she is more bothered by the noise she does not like. She has earplugs, but then she can't hear what they say when they speak to her, which makes her insecure. The dizziness is much less, she does have lower back pain now. A dream after taking the medicine: she had to find the exit, she was searching but not panicking. Taking responsibility at work: she no longer does that all the time, and no longer says “yes” immediately (the impulsiveness of
Stage 1). She laughed so hard again a few times, she could never imagine that she could do that. Her energy is good for the next years.