A young woman aged 27, she is charming, well-groomed, speaks with a slightly affected voice, and has a ‘stylish’ attitude. She worked abroad for a few years, but returned this year. Last year, her boyfriend ended up in the hospital, which was stressful. She does not discuss this herself, but the information came from her family. 'So many things have happened. I can't sleep well. The goal is to become more resilient; that's why I'm here. She works here again, but her boyfriend stayed there, and she has been travelling back and forth for 1 1/2 years and has worked hard. She works internally in an office, her employer is very ‘demanding’, and she can't get it out of her head. It makes her very restless. She is shocked by the fact that she can't handle it. The year before, she also worked long hours, and financially, she is comfortable. This summer, so much has happened that she no longer knows which bag contains what (being used to control, she is no longer in this situation). What she would like is to be less knocked off balance. Being thrown off balance, feeling insecure, she finds that very annoying. She had that as a child, and now it is coming back. Not having a permanent place makes it worse. She does not have her own home now and is temporarily living with her parents. The tension is mainly work-related; one of her managers is a bit of a stone and expects the same from her. When her boyfriend was admitted to the hospital, he sent her the message ‘I don't give a damn’ and saddled her with work. She can't get that thought out of her head. When she feels good about herself, she thinks, ‘I'm not afraid of you. ’ As a child, she had a lot of bladder infections, including last week.
Her studies are a coincidence; she chose them because of the nice group, the personal touch, and the small scale. This subject is somewhat exact. The atmosphere was good. Sleeping is difficult; she can't get the day out of her head. When you're awake, you start thinking about the things that happened during the day, and a bad night means being awake until 4 a.m. Normally, she sleeps fine, but ten months ago, this started happening. She would like to be more emotionally resilient. She is not physical. Things upset her now; she doesn't need to be able to talk back or anything. For example, when given an assignment at work, they tell her to figure it out herself. The responsibility is too great, she can't decide. She thinks, “What are you doing to me!” and sits crying behind her desk. This job: you learn a lot from it, but she still has to study for three more years, and it's very intensive. She would prefer to have a little more peace; she is tired, more emotionally empty than physically empty.
AnalysisSeries 4: She is practical, pragmatic, the problem and theme is work, her functioning.
Euphoriaceae: She is and feels dependent on her boss and the company, and has suppressed emotions.
Phase 3: being dependent, trained, but still having a lot to do. Adapting, feeling insecure, and confusion about this. Not feeling capable of taking full responsibility.
Phase 1: no place of her own.
Salicaceae suits people who can be strong, who want that as a starting point, strength as a springboard. Bladder problems. Committing herself to the hilt also suits the work situation.
Salix fragilis suits feeling ‘vulnerable’, being fragile.
Stage 12: overdoing it at work, feeling powerless, theme of resilience (related to struggle, being able to fight).
Prescription:
Salix fragilis MK
Follow-upAfter three weeks, she looks different: less ‘putting on a brave face’, her face is fuller, less vulnerable, and also less radiant. Less ‘pretending to be fine’? After taking the Salix medicine, I became very tired, physically, but after about three days, my sleep suddenly improved. The tiredness is slowly disappearing. It didn't go away all at once. But it is a lot better. Now she sleeps through the night. Wonderful, and yet there have been exciting things. She is calmer, and she also lies more calmly in bed. Occasionally, she still sleeps poorly, but no longer 7 times a week. The days when she doesn't fall asleep well and doesn't sleep so deeply are often after a busy day. She wakes up relaxed. The atmosphere at work is still the same, and the feeling about it is the same. Still, it's not something that will last forever. Her energy is better, and her concentration is too. Last week, she even felt like going to the gym in the evening (when I ask her about her energy or concentration, she always gives practical examples of what she can do with her body, what she can achieve). It's better because she no longer feels that 'the day is so long’. She feels good, she no longer loses weight: with stress, she normally loses weight quickly, then she felt a lump in her stomach, couldn't eat properly, couldn't enjoy her food. That had to do with social situations: I have to call so-and-so soon, I haven't done that in too long, they'll think it's bad, and then I'll get all kinds of criticism. She always felt she had to live up to that; she has high standards. Also with work, and her education, and already at school, she had to be perfect. What I do, I do it good. After a few months she calls she is fine.