Weigelia floribunda A 54-year-old woman, she is expressive in her face and in her storytelling: she is somber and empty, listless, as if she has no life energy left. She was always full of energy, helping people, making something beautiful out of things. Within a year, her father, aunt, pet, and recently her husband have passed away. So much loss. She does not recognize herself like this; she is a stranger to herself. She had had tinnitus for a year, which had worsened significantly. She does take good care of herself, though. Ten years ago, her first husband passed away, whom she had cared for; he was for years bedridden.
Her new husband, after that, they were so crazy about each other, they still had so many plans—she had found her ‘new self’ with him—they moved to an other country. It literally hurts in her chest now. In the beginning, she cried a lot. She is carrying on now, but is somber. She suffers from muscle pain in the groin, and she sleeps poorly. She has vivid dreams that she forgets again. Normally, she throws off all tension. She is an open book; she does not keep her thoughts to herself. Grieving is good, but she does not know how to approach it. She has to do everything alone now; being alone at home on the couch is difficult for her.
Family and friends rarely get in touch.
Her childhood was ‘terrible’; her mother was manic-depressive, she was blamed for everything, and her mother said, ‘I hate you’. Her parents were always arguing, while she consciously wanted to do things very differently. ‘I was the scapegoat’, though she has forgiven her mother later. She had terrible pains, which disappeared immediately after she broke off contact with her mother. In the past, she suffered from severe Lyme disease. She was bedridden for years and could do nothing; the doctors called it ‘psychological’. She has been a chain smoker since her early childhood. Previously, she worked in terminal care; death is not scary, it is part of life, and it fascinates her. She is sensitive; she senses whether a medicine suits her, she feels the atmosphere, and the intentions of the people. She is also spiritual; she felt her first husband's presence with her for a very long time after his death. She grew up deeply religious and was expelled from the church community because she misbehaved. ‘People either love me or they don't’. People can be jealous of her; in the past, they would take their frustrations out on her.
AnalysisLanthanides: She understands her grief, she has a helicopter view, in her youth she was on her own (standing alone), she is very independent in her thinking, autonomous. Caring for her parents as a child. Consciously experiencing the shadow. Smoking as an addiction.
Series 6: sensitive infections (Lyme), spiritual, consciousness as a world she lives in.
Phase 6: she didn't belong (in her youth), wasn't appreciated, partner theme, she feels now left alone, doing a lot for others (compare the
Rosales). The fatigue during Lyme.
This theme’s and facts direct to the
Dipsacales, this family is known for withdrawal as a theme, as a problem-solving ability (as we know from Dipsacus), but also withdrawing as a burdensome factor.
Phase 5: She is lively, vital, open, and direct; as we know from the Labiaceae, it is a
Phase 5 aspect. They still wanted to do so much together, move house and country.
This brings us to the
Caprifoliaceae. What are the possibilities, which stages are available?
Stage 11: holding on (to her happiness, with a second partner), guarding, protecting. Care (years as a caregiver for the first partner).
It is an emotional trauma, yes, but everyone reacts in their own way; the grief is a burdensome factor that reveals where the sensitivity of a person lies, and where the strength lies. We therefore prefer to look at the past, at general characteristics, at themes.
Prescription Weigelia floribunda C30.
follow upWithin a few days after the medication, she felt better; all the ‘farewells’ that she could not comprehend and that overwhelmed her, she can now think and talk about without crying fits. There is balance again; there is peace now. She no longer feels guilty if she takes a moment to look away from the deceased. She feels it as a transformation. She can be alone again now. The muscle pain and hair loss remain the same after three weeks. Her sleep is now good and deep. During the day, she is busy around the house and with paperwork; she reads spiritual books. She smokes less now, down to 75%. She can be happy regularly; she switches quickly from one topic to another (Lanthanide-related). Her body is regaining its ‘fullness’; she no longer comes across as two-dimensional. The tinnitus is gone now. After the death of her husband, the sounds were shrill and penetrating right down to her soul. She can enjoy a massage; she was always very physical with her partner and the children, holding each other and cuddling. In the months that followed, she recovered well; she was able to tidy up and sell the house, and she continued to feel good. She now experiences emotional pain because of social contacts who neither reach out nor inquire about her.