A 35-year-old woman suffers from recurring bladder infections when she gets too cold or when her feet get cold. She cannot tolerate a wide variety of medications; last year she had an infection in her small intestine that was treated with penicillin, which caused her to experience heart palpitations and high blood pressure. A few weeks ago, she experienced severe pain in her right shoulder and was unable to sleep; her doctor prescribed cortisone, which again caused her to have a rapid heartbeat and high blood pressure. A recent Pap test resulted in a Pap 3; she had a conization 20 years ago.
She is having marital problems; she has two sons, one of whom is autistic, and the other has ADHD. She feels as though she is constantly in survival mode. She and her husband are attending couples therapy together. Unlike her husband, her parenting style is based on respect, appreciation, and treating others as equals.
Her husband is performance-oriented: “without performance, you’re worthless.” He holds a leadership position at a large industrial company and, as a result, bears a great deal of responsibility.
She has always had to fight for love and recognition. She needs to finally start taking care of herself; she has always looked after others, making sure they were okay. She has suppressed and confined herself.
As a child, she never felt like she belonged. Her parents separated when she was 2 years old. She didn't feel like she belonged with her new family or her new stepfather either. Her younger brother was her everything, she always took care of him; he died as a young man from a brain tumor.
Mother: She suffers from autism; as a child, she seemed like a stranger to her. She was left alone by her mother in very early childhood. She was alone in the kitchen in her crib and was not cared for until social services took her away from her mother. All she can remember is the crib she was lying in and that she was alone.
Father: A creative free spirit who worked as a warehouse clerk and couldn’t support himself. One moment he was with his family, the next he was gone again. Until she was 14, he was never there for her; then they were very close for a while, and then he committed suicide. She had adored him—he gave her nothing—he had his body cremated—he didn’t care at all how that made me feel.
Stepfather: Materially she lacked nothing with him, but there was no such thing as love or affection. She found him to be very strict, and he enforced his rules in a harsh manner.
The patient is an educator who works with autistic children and believes that children should be allowed to be themselves; they can't be good at everything.
Her heart is beating very fast.She feels dizzy at the slightest turn.
She loves milk and was breast fed for only one week.
Plants: Peonies, hydrangeas.Animals: Dogs and cats (I once had 5 dogs and 7 cats at the same time).
Color: 1C.
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Pteridophyta: Autistic mother, mother of an autistic child, working with autistic children; an early childhood conflict between authenticity and security, coupled with the fear of being abandoned and, as a result, not surviving. A strict stepfather who enforced rules with harsh coercion, leading to a sense of worthlessness (struggle for recognition and love), cystitis.
Carbon series: Left alone as a child, parental separation, survival mode, self-worth;
3-000-00.00 Plant kingdom: Sensitive, takes care of her brother, loves plants and nature. None of these topics bring to mind the animal kingdom—hierarchy, victim/perpetrator, etc.
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Lycopodiales: A child with no parents who has to survive in a difficult world. The feeling that your very existence is a problem, the feeling of not being wanted. The illusion that you are the cause of all problems. The feeling of being guilty simply for being alive.
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Selaginellaceae Phase 7: As a child, completely abandoned and alone, taken away by social services. An autistic mother who is like a stranger to her child. The feeling that they can only rely on themselves and can’t expect any support or help. Constantly in survival mode, always having to fight for love and recognition.
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Selaginella lepidophylla: She was alone and abandoned in the kitchen, locked in a crib, until social services came and took her away from her mother. Suppressing and imprisoning oneself. (Dream during the Proofing: Trapped in a dungeon).
Follow-up consultation after 7 weeks:She has become calmer; she hasn’t been sick even once—no more urinary tract infections—and even when the rest of the family was sick, she remained healthy. She feels healthier and has more energy. She has realized that in her relationship with her partner, she was behaving like a little girl trapped in her own survival strategy. She is more self-confident, sets boundaries, and no longer puts up with as much. She has contacted her best friend from the past and renewed their friendship. Her quality of life has gone from a 10 to an 80.