Homeopathy & the Treatment of Stress
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HOMEOPATHIC TREATMENT OF STRESS
Homeopathic treatment measures the way that you experience stress mentally, emotionally and physically, as well taking into consideration medical, causative and family history factors. But how you think, feel and physically respond to stress will provide important information for case analyses and the selection of a homeopathic remedy.
No one person responds to stress in exactly same way. For example, the idea of public speaking can be stressful for many people, but the way each individual person experiences this will be different from one person to the next. One person’s predisposition might be to feel nauseous, dizzy and break into a sweat when speaking in public, whereas another person’s will be to anxiously stutter their way through the experience.
Capturing this individualising information is an important part of the homeopathic process, because it narrows down the selection criteria for a corresponding remedy. There are many stress related remedies in the homeopathy and each remedy is uniquely defined by a different mental, emotional and physical picture of symptoms that must be matched closely to your own experience of stress.
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HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES FOR STRESS
Arg nit
Central theme: Performance during a crisis
Characteristic symptoms: Anticipation, apprehension, anxiety and fear. Lots of phobias; including crowds, narrow places, bridges, high places, failing. Performance related symptoms, such as stage fright. Anticipation induces nervousness, impulsiveness and hurriedness, as well as diarrhoea. Lack of self confidence, fears undertaking anything, has a delusion they will fail. Sensation times goes too slowly, wants everyone to hurry. Heart palpitations. Feels better for open air
Nux vomica
Central theme: Ruled by a goal to achieve success at work
Characteristic symptoms: Stress in the workplace, caused by strong urge to achieve and win. Goal driven, fanatical and overburdened. Fastidious and fault finding. This stress creates a cramped state, can’t relax and becomes irritable, quarrelsome, violent and malicious. Impatient and worse for restriction of any kind. Sleep is affected, wakes at 3-4am, mind is flooded with ideas about work. In an effort to relax and sleep drinks alcohol, takes sedative, needs lots of coffee or dugs to wake up and continue work the next day. Craves spicy food and stimulants. Worse in the morning.
Ignatia
Central theme: Ailments from Grief, Anger & Worry
Characteristic symptoms: Anger. Anger with silent grief, disappointment, shame, fright, reproaches, disappointed love. Worse for receiving bad news and the loss of a loved one. Nervousness. Inner conflicts. Self reproach. Silent grief and brooding. Emotional outbursts that quickly controlled with short sobs, sighing or swallowing down. As grief is pushed down, nervous tension rises in its place. Tendency to eat away stress due to an empty feeling in the stomach, which can result in weight gain. Disappointment, emotions and consolation aggravate. Worse for contradiction. Bitterness. Spasmodic and erratic symptoms. Craves fruits. Tobacco smoke aggravates. Twitching mouth. Sensation of lump in throat.
Nat mur
Central theme: Feeling let down, disappointed or betrayed by the person you trust
Characteristic symptoms: Feeling being let down or betrayed by the person you trust or are dependent on, such as a parent or lover. This betrayal of faith or trust leads to emotional hurt, insecurity and defensiveness. Desire to be alone. Very closed type, builds an emotional wall and withdraws to dwell on the inflicted sorrow and grief. Great sensitivity to hurt, feel vulnerable and live in fear further rejection. Controlled and objective mentally; immature emotionally.
SIGNS OF FEELING STRESSED
Feel overwhelmed
Have racing thoughts or difficulty concentrating
Irritable
Feel constantly worried, anxious or scared
Feel a lack of self-confidence
Have trouble sleeping or feel tired all the time
Avoid things or people you are having problems with
Eat more or less than usual
Drink or smoke more than usual
CAUSES OF STRESS
Inherent individual genes, upbringing and experiences
Difficulties in our personal lives and relationships
Big or unexpected life changes, like moving house, having a baby or starting to care for someone
Money difficulties, like debt or struggling to afford daily essentials
Health issues, either for you or someone close to you
Pregnancy and children
Problems with housing, like the conditions, maintenance or tenancy
Feeling lonely and unsupported
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