INTRODUCTION:

let us focus on Mental Health.W.H.O defines health as a complete sense of well being in our spirit, mind and body. It is mind (mental) health that we are going to discuss. Even science today agrees that for every bodily ailment there is a mental cause labelling it as psychosomatic. (Psycho coming from psyche(mind) and soma (physical).

Mental Health Symptomatology:Eustress/Distress:

 There is no health without mental health and the number one thing that is directly associated with mental health is ‘’STRESS’’. So let’s understand what stress is ?

 STRESS:

 is an emotionally disruptive state of mind which occurs as a result of adverse external influences. It simply means when we cannot handle a situation where we don’t feel adequately equipped. Often we speak about this stress which is called ‘distress’ but stress can often be interpreted as a challenge which generally denotes positive stress or ‘EUSTRESS’.

Eustress keeps us excited about life (eg; winning a race or accomplishing a task. It refers a positive response to a stressor.(A stressor is a negative threat) so,Eustress is very important for a person to generate maximum output and performance as It helps improve our efficiency at work thereby improving our personal and professional life, Eustress can also help us get rid of our chronic stress. It helps us to consider the threats in our life as challenges and it simply fuels success and achievements and gives us motivation and productiveness.

Treatment:

Homoeopathy is helping humanity by converting stress into eustress as a habit. Basically it helps us change to the situation. Our situation does not change, we change first than the situation changes and this boosts our mental health.

Examples:

 To give an example let’s consider three friends on a train or bus hijacked by terrorists 1st person: would freeze to the spot, give up and quit. Waiting to die. 

2nd person: would look for tools and alternatives to act in this situation. A helpline, a number to call etc .

 3rd person: without giving a thought would pull out a weapon or gun and kill and get killed. Well both the 1st and 3rd person have served no purpose but it was only the 2nd one who acted well. The 2nd person acted in a healthy way. Though he too was stressed, situation was not all together favourable for him, but he considered giving it a thought.

 His fertile mind(good mental health) helped him look for solutions to the problem.(This is a perfect example of eustress) Homoeopathy plays a major role in converting your distress to your eustress.

Homoeopathic Approach:

Every person is different and every reaction to the same situation is different. That’s why it is the ‘Individuality’ of the person that determines the choice of homoeopathic medicine. There is no generalisation but individualisation in Homoeopathy because the concept of Homoeopathy stands on the axiom mind creates matter. That simply means our mental status gives rise to our bodily ailments and that our thoughts govern our body. 

Spiritual quotient for good mental health:

The basis for this axiom comes from the Holy Bible which mentions that “As a man thinketh in his soul he becomes”.

Now I would like us all to consider a very important aspect in our life and that is having a spiritual quotient. You would ask why. I would say why not. Spirituality has always been the foundation and the quest for man to attain higher consciousness and the more the person is spiritually evolved the less he would suffer. The simple reason being that in spirituality we find the root words for our existence. This is the basic human need to know his creator his benefactor. Here we find the right thoughts for our believing.

Belief system:

 Our belief system in forming and shaping us. RIGHT- BELIEVING – RIGHT THINKING – RIGHT DECISIONS – RIGHT ACTIONS – RIGHT DIRECTIONS – DESTINY(SUCCESS)

A case study of Anxiety Neurosis:

This is a case of a lady,40 years of age suffering from multiple complaints from time to time.
She used to come every fortnight, and every complaint she narrated kept changing. she came initially for pain in the abdomen, then constipation then again kidney stone and though her symptoms were vaguely defined, she never seemed to rest about it.

In fact, I started to delay her follow-ups but, she was right there every time with a new complaint. She also showed signs of anxiety, and restlessness when describing her complaints.
she always was on time and very eagerly waiting. every little complaint seemed to harass her.
on learning about her family history: she said she had a very bad marriage and lots of physical and mental abuse from her husband and inlaws.

Analysis and evaluation: she looked tired, and worn out and her speech was hasty with a lot of restlessness and anxiety. She told me” doctor I am always sick from anxiety.”

Rubrics selected:
Mind:
Hysterical
Hypochondriasis
Thoughts erroneous
Delusion sick being
delusion poor he is
Delusion;light desire for.

Remedy selected:
Valeriana officinalis,1m 3 doses stat.The remedy helped her recover so beautifully that the patient called up to say I have been having a very peaceful sleep, my mind is more relaxed and fresh. I can also work very efficiently now which previously was not possible.