Luis Detinis

Mental Symptoms in Homoeopathy

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Mental Symptoms in Homoeopathy
of Luis Detinis
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 Fear FEAR

(42/1)

The Repertory contains a large variety of fears, and all are of great
value in the search for the simillimum. These are the most common:

FEAR, accidents, of (43/1)

This symptom should not be confused with 'Fear, happen, something

will' (45/11). It should be ruled out if the patient or a close friend or
relative has suffered a serious accident.

FEAR, alone, of being (43/1)

This is easy enough to understand. If the fear of being alone arises

from the fact that in these circumstances the patient is scared of
burglars, then its significance diminishes or it may be rejected
altogether. (See also 'Company, aversion to, dreads being alone, yet'.)

FEAR, animals, of (43/1)

Most often found in women and children. Applicable when the fear is
of all kinds of animals. If the animals concerned are dogs or cats then
one should refer to the appropriate heading; 'Fear, dogs, of (44/11) and
'Fear, cats, of (Synthetic Repertory, column 483). Silica (Paschero)
should be added to the latter rubric.
One should rule out a fear of dogs that originated in a traumatic
real-life incident, in which the patient was attacked or bitten by a dog.
The symptom is of real value only when the patient realises that it is
absurd and without any logical basis. For instance, he might be scared
of a harmless puppy, or invariably cross the street in order to avoid
passing a dog on the pavement.

FEAR, crowd, in a (43/11)

This is the fear felt at football stadiums, cinemas, theatres, demonstra-

tions and other crowded places. It must be differentiated from 'Fear,
people, of (46/11), a symptom in which the number of people present

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is irrelevant and which usually has to do with feelings of persecution.

One patient said, 'People frighten me because they can react very
aggressively - they can attack you for no reason at all.'

FEAR, dark (43/11)

Fear of the dark is usual between the ages of two and five. If it is to
have any value as a symptom in young children it must therefore be
markedly present over a long period of time. One should not take into
account fear of the dark in an unknown place, or fear of entering
an unlit house. The symptom can also be ignored in children whose
parents have accustomed them to sleep with a small light on in their
room, or with a chink of light showing through the door. If adult
patients cannot go to sleep in a totally dark room then it is definitely
present.
The symptom may also be rejected if it transpires that the fear is
actually one of ghosts, or if there is a feeling that someone is standing
behind one - symptoms that occur in some patients when they are in
the dark.

FEAR, death, of (44/1)

This is a natural human fear which only becomes a symptom when it is

so strong as to disrupt the normal life of the patient. The fear may be of
death in the immediate or distant future. One must enquire as to the
cause of the symptom: for example, it would have to be discarded in
the case of a jealous patient who admitted that he could not bear the
thought of his wife remarrying should he himself die.

FEAR, destination, of being unable to reach his (44/1)

The 'destination' is meant in a literal rather than a metaphorical sense.

The cause of this symptom is physical weariness.

Materia Medica
LYCOPODIUM. Weariness and exhaustion while walking so that he
feared that he would be unable to reach his destination, at 5 p.m.

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 Fear FEAR, disease, of

impending (44/11)

This rubric refers to any kind of illness that is not imminent. Fear of
illness is in many cases associated with fear of death. Patients' replies,
on being asked why they are afraid of illness, often throw invaluable
light on their characters. One said, 'I'm scared of falling ill because
illnesses are disabling and that makes me feel inferior to other people. I
always give the impression that I ' m well.'
A fear of dogs may conceal a fear of being infected with rabies.
Fear of contagious diseases features in the Synthetic Repertory: 'Fear,
disease, contagious, epidemic diseases, of (column 494). In Kent's
Repertory it appears as 'Fear, infection, of (45/11). Both headings
should be combined for the purposes of repertorisation. A patient who
worked in a hospital said, 'I worry terribly about catching something.
My fear of patients with contagious diseases makes it very hard to do
my job properly. I may have to leave.'
Fear of infection can also be expressed as a fear of catching tetanus,
epidemic diseases, or contaminating oneself by physical contact with
everyday objects (a fear which leads the patient to wash his hands
frequently in order to avoid contamination). One patient told me, 'I
never touch the handrail in the bus. I 'm terrified if someone sneezes or
coughs in front of me. I don't go to the bathroom anywhere except at
home.'

FEAR, evil, of (44/11)

Two very closely related symptoms are 'Fear, happen, something will'
(45/11) and 'Fear, misfortune, of (46/1). A close analysis of these three
symptoms and of the paragraphs in which they are described in Allen's
Encyclopaedia of Pure Materia Medica suggests that on the whole
they all have the same meaning, though it is expressed in different
ways by the provers.
Thus, 'Fear, evil, of almost always appears to mean a fear that some
harm may occur. The symptom 'Fear, happen, something will', is
again, more specifically, a fear that something bad will happen. I there-
fore consider that for the purposes of repertorisation, 'Fear, evil of
should be combined with 'Fear, happen, something will' when one is
dealing with a patient who has the latter symptom.
The symptom 'Fear, misfortune of applies when the patient
expresses it literally and spontaneously, but one must bear in mind its

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close relationship with the other two symptoms. In most cases the
patient who says he fears something bad is going to happen will, when
asked to be more specific, mention a misfortune or accident of some
kind.
One woman told me, 'When my husband or one of the children is
late coming home I inevitably think that something awful has hap-
pened to them. When my daughter had a fever I thought she was going
to die, and the same thing happened when my sister had hepatitis.'
Fear

close relationship with the other two symptoms. In most cases the
patient who says he fears something bad is going to happen will, when
asked to be more specific, mention a misfortune or accident of some
kind.
One woman told me. 'When my husband or one of the children is
late coming home I inevitably think that something awful has hap-
pened to them. When my daughter had a fever I thought she was going
to die, and the same thing happened when my sister had hepatitis.'

Materia Medica - Fear, evil, of

ALUMINA. She is constantly possessed by bad thoughts, which oblige
her to weep: at the same time she feels apprehensive and uneasy, as if
something evil were to happen to her; everything that she only looks
at, fills her with sadness.
ARNICA. Apprehension of future evils.
CALCAREA ACETICA. Anxious disposition, as though something evil
were impending or to be dreaded in the future, with constant inclina-
tion to work.
CALCAREA CARBONICA. Fearful and restless, as if something evil would
happen.
CALCAREA SULPHURICA. Excessive, bitter melancholy, with distressing
apprehensions of evil to loved ones.
CASTOREUM. Very melancholy and depressed, as if something evil
would befall her, in the afternoon.
CAUSTICUM. Anxious apprehension lest something evil should happen,
with urging to stool.
CHININUM SULPHURICUM. The day being clear and windy, and a holiday
to many, few people being on the street produced a sort of street-
quietness; felt a gloom come over me, as if some evil were impend-
ing; relieved by a specific trust in the Almighty; this from 3 to 4.15
p.m. Recurrence of feeling of impending evil, in the afternoon. /
Great anxiety, amounting to an apprehension, as if some evil would
happen.
CINA. Great anxiety and apprehension, while walking in the open air, as
if something evil had happened to him.
CLEMATIS. Anxious uneasiness, as though some evil would befall him.
FERRUM. Anxiety, as if something evil had happened to her. Anxiety at
night, as if some evil had happened to her; she could not sleep;
tossed about in bed.
KALI IODATUM. Very apprehensive and lachrymose, as if some evil were
impending, in the evening, lasting two hours.

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LACHESIS. So great appehensiveness while riding in the open air that it

seemed to him some great evil was impending, like an evil forebod-
ing; it tormented him for more than an hour.
MENYANTHES. Apprehensive sensation about the heart, as of impending
evil, and as if he had to endure some hardship.

Materia Medica - Fear, happen, something will

CAUSTICUM. Great apprehension whenever, anything happens; despon-
dent, depressed, most excessive exhaustion and prostration. Anxious
uneasy mood, as if something unpleasant impended; this unfits him
for every work.
ELAPS. Fearfulness, dread of being alone, as though something would
happen, or as though a rowdy would break in.
FLUORICUM ACIDUM. During the tottering sensation he has a decided
though not anxious expectation, as if something awful was to happen
there, but he feels no anxiety. / Sensation as if dangers did menace
him, but without being afraid; particularly during the pressure in the
occiput, during the staggering, the pain in the bladder, etc.
HYDROPHOBINUM. Feeling as if I had heard, or was about to hear
something bad; morose and crabbed feelings until 4 p.m. / Mind
much depressed; felt as if something disagreeable was about to hap-
pen. / Feeling as if something annoying was about to happen; goes
off when thinking of it. / He cannot prevent ideas of something
awful about to happen, or as if he would do something awful. / An
indescribable idea, which I could not shake off, of something dread-
ful about to happen to me; all day feeling as if some great misfortune
were about to occur.
KALM1A. A feeling of anxiety; feel as though something dreadful was
going to happen to me.
MOSCHUS. Anxiety, as if something were about to happen.
STRYCHNINUM. A fear of something about to occur.

Materia Medica - Fear, misfortune, of

ANACARDIUM. Illusions of the fancy; he imagines he hears his name
called by the voice of his far-distant mother and sister, accompanied
by an apprehension of misfortune and anxiety.
ASTERIAS RUBENS. Feeling of excessive anguish from noon till 3 p.m.,
it seems as if some misfortune was impending, as if he was going to
hear bad news, he then feels as if he should give way to tears (sixth
day). / Depression, feeling of weariness; it seems as if some misfor-
tune was about to happen to him, and that, should it actually
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 Luis Detinis
Mental Symptoms in Homoeopathy

240 pages, pb
publication 1994

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