Homeopathy & Emotional Illness

Homeopathy lays the greatest emphasis in treating the source of various emotional problems — the individual in question, because each of us reacts to any given emotional or physical illness differently.

- Dr Rajgopal Nidamboor

It goes without saying that physical, emotional, or mental health disorders go together, or in concert. Research evidences that individuals with severe or chronic physical illnesses may often have a concomitant, or co-existing, mental health dilemma. Or, illnesses that remain unnoticed, or inappropriately treated.

This exemplifies the stigma associated with any emotional or mental illness. This is also the primary reason why most individuals first seek ‘counsel’ through their general practitioner [GP] — without letting their ‘guard.’ This has fortunately led to better integration between mental health and physical care, including substance abuse ‘vetting’ and treatment in the primary care setting.

Most chronic illnesses can have a strong effect on the individual‘s mental and emotional status. In the same gauge, most undiagnosed mental disorders affect the individual’s ability to cope with the illness and/or involve oneself in the treatment and recovery process.

COPING VITAL

Learning to cope and live, if not accept, any long-term emotional or mental condition is stressful for most people — more so, in the wake of unrelenting anxiety. It is not infrequent for patients and family members, therefore, to have long-lasting periods of anxiety about the effect of the illness on their lives. They often present with familiar symptoms, such as difficulty in breathing, chest tautness, trembling, headache, and dizziness, not to speak of fear. What’s more, depression too has a cascading effect on the situation. It is also the most common complication of nearly all chronic or serious medical conditions.