Are You Driven by Society’s Norms?

Are you driven by fear?

The fear from social norms and media and losing yourself to the “what if” trap of the world collapsing around us, instead of walking in faith and being able to take control of your reality.

Can homeopathy help?

Here is a thought…Fear is a universal emotion that is similar to homeopathy’s laws where it says that medicinal substances in varying concentrations can stimulate, regulate or retard function / outcome. So, it is similar with fear, which in small amounts may be beneficial to protect us, i.e. the healthy fear of a snake or of heights, but when fear is too intense, it can be overwhelming and paralyzing to your thoughts, emotions, and actions and in this way control your life, and not always in a beneficial way.

We live in a world that more so than ever controls our social norms, shapes our perceptions, fuels our fears, with constant social media posts, fake news and a pressing need to get your next dopamine fix by ‘clicking on the reel’ or voice note or checking your email etc. This constant bombardment of information creates overwhelm and it can be difficult to distinguish between reality and the digital world.

Always waiting for the next click, can also force you into the ‘what if’ trap, where your mind can run away with you into catastrophic thinking, worse case scenarios, that are not true, but which have built up in your mind, feeling like it could be true, and this is the way our realities are misshapen, leading us down a thread of lies, untrue emotions and outcomes ultimately keeping us in the fear mode.

Fear and faith have always been opposing internal states and in this new way which society is interacting, fear often comes out the victor. BUT if we walk in faith, we trust, we have the strength, resilience and capacity to face and overcome life’s challenges with little to no fear.

How do we actually do this? Have you heard the saying: ‘Where you put your energy, this is where your reality manifests?’ So, concentrate on your actions, behaviours, feelings and thoughts being positive, uplifting and not influenced by social media.

Your mindset is determined 95% by the subconscious mind patterns on how to think and respond to behaviours that were set in the first 9 years of your life. This means we are long enough down the road, to know that our young population have been more influenced by the social norms and influences of media and digital devices, than the wholesome upbringing people were mostly exposed to before the digital age. This has changed the way the brain processes information with the digital and blue light exposure, esp. since so many of our children have cellular phones or are exposed to WiFi and electromagnetic frequencies from a very young age – before the brain has fully been formed.

Homeopathy is able to help you to overcome these subconscious mind patterns in conjunction with your limiting social media exposure and blue light toxicity. It can help you to change the neurochemical release and balance that sets off the release of adrenaline, dopamine and cortisol response, to help you feel free and in a calm state instead of in the fight / flight state of the sympathetic nervous system, where you are feeling fear, dread and overwhelm.

One of the most important remedies you can use for this task would be ACONITE, especially in mega potency. I suggest you consult with a professional homeopath, to be able to know when, why and how to dose the remedy as the final outcome and release is very powerful as your body has the potential to release these fearful patterns permanently – often a situation which people have been struggling with for years. As you should be aware by now, after reading this, that it is not just a matter of taking these white ‘little pills’ but combining it with changing your behaviours and appetite for social media and toxic digital exposure.

At the same time, you are going to want to support your neurochemical supply using a digital homeopathic detox of dopamine, blue light, melatonin and sunlight.

When considering Aconite as a detox to fear, it is used in mega potency under the following auspices. It is usually not an acute fear or situation but deep-seated fears that have been affecting you for extended periods of time, where you have been feeling threatened and have not been able to come out of the fight / flight response. Aconite is so often a long-held fear from childhood, which has been logically overcome to be able to survive. So much so, that if you ask the patient “What are you fearing?” they have no recollection. But if you go back to the beginning and ask that question, then it will arise from childhood that, “My father used to drink and was always angry, or my mother was very critical of us and did not like the way I did things”. Hell and damnation were also big threats.

Children, whose parents treated them harshly are forced to suppress fear. Fear chases love out. The deep sense of lack of love in childhood is part of the Aconite patient, who often passes it onto the child. Shutting off emotions to protect yourself from the grief of no love is often a head space move using logic, and can lead to emotional illness, which leads to schizophrenia, bi-polar, obsessions and depression.

Other fears include the fear of new things, fear of disease, and phobias for spiders, flying, death by heart attack, or cancer. Also the fear of being reprimanded and punishment of going to hell for not being good enough.

Aconite is indicated where intellect has been favoured over feeling and has caused a paralytic freeze on emotions. So, Aconite reconnects the intellectual mind and the right brain to allow creativity in from the left brain. By removing all this stored fear, the left and right brain is rebalanced.

Aconite will allow the patient to love again, moving the fear and giving way for love to overcome.

Aconite relates to heart, lung and kidneys and that is why it is so indicated for coronary artery disease and kidney degeneration.

Mega potency quick indications for Aconite can be summed up as “I was frightened, but now I am depressed”. As you can see, it is very in depth and it is better if you can use a trained homeopath to prescribe the appropriate potencies and the corresponding remedies, but also to be able to reconstruct the picture as they see other aspects resolving and being able to put the case in point in perspective, to ensure that you are moving towards healing. Further from the above I am sure you will agree that Aconite is so well positioned in our fearful, high pressure digital society today.

Conclusion

Fear is a natural and necessary emotion, but when it becomes overwhelming, it can control our lives. By understanding the physiological and psychological mechanisms of fear, we can begin to break free from its grip. Homeopathy offers a powerful tool for addressing fear and anxiety, promoting relaxation, calmness, and resilience. Whether you’re struggling with irrational fears or overwhelming anxiety, homeopathy can help you find freedom from fear and live a more balanced, courageous life.

Blog post by Dr. Anthony de Pontes
Visit his website: www.drdepontes.com
Read another blog post from Dr. Anthony: Looking at Fear from a Natural Health Perspective