BACH FLOWER REMEDIES: MUSTARD REMEDY – MONTU’S CASE
Montu was a very good badminton player and had been selected to represent his school in the interstate school championships. Unfortunately, he got a sudden fit of depression at the time he was supposed to leave by train. He was perforce left out of the team squad. He was so upset that he lost every [...]
CRISIS IN TREATMENT CENTERS: PSYCHOTIC EPISODE
We have to remember that a psychotic individual has, during a psychotic episode, different values from the normal person functioning well in a society. Many severely disturbed people do not feel they are disturbed; they do not come to an analyst of their own accord. They will frequently insist that the city itself is ill. [...]
MANAGING YOUR WEIGHT: WHAT IS A CALORIE?
A caloric is a unit of measure that indicates the amount of energy we obtain from a particular food. One pound of body fat contains approximately 3,500 calories. So each time you consume 3,500 calories more than your body needs to maintain weight, you gain a pound. Conversely, each time your body expends an extra [...]