Carcinocin - Vulnerability and oversensitivity
- GEORGE VITHOULKAS
Carcinosin people are generally very easily hurt. They are very vulnerable emotionally but try to conceal it. There are, however, different kinds of manifestations and reactions with this remedy. According to my understanding, two main types of Carcinosin patients can be differentiated, though there certainly exist others as well.
In the first type of people who need Carcinosin, the vulnerability manifests in an extreme sensitivity to mental, emotional or physical pain and, as a consequence, they cannot stand any reprimand. A strong fear of humiliation is present. The sensitivity to censure is so marked that they experience any kind of criticism as a shock. If rebuked they can go into a veritable hysteric state. They may weep and sob and get so upset that they stop breathing and turn purple.
The least remark seems to offend them greatly; they are offended by any comment that might cause some kind of pain because they feel this pain so acutely. Even if there is no intention on the part of the other person to cause them pain or attack them, even if the remark seems to be insignificant and unimportant to other people, they feel this way. They tend to take anything that happens poorly. A mother of a boy who needed Carcinosin said that she '...couldn't tell him anything because any slightest hint of reproach made him go into spasmodic weeping.'
In addition, if something upsets them they often think about it for days on end; they simply cannot forget. They tend to brood a lot. In some cases they have to talk about it later on; after every incident of reprimand they come back to ask what, why, how and so on. It is an obstinate inability to let go. Obstinacy in general is a symptom which has also been observed in Carcinosin cases.
This kind of sensitivity makes them live in a state of constant unhappiness. Grief and sorrow come easily into their lives, as they are so easily affected by hurt. Grief in Carcinosin does not necessarily come from great and substantial calamities, but from the everyday events of life that may constitute a mildly difficult situation for other people; these cause them tremendous pain.
After a number of years these patients develop severe symptomatology due to such compounded grief. It is the kind of grief that they will not discuss. They will not complain, will not show it. It can be said to be a silent grief. In this state Carcinosin appears to be similar to Natrum muriaticum, a remedy with which it shares some other symptoms as well.
There is, however, a different origin and a different quality concerning the 'silent grief' of Carcinosin. The Carcinosin grief has its source in a sense of weakness of the will - not wanting to confront others, not demanding, not asking for things - in a propensity to accept rather than demand. The grief of Nat-m. or Ignatia, on the other hand, is often a deep feeling that comes from a grave loss of a loved one, a grief that constricts the emotions and does not allow the patients to express any feelings. Carcinosin people will also become resigned more easily and keep quiet because they are afraid to disturb others by their complaining. Actually, it is a state somewhat between Staphysagria and Nat-m. in this respect. Repression of emotions is something quite common in this type of Carcinosin case.
Carcinosin people are generally very easily hurt. They are very vulnerable emotionally but try to conceal it. There are, however, different kinds of manifestations and reactions with this remedy. According to my understanding, two main types of Carcinosin patients can be differentiated, though there certainly exist others as well.
In the first type of people who need Carcinosin, the vulnerability manifests in an extreme sensitivity to mental, emotional or physical pain and, as a consequence, they cannot stand any reprimand. A strong fear of humiliation is present. The sensitivity to censure is so marked that they experience any kind of criticism as a shock. If rebuked they can go into a veritable hysteric state. They may weep and sob and get so upset that they stop breathing and turn purple.
The least remark seems to offend them greatly; they are offended by any comment that might cause some kind of pain because they feel this pain so acutely. Even if there is no intention on the part of the other person to cause them pain or attack them, even if the remark seems to be insignificant and unimportant to other people, they feel this way. They tend to take anything that happens poorly. A mother of a boy who needed Carcinosin said that she '...couldn't tell him anything because any slightest hint of reproach made him go into spasmodic weeping.'
In addition, if something upsets them they often think about it for days on end; they simply cannot forget. They tend to brood a lot. In some cases they have to talk about it later on; after every incident of reprimand they come back to ask what, why, how and so on. It is an obstinate inability to let go. Obstinacy in general is a symptom which has also been observed in Carcinosin cases.
This kind of sensitivity makes them live in a state of constant unhappiness. Grief and sorrow come easily into their lives, as they are so easily affected by hurt. Grief in Carcinosin does not necessarily come from great and substantial calamities, but from the everyday events of life that may constitute a mildly difficult situation for other people; these cause them tremendous pain.
After a number of years these patients develop severe symptomatology due to such compounded grief. It is the kind of grief that they will not discuss. They will not complain, will not show it. It can be said to be a silent grief. In this state Carcinosin appears to be similar to Natrum muriaticum, a remedy with which it shares some other symptoms as well.
There is, however, a different origin and a different quality concerning the 'silent grief' of Carcinosin. The Carcinosin grief has its source in a sense of weakness of the will - not wanting to confront others, not demanding, not asking for things - in a propensity to accept rather than demand. The grief of Nat-m. or Ignatia, on the other hand, is often a deep feeling that comes from a grave loss of a loved one, a grief that constricts the emotions and does not allow the patients to express any feelings. Carcinosin people will also become resigned more easily and keep quiet because they are afraid to disturb others by their complaining. Actually, it is a state somewhat between Staphysagria and Nat-m. in this respect. Repression of emotions is something quite common in this type of Carcinosin case.
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