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i have a 9 yr old child who fears being kidnapped.
i am trying to find rubrics that express this fear. any
suggestions?

thanks

tanya

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Dear Tanya, i think it is best to ask the child why she has this fear,
explore it further because it could be a chosen metaphor for another
underlying fear that is more succinct. If you feel it really has to be
taken at face value then fear of being kidnapped = fear of being
attacked, abandoned, being alone, others approaching him, being
arrested, that someone is behind him, of being censured, being punished
- so many really. Best wishes, Joy
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Joy,

thanks for your support. i totally agree with you. i had another child
several years ago with this fear. in both cases the children have been
separated from their mothers. in both cases there was abuse. in the
first case the child was put with his aunt. in this case the child was
removed from the home several times by age 4 and has been in several
different homes. she has lots of fears including fear of being alone; fear
of abandonment; fear of telling her feelings. she is very sweet, compliant
and affectionate and often behaves this way to ensure being accepted.
she is frightened of disharmony. this weekend she was here with her
guardian, who is my daughter and she expressed this fear of being
kidnapped by us. i think she was feeling that she was being taken over.
this may be connected to a fantasy of hers that she will live with her
mother again. based on this and other manifestations, i think she is
trying very hard to not be subsumed by another family or other
reality. it's as if she is saving herself for returning to her birth family or that
she feels she is betraying them in some way. there is great anxiety about
hurting others, especially her mother's feelings she resists meaningful
involvement with other people and winds up connecting with things.
i am trying to use rubrics of estrangement to incorporate this particular
aspect of the case. and of course fear of abandonment. at the moment
carc and puls are showing strongly.

tanya
Dear Tanya, i think it is best to ask the child why she has this fear,
explore it further because it could be a chosen metaphor for another
underlying fear that is more succinct. If you feel it really has to be
taken at face value then fear of being kidnapped = fear of being
attacked, abandoned, being alone, others approaching him, being
arrested, that someone is behind him, of being censured, being punished
- so many really. Best wishes, Joy
http://www.homeopathicmateriamedica.com
http://www.homeopathicmateriamedica.blogspot.com
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Thanks Tanya, these sort of cases can seem difficult to treat because
often the child is merely expressing a 'normal' reaction (albeit
profound) to such circumstances and the case can seem to go round and
round. As long as there is expression of some kind this is good and
only when it becomes inappropriate or suppressed do the really serious
situations develop. Particulars, especially physicals, can be more
useful in cases like this and also look for any peculiar sx as well.

Carcinosin will almost always come through and maybe consider the milks
as well. Best wishes, Joy
http://www.homeopathicmateriamedica.com
http://www.homeopathicmateriamedica.blogspot.com
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yes, she smells things. when i first met her she smelled everything.
that sx has abated some but i still see her do it. she tries to be
subtle about her stuff. she is quite private.

tanya

Dear Tanya, I have seen this also as if there is a need to smell nice
things as a comfort zone or maybe smells remind us of past memories -
good and bad. If she is compulsively smelling anything and everything
then that is something different. You could join her and do the same,
have a 'smell-in' with some essential oils or something along those
lines and maybe link in with her that way to find out why she likes to
do this. Best wishes, Joy

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Dear One,
As such I didn't find any rubric for kidnapping. But following Fears can be probed to fit the patient's condition, people,of going out alone, of being alone, of men [male] as kidnppers are mostly male, of open places, fear of straingers, evils,dangers etc.
Regards,
Prof.[Dr.]S.P.Chakravorty,
India.

Tanya Marquette wrote:

yes, she smells things. when i first met her she smelled everything.
that sx has abated some but i still see her do it. she tries to be
subtle about her stuff. she is quite private.

tanya

i think it is an OCD reaction. i think she fears contamination.
but your suggestion is a good one to try. i might ask my
daughter to do this with her and report back to me.

smelling essential oils, though, sounds like a just
nice thing to do with her.

thanks

tanya