Dependency is a common factor in multiple sclerosis.
I was in the second row at a Deepak Chopra lecture when a lady in a wheelchair was helped into the seat in front of me.
She turned around and said, “I have MS. I try to visualize standing up every day.”
I replied, “So you’re telling me you’re twice removed from standing up?”
She looked puzzled. “What do you mean?”
“Not only do you visualize standing up instead of standing up, but you TRY to visualize instead of standing up.”
She turned around without a word.
A minute later, she stood up.
She remained standing up for a minute or so, then sat down again.
Another minute went by before she turned around and beamed, “I stood up.”
I replied, “I noticed.”
Multiple sclerosis can be precipitated by being “frozen in place” with fear as a child.
According to “Multiple Sclerosis Aid,” Science News Letter, Dec. 25, 1948 …
“The startling difference [in the personality tests of MS patients given by Dr. Molly Harrower of New York] showed up in their lack of answers reflecting anxiety and concern over bodily functions, their willingness to be dependent, their almost exaggerated submission and compliance, and their over-cordiality to other persons.”
Gordon Ambrose & George Newbold (A Handbook of Medical Hypnosis, Second Edition, 1956, 1958) wrote …
“Many sufferers from this disease will explain that when subjected to shock or stress, etc., they suffer an acute exacerbation of their symptoms. Three patients, all young females, gave a history of panic reactions when children and the desire to run away from their danger, without being able to do so. Each described a feeling of being ‘rooted to the ground.’ They had all been locked in rooms and left in the dark for long periods, as punishment for misbehaviour. They respectively described their first symptoms of multiple sclerosis as a feeling of panic and difficulty in walking, first noticed in adolescence.”
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November 15, 2011 @ 9:31 pm N.W.
So what can I do about it?? I can relate to everything you have said, being locked in the dark room at bedtime and when I was sick and having trouble running as a child. I’m sure I had trauma before I was born too because my mother was so unhappy (I was child #4 in 5 years) and then I had the cord wrapped around my neck when I arrived. My mother didn’t want another child and once I was born she wouldn’t name me so I was given the name _____ by my father which was a nun (to be) that my mother thought my father was cheating on her with while she was pregnant with me (every other child in my family of 7 children was given a family name). I was frequently isolated because I would get very bad cases of poison ivy and couldn’t get out of bed or off the couch or because i was sick and left in the bedroom on the second floor with the door closed. The sad story could go on and on… I seem to be the perfect picture of MS according to what you said however I remain determined not to lose my independence (perhaps because I live alone?). What can I do to change my life path as a 58 year young woman. I am not in a wheelchair however I do use a cane because my left leg doesn’t work very well and I am on disability after having my own reasonably successful although stressful hand weaving business up until 2003 when one day I ran out of the house during a thunderstorm to get my grand daughters shoes and realized I couldn’t run again. I had several other periods in my life since MS starting in 1986 when walking was a huge issue, this one just hasn’t gotten better as they had in the past. I do want my life back most of the time (unless I’m feeling particularly alone and sad), I just don’t know how to get it. I certainly wish I lived closer to you. I would love to have a meeting with you. My toes might tell alot. Thank you for listening. I enjoy your monthly shows with Patrick and have read all the previous ones. I eat mostly with the sun for the last several months since hearing you talk about it and purchasing your book. I think it has helped alot. I have spent all of my savings since 1986 looking for the answer to this sickness and now I live on social security which is meager however occasionally I get a little money from whats left of the weaving business. Do you ever work with people over the phone? Thank you for your time.
November 15, 2011 @ 10:27 pm atomb
I edited out your name(s) to preserve your privacy.
Your upbeat attitude – “What can I do to change my life path as a 58 year young woman?” – goes a long way in the direction of high-level wellness. :)
At this time I’m not set up to do phone consultations, but that may change in the near future.
Stay in touch with me at [email protected].
I’ll discuss both MS and how to deal with trauma in future blog entries.