My Homeopathy journey started when I was 23 and suffering anxiety induced by being on the contraceptive pill. I had been on the Pill for around 6 years at this time and from the time I went on it anxiety started to feature more heavily in my life and got worse as the years passed but I didn’t put two and two together for a long time.
It was 2004 and I was around 9 months into a great relationship with my boyfriend (now husband) and in the process of moving to a new city and starting a new job. However I would suffer crippling anxiety, often feeling teary and totally unlike myself for no apparent reason. I couldn’t understand how I was feeling like this when on the surface everything was going so well.
I had several trips to the GP over many months and they changed the contraceptive pill I was on a couple of times which only made matters worse. They could offer me no other solutions except anti-depressants and another form contraceptive and the GP actually told me I would just have to deal with my anxiety if I wanted to be on the Pill.
Where was the advice and tips on how to naturally manage anxiety? Where was the support and empathy? This was a huge wake up call for me.
Doctors had no solutions for anxiety except more meds which I didn’t want to be on as this didn’t address why I was feeling so out of balance and did I really want to be on something that ultimately was doing me more harm than good?
It was at this point I decided I would have to take my health into my own hands and not rely on a doctor who only had pharmaceuticals as an option. I set out looking into alternatives like acupuncture, herbs and nutrition.
I was talking to a friend about what I was going through and she suggested I go and see her Homeopath. I had never heard of Homeopathy before but I trusted my friends advice and more importantly I had the desire to heal and for genuine change. I have come to realise that change always comes from an internal desire, you have to make this decision to want more for yourself.
So I went along to see the Homeopath and I was taken aback by the empathy and time I received. Over an hour to talk about what I was going through and not a rushed 10 minutes? My Homeopath asked me about my full medical history, my childhood, my diet, my likes and dislikes.
She wanted to build up a picture of how I had got to where I was so that she could choose an individualised remedy for how I was feeling and how I was experiencing my symptoms. No two people with anxiety (or any condition) experience it in the same way so no two people need the same prescription.
Gradually over the next few months I started to feel happy, balanced and confident. I was showing up in life how I wanted to and for the first time in a very long time truly enjoying life. Eventually I decided to come off the Pill as I came to the conclusion it was doing me more harm than good. Homeopathy ultimately helped me to detox from it and my hormones and periods were balanced and I realised how suppressed in many areas of my life the Pill had made me.
I also bought a Homeopathy first aid kit and started to feel empowered to treat myself for acute things that I would previously have relied on pharmaceuticals or doctors for. I started to take more care of myself in other ways like through what I was eating and going to the gym and doing yoga. Homeopathy had a ripple effect on my life and those around me too.
Fast forward to 2009 and I decided to embark on the four year training to become a qualified Homeopath myself. I felt called to learn more about this fascinating medicine and the more I learnt the more I felt sure that I wanted to help others discover their true selves with Homeopathy too.
There have of course been bumps along the way, I am by no means perfect. Things have come along to upset the balance such as work stress, pregnancy, labour, the challenges of motherhood, old childhood traumas resurfacing, living through a global time of great change on the planet etc. But I know that I can always turn to Homeopathy and also other natural healing modalities to get me back on track. I know that I am not helpless, I don’t have to rely on a broken medical system, I can take my health in my hands and heal myself, my loved ones and my clients too.
Homeopathy has had such a profound affect on me over the past 18 years that I’ve been using it and I am so thankful that I found it. I honestly don’t know where me and my family would be without it, we use it every day to keep us healthy.
If any of this resonates with you and you are ready to make a change and take control of your health please do get in touch to see how Homeopathy can help you.
Helen xx