Bach Flower Remedies – Introduction
I hated being depressed. I hated it so much that I relentlessly pursued and tried everything that I could get my hands on. I tried herbs, psychic healers, meditation, therapies like Reiki and Kinesiology, crystals, aura-light, aura-soma, anti-depressants and just about anything else I could get access to. Each one I approached with optimism, and each one failed to produce the desired results.
There were times when I did have significant breakthroughs, and my depression lifted, and I had a new lease on life, but it returned a year or so later. Those breakthroughs, I should also hasten to mention were not connected with any therapies I was trying out at the time.
I had suffered from depression since I was around 13 years of age. Each year was a struggle, especially during Fall.
It wasn’t till I was 30 that I started using the Bach Flower Remedies. They are a simple, safe, non-addictive, non-toxic way to heal yourself on an emotional level. For instance, if you have a fear of spiders, that is classed as a known fear and taking Mimulus will help or even stop the fear, as that is the remedy for known fears.
I had ignored the remedies for a few years, thinking ‘yeah right!’ when I saw them at the health food shop. Then, one day, during a soul call, in which I was helping someone with a natural therapy business, I saw them being sold in their shop. I asked about them, and she explained what they did and how they worked.
I had a very strong pull to try, study and understand them. Over the course of several months, I bought books, all 38 remedies and committed to memory what all of them did, and what their names were.
Now, normally, my attention spam for trying something new ranges from two weeks to two years, and I will then just completely forget about whatever it is I’m trying.
The Bach Flower Remedies (BFR) were different through. Each time I used them, I felt a shift in my emotions. Learning about each remedy was exciting to me, and the positive results kept me going. Every time I suffered from depression, I would find the remedy I needed, and the depression would lift.
As the years went on, I started to understand them at a much deeper level, and realized that emotions are a tricky thing to identify. For instance, what might feel like fear and worry might actually be guilt.
Identifying what we are really feeling is vital to using the BFR’s with any degree of success.
I can state that I no longer suffer depression on the scale I once did. I still get feelings of anxiety, due to my empathy, but I am aware that’s not me, and I also know what I need to do to block it.
I do claim to know as much about the Bach Flowers as anyone in this world, and I also have made discoveries about them that had not been published before.
Hence, the majority of my discussion on healing depression will be BFR related and I will cover all aspects.
Depression can be healed. I truly believe and have experienced that. Not just covered up, not just glossed over, but healed.
The next series of blogs will look at and discuss the BFR’s objectively.
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I have grown to LOVE Rescue Remedy and carry them with me EVERYWHERE. Especially when my stress grew to anxiety and that grew to panic attacks. Now when I get stressed I can almost prevent panic attacks.
Works great for my seven year old when he gets himself worked up too.
Yes, that would be the Rock Rose in the remedy. You would get greater results by just taking that remedy on its own and Aspen for the anxiety.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the tip. The rescue remedy that I use is actually in candy-like format, making it easy to carry with me 🙂
I have a custom combo and I kept crying the first few days but now I feel much stronger.
I’ve ordered some different remedies to try after suffering from treatment resistant depression for well over a year. How I hope I will get even partial relief.