Internal Conflict - A Boy with Bouts of Rage is helped with Homeopathy

IN BRIEF

A boy with frequent bouts of intense aggression, mostly directed at this mother, is completely relieved of his state after a few doses of homeopathic Ignatia amara.
His problem may have started during his mother's pregnancy with him, due to feelings of internal conflict and sadness.

An eight-year-old boy with intense bouts of rage

“My son will grab my face and twist it, try to head butt my mouth, bite, kick out my knees, punch me in the stomach, pull my hair and scratch me. Most recently he went for the knife drawer, that’s when we made the appointment with you,” his mother, Kyra, reported.

Her eight-year-old son Bryce had started to show intense behaviours from the time he was nine months old, including being violent with toys. This intensity increased around age three when he started to chase the other kids with butter knives.

“He screams into my face that he hates me and wishes I wasn't his mom. He can have total meltdowns over anything, screen time, tomatoes in his salad. It can be worse with low blood sugar but 99% of time we have no idea what set him off. We’re all walking around on eggshells, because he can explode at any moment. He may also threaten to hurt himself with scissors when angry. In generally he tends to be very quiet, as if he can’t express himself, then suddenly he just flips, the feelings just take him over.”

When looking at his baby photos I picked up on a sense of sadness and mentioned it.

“Yes, sometimes I feel as if he never stops crying. He can just cry and cry but does not want to be comforted. Many healers we have consulted have commented that he carries sadness.”

This boy had never received any vaccines, otherwise I might have been suspicious of this as a factor when she started showing streaks of violence already at 9 months. I carefully asked about the pregnancy:

“My relationship with my husband was going through a difficult stretch at the time. He was struggling with the looming responsibility of taking care of another child and drinking a lot. He can have intense feelings and behaviours when drunk with almost violent outbursts. I threatened to leave him if he didn’t quit drinking. I was very upset and felt so much sadness, grief, fear and anxiety, a whole mix of emotions. With all this I was also feeling conflicted about the pregnancy, thinking ‘what did I do, I shouldn’t even be pregnant’. It was a rough year.”

I thought that perhaps Bryce had been affected by this deep inner conflict both of his parents felt about the pregnancy, but especially by his mom as she carried him obviously. Such feelings and the stress hormones that go along with them can transfer to the baby.
 It was also noteworthy that Bryce took out his anger almost exclusively on his mother, who is a near angelic woman, very sweet, kind and beautiful and who reported making every effort to not escalate his emotions, instead developing tremendous patience and
loving him unconditionally through it all.

In fact, the whole family loved him deeply and understood that he could not help his intense feelings.

Ignatia amara

Bryce got a remedy called Ignatia amara, starting with only 6C once a week. Ignatia is another well-known remedy in homeopathy, mostly used for ailments from grief, disappointment and unresolved or unresolvable inner conflict.

“Bryce had a notable response to Ignatia with intense breakdowns following the first few doses. He screamed so much his eyes popped out of his head and he punched and kicked me. He was aware of the effect the remedy had on him and that it brought out anger and rage and 'made him evil' on days three, four and five after taking it. He also broke out in a splotchy full body and face rash.” (Please note, mom had not followed my instructions to contact me immediately if symptoms got more intense, just for the record. Also, I was glad I only used 6C to start.)
 
“On the positive side he asked me to lie down with him, then pretended to perform surgery on my heart and brain to erase the effect of anything bad he ever did to me!”
 
“One day he had an extremely violent attack, threatened that I was not going to live much longer and attempted to tear my face off He was upset because dad had said to no tv, it had nothing at all to do with me. About 30 minutes later I was able to sit with him and gave him an extra dose of Ignatia. Immediately after he took it, he said he was sorry and that he loved me and gave me lots of kisses and hugs.”
 
I was shocked to hear about this attack as well as the quick turnaround.
 
“Overall, he is still very intense but there are more days between bad breakdowns now.”
 
Within about a month the meltdowns were vastly reduced, then completely stopped and he became much more open and communicative about his feelings. The crying spells also stopped. Ten months later the gains were still stable. There were no more attacks of rage and the whole family was much relieved.
 
Ignatia amara is not known as a top remedy for rage and aggression, however, it can be a great remedy for grief, disappointment and states of internal conflict, which can certainly cause anger and even rage.
 
Made from the strychnine-containing seeds of the Saint Ignatius tree, the remedy has been used in homeopathy for more than 200 years. It is one of our top remedies for states of grief where the person can’t express their emotions. And of course this case points to the connection between the mother’s emotional state during pregnancy and the state of the child.
 
“Ignatia is one of the top remedies where the mother was vexed, mortified, or experience marital torture during her pregnancy with the child.” [1]

References

1. Masters, Faroukh J., Clinical Observations of Children’s Remedies, Lutra Services BV, The Netherlands, ISBN 90-74456-11-