A Mouse in the House
Cooler weather must be coming. We have a mouse in the house - or, more accurately, a few mouses. I don’t do well with rodents… a classic Calc carb trait, actually.
Calc carb is a grade 3 remedy listed in the rubric for Fear of Mice.
Once upon a time, there was a dead mouse in the back room where I worked. I was so freaked out by this that I had to go out the back door and walk all the way around the mall to get back in the building because I was mentally unable to step over the dead mouse to get back out the door I had just entered. That’s a pretty hefty fear of something that can do me no harm. (I know Hanta Virus is a thing, but….) Suffice it to say that this poor, little, dead creature was not going to harm me at that moment.)
I have taken Calc carb in the past and my fear of mice has been tempered considerably. I still don’t like them and I really don’t like the idea of them being in my house. The fact there was one in my bedroom (!) disturbs me. (I won’t even go into how freaked out I was when a squirrel was once in my bedroom!! My boys still think my impression of the maid from "Tom & Jerry" was pretty funny - me, standing up on my bed afraid to step back on the floor.) But, I am happy to say that paralyzing fear is gone.
I have made such great advances in this area that I was even about to rid the remains of one by myself the other day but my teenage son came to my rescue. It is safe to say that a few years ago there was not a chance of me ever even considering doing that job.
Even looking for an image to put on this blog… I had to go for an illustration because the photos of mice cause a visceral reaction. Perhaps I need to reconsider another dose of Calc carb!
So, the long and the short of this article is mouse rubrics, because fear of mice is not the only one the homeopathic literature addresses.
If your nervous system is suffering after being frightened by a mouse (the rubric is actually “frightened; sudden and severe, after being, by a mouse running up arm” (which is quite frankly too much for me to even think about!) try some Ignatia.
If it just feels like a mouse is running up your arm, then try Calc carb.
If you have a sensation as if a mouse is running up your back: Sulphur.
If you are hallucinating that you see a mouse running from under a chair… try some Cimicifuga. (Or, better yet, check and see if you really did see that and then try a dose of Cimicifuga if there is no evidence of said being!)
Dreaming of mice? Or, sleep disturbed due to your fear of mice? Calc carb.
If you hear noises in your ear that sound like a squeaking mouse: Rhus tox.
Even though I am coping better, I prefer to live in a house where not a creature was stirring, other than the 2-legged kind.
Julia Coyte, CHom
Classically Practical homeopath
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