Healing is a deconstructive process to get back to the core of who you are underneath all the layers of adaptation. When the body is under stress – be it emotional, physical, spiritual, it puts up defense mechanisms in order to adapt – hence, “layers of adaptation.” I see this all the time on my own healing journey and with clients. They ask, “Didn’t I already deal with this? I thought that this part of me was healed, why is this coming up again?” Sometimes it feels like we just come full circle with an issue. We see the same traumatic situation from every angle before it is completely integrated and healed. This is because there is so much healing potential to be harnessed from difficult situations. Without difficulty, we would actually be quite weak and one dimensional.
This showed up for me recently in my “fear of flying” – I am preparing to fly to Chicago in a couple weeks for a wedding and I could feel my cortisol spike every time I thought of getting on a plane. I hate being anywhere that I feel “trapped” or like I “can’t move.” I thought to myself, fuck! I’ve journaled about this, I’ve taken homeopathics, I’ve meditated on this, I’ve taken care of my physical body to quell this anxiety – so what gives!
I called my practitioner and sure enough there was another layer to my fear of flying. It was coming up for me again because I needed another dose of a constitutional homeopathic I had been taking – the real root cause of my fear was not just being trapped on a plane – but fear of repeating patterns or that history would continue to repeat itself and I would be trapped in my anxiety- which the homeopathic is known to heal. I took a dose and instantly felt lighter – and even dare I say excited about my trip! I pealed back another layer of my symptomology and learned a lot about myself in the process. Next time you go through another layer in your healing journey – reap as many lessons out of it as you can – ask, “what is this trying to teach me?” and don’t be afraid to seek counsel!
By the way, if you suffer from a fear of flying, the homeopathic remedy “AAA” from Helios Homeopathy is a good go-to. It is a combination of three remedies that covers any possible reason for someone being afraid to fly – claustrophobia, fear of heights, fear of crashing, etc. – this remedy can be taken prior to travel twice daily and every 30 mins on the day of travel if one is feeling anxious. As always, stop repeating the remedy when the symptoms have gone.