SEPIA SUCUS GEORGE LOUKAS

The following symptoms help us to understand the Sepia psychological state: Ailments from love disappointment. Ailments from mortification. Ailments from sexual excesses. Comlaining of others. Climacteric period agg. Discontented with everything.

Discouraged after coition. Delusions, three doctors come. Fear, approaching him of others. Fear of men. Forsaken feeling, feels of not being beloved by his parents, wife, friends. Restlessness, after coition. Restlessness, presence of strangers agg.

As Sepia is mostly prescribed for women, we will first examine the woman Sepia. A woman is brought to the Sepia state after renouncing her feminine nature. It is frequently observed women between years old to require Sepia at some time during their treatment. But how does this happen?

A sensitive young girl starts her love life with enthousiasm. She gets involved into a sexual relationship but something happens and it fails. She starts a second relationship which again fails. Her dreams start to fall apart, she is put off by the idea of another relationship. Her emotional life feels empty. If she happens to get involved in a new relationship she finds that she cannot relax during sexual intercourse and she feels bad afterwards.

Here is another case: A young married woman starts feeling that her sexual life is not emotionally fulfilling. There can be many reasons for this for example, her husband may concentrate on the “corporeal” aspect of sex, thus overlooking the romantic needs of his wife, or he may be very involved in his business and not very emotionally supportive. She starts feeling rejected and abandoned by her husband. Before her marriage she might have been Phosphorus or Natrum muriaticum, but now she starts becoming Sepia.

A surgical operation can also bring about the Sepia state. This usually happens after obsteric surgery, mainly after an abortion. An abortion is a very traumatic experience for a woman. If her partner insists on an abortion, thinks that he does not love and respect her any and starts feeling hurt. Then she may become Sepia.

But even if this is not the case, the emotional trauma resulting from some medical treatment can cause some inhibition towards sex. There is something that does not let the woman relax during coition. She is tense. She starts feeling that she will never be able to enjoy life as she used to.

What happens to a woman that develops such a psychological picture? Or, in other words, what is the attitude of the Sepia woman towards other activities? She is characterized by hyperactivity. The Sepia housewife is a very busy woman. All day she moves about in the house, motion is good for her. She is fastidius with cleaning, washing, all housework. She is obsessed with cleaness.

She demands that her husband and children take their shoes off as soon as they enter the house and put things to their allocated places. She is always busy with something. She does not feel well when she is sitting, motion makes her feel better. During a ball or a fair she is the first to dance. Physical exersise helps her a lot. She is full of anxiety, even when she eats, urinates or defocates.

Frequently we find Sepia among educated women. It is difficult to state whether high education promotes the creation of the Sepia state or Sepia women have an inclination for higher studies. We believe both are true. On one hand, a woman that feels emotionally unfulfilled directs all her energy into her work and studies, on the other hand, a vigorous study programme prevents natural emotional expression. Taking over multiple roles may result in the appearance of the Sepia state. Another outlet can be making money. Sepia feels financially insecure, she has fear of poverty and a tendency to stinginess.

Despite the fact that she outwardly seems a very dynamic person, internally she is very much like Natrum muriaticum. She is very sensitive, easily hurt, she wants to be loved but she does not like consolation. She keeps to herself and weeps alone. The feminist type is very much like Sepia. Out wardly dynamic, inwardly sensitive, she is a woman that has not lived up to her feminine nature. Sometimes she may not express her anger on others, beating her children and then regretting it.

The Sepia mother offers everything to her children, who represent the meaning of her life. Sometimes, though, she is indifferent to them. This happens mainly with educated Sepia women who spend a lot of their energy in their business. However, in both cases emotional investment is lacking.

Where is the Sepia woman led, living this way? Most often some physical symptoms appear as a result of stress, for example. Then hypochondriac symptoms develop. She starts fearing death, thinks that she has some kind of illness, fears that something bad will happen to her. She might visit various doctors trying to find a solution to her problem.

Another picture, not the most common one, is that described in the books as stagnation. It refers to women who have been in the Sepia state for a long time or whose organism is exhausted. They are characterized by great indifference. They are indifferent towards their job, their husband, their children.

They are in a stagnant emotional state. Their movements are slow, they wonder how they can be in this state. However, even in this case motion makes them better. When they come to the clinic they break into tears while relating their problems. Such a psychological state is commonly observed during menopause. Something that must be noted about the Sepia woman is a definite aggravation of her psychological symptoms before menses.

It is true that Sepia is not often given to men. If a man is discontented with his job, he might develop the Sepia state. Or, in other cases, sexual excess can result to emotional indifference. The Sepia man reminds us of Natrum personality. Some times he shows feminine aspects.

Children develop a Sepia state when they grow up without love and affection. A workaholic father, dedicated to his job and overlooking his daughter’s emotional needs, induces a Sepia state in his daughter. The Sepia child is an hyperactive sensitive person.