Get help when you need it

You may feel too unwell to deal with your emotional condition on your
own.
In this case you may choose to seek the support of a counsellor or
therapist
or find other professional help. An alternative choice may be to go to
visit an
acupuncturist, herbalist or another practitioner of Chinese medicine.
One patient, aged 39 with three children, found that acupuncture
changed
every area of her life. Before she had acupuncture she didn’t feel
close to her
children and always used to push them away. Since having treatment
she feels
new love and closeness to them. Her marriage is also stronger. Before
having
treatment she described how she often got ‘uppity’ with her husband
and that
this was worse when she was premenstrual. Now one week before her
period she
only feels a little stressed. She says that having treatment changed
her outlook
completely.
Although she now feels different, she also knows that she needs to
look after her
lifestyle to remain healthy. She described to me how she used to grab
anything
for her meals. Now she stops and gives herself a break rather than
eating on the
run. She also takes much more warm food instead of just grabbing a
sandwich,
and drinks more water and less coffee. She says she notices that
things taste better and there’s an amazing difference in her skin and
hair. She also walks as
much as she can. She says: ‘It’s given me so much confidence I can
walk into a
room and not give a damn.’
When we are ill, our emotions easily become out of balance. We know
that
when a baby is sick it cries and becomes fretful or irritable. In the
same way
we become easily upset or irritated when we are unwell. Chinese
medicine
treatment positively affects our qi, allowing us to become healthier
physically,
mentally and spiritually.
The healthier we become, the better we can deal with any new
difficulties. If
we are unhealthy, we are often at the mercy of the emotions we feel.
When we
are healthy, we feel strong enough to find new ways of dealing with
life events
instead of reacting from our negative patterns.