KEYWORDS:
- excessive determination in work or in the fulfillment of one's duty.
SYMPTOMS:
- stubbornness;
- physical exhaustion, lack of rest;
- inner tension;
- excessive sense of duty;
- energy wear and tear;
- nervousness;
- back and shoulder pain.
TRANSFORMATION: Oak teaches us not to be too harsh on ourselves, but to occasionally allow ourselves the necessary rest breaks and distractions that invigorate the mind and body.
From a strictly therapeutic point of view, it serves to loosen what psychoanalysts call
the superego , that is, our internal judge which is often rather rigid in people who need this remedy.
