A patient who was struggling with looping thoughts, and a persistent stuck feeling with confusion and uncertainty about how to proceed in personal and professional areas of life reported the following after taking the homeopathic remedy Amphiprion percula (Orange clownfish):
“Life feels less serious.
I have a regained sense of confidence.
Less stressful approach to my big decisions.
I feel like opportunity is suddenly showing up.
I have more trust in the universe or life process.
I suddenly have two amazing opportunities for work and
I received an offer on my house suddenly too and it got accepted last night!
When I took my first dose I just felt silly and was laughing a lot. It felt like a huge relief kind of like I was laughing at how serious I’ve been taking life haha like laughing at myself in a good way!”
The patient has strong identification with the water, which helped to point to the fish group of remedies:
“Water takes all the stress away, I feel weightless in the water. Being in the water takes away all of my pains and leaves me feeling rejuvenated. It’s almost like nothing else in life matters, everything just clears right up! Like I’m one with the water.
Water just makes me feel very alive, refreshed, relaxed, creative even! It has a very sedative effect on me. Almost like I’ve taken something, I feel so good. It is inside. Not just ‘oh, my skin is wet’, it is an inner feeling.
In the water I’m whole, complete. It’s like time stops. All the stress and worries just melt away. I think a lot less when I’m in the water.
No wonder I’m not a mermaid, I would spend all my time in the water! I need to get in there more!
Even drinking water, I love the feeling of it going down. I like my water very cold, feel it going all the way down esophagus, that cold feelings seems to just energize me.”
Amphiprion percula is known for confusion about how to proceed, failure to accomplish, a lack of confidence and trust in one’s innate abilities, and physical and mental restlessness. There is a desire for more creativity and playfulness in life which is thwarted by persistent inner feelings of indifference, apathy and the heavy burden of responsibility. Sleeplessness from rushing, looping thoughts at night and an aggravation during the full moon are also characteristic of this remedy.