Aspen
No. 2Vague dread with no cause you can point to
5 remedies
Fear
For the whole range of fear, from a named worry you can point to, to dread that arrives without a reason.
Bach put five remedies in this group, and they cover very different kinds of fear. Some fears have an obvious cause. You know exactly what you are afraid of and you could name it in a second. Others turn up with no explanation at all, a sense that something bad is coming, which is harder to talk about because there is nothing to point at.
There is also the fear that belongs to other people. Parents know this one well. You are not frightened for yourself, you are frightened for someone you love, and your mind supplies the worst possible version of what might be happening to them.
Work out which shape your fear takes and the right remedy usually becomes obvious. If you are picking for someone in a moment of real panic, Rock Rose is the one to reach for first.
The 5 remedies in this group
Cherry Plum
No. 6Fear of losing control of yourself, of your temper, or your mind
Mimulus
No. 20Fear of something you can name, plus the shyness that often comes with it
Red Chestnut
No. 25Fear for other people rather than yourself
Rock Rose
No. 26Terror and panic, when fear has gone past the point of ordinary nerves
Which remedy for fear?
Five remedies, and what separates them is the shape of the fear rather than how big it is. Find the line that sounds most like yours.
The fear arrives from nowhere
Aspen
Dread with nothing attached to it. You wake up uneasy and cannot say what about.
You are afraid of what you might do
Cherry Plum
Fear of your own temper, your own impulses, or of losing your grip on yourself.
You can name what you are afraid of
Mimulus
Spiders, flying, the dentist, or speaking up in a meeting. A fear with an object, and often the shyness that travels with it.
You are frightened for somebody else
Red Chestnut
The phone goes unanswered and your mind supplies the worst version of where they are.
It has tipped into panic
Rock Rose
Terror rather than nerves. Frozen, shaking, unable to think. The one to reach for first in a real crisis.