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The Allergy Attachment
I have a cousin, Michelle, who lives in Chicago. She is quite allergic to cats. She spends a great deal of time with her Aunt Linda, who of course, has three cats. Because she loves Aunt Linda very much, she is willing to put up with the puffy, itchy eyes and runny nose. Allergy drugs help a little, but her body has developed a tolerance to most of these, resulting in diminished effectiveness. Her aunt tries to minimize the discomfort by locking the cats away in a room – sometimes out of sight, out of mind actually works. During my previous visits, I had discussed how relatively simple it was to cure most allergies with hypnotherapy protocols. My aunt was quite skeptical, but curious about my claim. Finally, either Aunt Linda’s curiosity or little Michelle’s suffering grew so strong that when I visited them at Thanksgiving, both of them asked me to explain once again the causes of allergies, and how our immune systems can get “confused” causing our body to actually attack itself with chemicals originally designed to help us fight infection and diseases. Allergies are called “an immune disorder” for good reason. Our immune systems have two main functions. Most of us know that the first of these is to fight infections and diseases. When pathogens (harmful viruses or bacteria) enter the body, the immune system has our glands create many powerful drugs to combat these invaders. It is scientifically accurate to say our immune system, if healthy, can create any drug you can find in the pharmacy; make the exact right dosage, and deliver to the exact location in the body without any of the adverse affects of artificial medications. The second function of our immune system is the “house cleaning” mechanism for our bodies. When non-organic and/ or nontoxic particles enter our body through breathing, drinking, or eating, this function eliminates them. Although dust, for instance, is non toxic, if left to build up in our bodies, it could become harmful. Thus, our immune systems are constantly having to decide whether a particle coming into our body is inert or a pathogen; whether or not to go to war against the invader with a host of chemicals, or just do efficient housecleaning. If our immune system makes the wrong choice, we get the itchy eyes, runny noses, rashes etc., that we call an allergy. Why? Because we have all these chemicals going though our body to kill pathogens, but there is nothing to fight. An allergy is literally our body attacking itself. My little cousin listened politely and then said,” I don’t want to be allergic to Aunt Linda’s cats anymore. Can you help me?” I confidently replied, “Yes, of course.” I proceeded to hypnotize Michelle and then went through a very simple protocol designed specifically to eliminate her cat allergy. The whole process took about forty-five minutes. Upon completion, I brought some cats into the room to test the results: no allergic reaction. I cannot describe how shocked I was when Aunt Linda called me about an hour later saying that I had to return to the house immediately. Michelle was crying her eyes out, screaming that she was no longer Michelle. Without her allergy to cats she didn’t think she was still the same person. You are probably saying, “Why would anyone be crying because they no longer had an allergy that was making them miserable?” I proceeded immediately back to the house and sat down with Michelle. I told her that if she wanted her allergy to the cats to return, I would return it to her. She said, “Yes, please.” In five minutes she had her allergy back – full blown, and was happy once again. You might be thinking that this is just a rare event – that Michelle had some peculiar personality disorder that caused the acute identification with her allergy. Or maybe her allergy was a phobic response to a traumatic event that involved cats. Not so! Perhaps another example might be helpful: When I was living in Fremont, California, the healing center I belonged to had an art show that was decorated with artificial flowers, mostly roses. The day after the show, a middle-aged lady came to visit the center. The minute she walked in she started sneezing and coughing, and broke out into a rash. She declared quite loudly that she was allergic to roses. I walked up to her and pointed out that all of the flowers, including the roses, were artificial. After touching the roses to make sure they truly were artificial, all of the allergic symptoms disappeared as if by magic. Since then, I have hypnotized several hundred people, told them that they were in a room full of the particular substance to which they had vowed allegiance, and watched their eyes tear as they sneezed and coughed. Then I told them that they were now in a room full of clean, fresh air, and watched as all the symptoms immediately left. So, what is going on here? Simply put, allergies are NOT caused by pollen, or ragweed, or cat dander, or any other inert physical substance. They are caused by misinformation given to our immune system by the subconscious mind. This is easily and painlessly corrected. It’s one thing not to know this information and suffer allergic symptoms – it’s an entirely different matter to have this information and continue suffering. How is it we become attached to our allergies, and even defend them? I believe that we actually identify ourselves with them ... we think they are part of us, and without them we somehow become vulnerable and powerless. One client was honest enough to say that she had used her allergies for years to control others. They were a source of power for her over her environment. Are we so afraid of our environment, our world, that we get sick in order to try and control it? In her book, Why People Don’t Heal and How They Can, Caroline Myss writes: So many people in the midst of a “process” of healing, I saw, are at the same time feeling stuck. They are striving to confront their wounds, valiantly working to bring meaning to terrible experiences and traumas … But they are not healing. They have redefined their lives around their wounds and the process of accepting them. Could it possibly be true that our wounds have given our lives meaning, a membership card to special groups of wounded others, and we now speak a language that Ms. Myss calls, woundology? If you have been feeling “stuck” for a long time in your life, if you have been treating your afflictions rather than curing them and waiting for your life’s purpose to show up on your doorstep and it hasn’t, it is quite probable. I can tell you for certain that the allergies you have resigned yourself to treating with pills, allergists and inhalants, are not a part of your true nature and can be as easily discarded as an old tattered coat that no longer keeps you warm from the wind and cold.
William Marcus, L.C.S.W., is a former naval aviator, flooring contractor, and pastor of the Center for Spiritual Living in Atascadero, California. He has been teaching meditation and spiritual principals for over thirty years, and is a psychotherapist licensed in New York, since 1997. He maintains offices in Glen Cove and Forest Hills, NY, where he sees individuals and couples.www.judithruskayrabinorphd.com |
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