After living in Ireland for 10 years (and a month), I longed for the more 'natural' kind of life. One where, when your child has a sniffle, people don't immediately tell you to take the child to a doctor, or worse: get them antibiotics. If I didn't know better, I could have been made to feel like a bad mother at times. The Irish aren't bad people, at least most aren't, but there's one thing most of them have in common: their need to get an opinion from a doctor, when all that's really needed is some TLC, a nice bath, or some natural remedies. Simple ones, like honey tea with lemon. We're all healers inside. Whether you realize this or not.
The difference in Mexico
Just before we moved here, I ordered a book called:
Infusions of Healing - A treasury of Mexican-American Herbal Remedies by Joie Davidow. I figured, if we'd ever get some sort of Apocalypse (which is not a crazy thought anymore these days), it'd be smarter to have a book at hand that has herbs that can actually be found here, rather than some books with plants only found in Europe. I like to be prepared you see!
Mexicans are also much closer to nature than us Europeans, so it shouldn't be hard to find someone that knows where to find these things.
The book is well worth the buy. It has remedies for pretty much everything with easy instructions, and the names are in English and in Spanish. But this post is not going to be a book review. Or a rant about all the alternative medicine one can use. What it will be, is an example of how we're actually great healers inside. And for most things, we don't even need herbs. Let me tell you my story...
The reading glasses that turned into more
I was working at my former job for about two months, when I realized that I had trouble focusing on the screen, especially when I was tired, towards the end of the day.
I thought it was odd, because I have always worked on my laptop before that, and that had a smaller screen.
At first, I blamed it on the screen, and the fact that it was an iMac. I don't know what it is, but I never trusted the brand. Call me crazy! Kinda like I don't trust Windows or anything else that comes from the hands of Microsoft.
Trailing off here...
So, it started like that: I had trouble focusing. Then slowly, but fast enough, it started to get worse, things would get really blurry on the screen.
I was getting worried, and being in my mind, and not in my heart, I went to see my GP first, and then the optician...
The diagnosis
The GP had all the usual tests done. But this will be a story for another time. It's a great one! So sit tight!
The optician did her thing...
She called me into the room and told me there was no worry for concern. Nothing major. I needed reading glasses.
I told her that my PC screen was huge, and that it needed to be at a distance of 80 cm or more, so if reading glasses would make my blurry vision better, then that's what we'd do.
And so we did. She was wrong. It made things worse, because now I had to sit forward, closer to the screen or I wouldn't see anything.
I went back after a day or two.
Told her the story, and she then said that I needed occupational glasses, and in a way that I could read up close turning my eyes down, and I'd perfectly see the screen when I worked. So we ordered them. It was OK in the beginning, but after wearing them for more than a few hours at a time, I'd get this throbbing pain in my forehead. Strange. But it made that I couldn't really work properly for 8 hours with them on.
Fast forward 5 months on
I'd been wearing them, every day. Because if I didn't, everything was blurry. But when I took them off, it took a while for my eyes to adjust, so getting in the car and driving off right away wasn't an option.
Then we moved to Mexico. I still used them, a few days that is...
After having to deal with that weird pain in my forehead, I decided I had enough.
I decided that I didn't want nor need the glasses anymore. I didn't put them on again.
In the beginning, it was hard to focus. Text was blurry, like before. Especially when I was tired.
But I resisted the urge to put the glasses back on.
There's this YouTube creator, well two actually, that I sometimes listen to for ailments, healing, or whatever. I think some people already know the healing effect that sound can have on a person. Well, think of that, and then take it x10. That's how powerful those videos are.
So I started listening to one of the videos. Usually I'd listen more than once, and every day. This time, I listened 3 times (8 minutes) and then decided it was up to me. Not them...
Long story short: I am now working on the laptop, or the PC, without glasses. I have no more blurry vision, only a tiny little bit when I get really tired. But that's quite normal I think. Everything on the screen is quite clear.
Amazing?
No, not really. From what I gather, I willed my eyes to correct themselves. Without the glasses (that were only making things worse). Yes, I listened to those video creators for a while but I don't think that was it. At least not on its own. I did this.
We are all healers inside, most of us have just forgotten...
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Your post shows that our bodies are inherently perfect and are very capable of healing themselves. Pain or discomfort is usually a sign that your body is doing its job and correcting something that went wrong. It should not be a cause to immediately reach for "help" from the guys and girls in white coats!
That's SO true! I absolutely agree. We have it all in us, that's how we survived this long :) But most of us have forgotten our true nature.
Good to see there are more people who think like me :)
That's an interesting story. I am happy that your vision was able to be corrected naturally. One time I got rid of a nasty sinus headache without anything but taking long slow breaths in and out till I feel asleep. That took a great deal of patience on my part because I was also queasy from the pain being so bad and I couldn't eat or take anything if I wanted to. It worked but I am not sure how likely I'd be to try it again. Sitting with the pain isn't really my thing. I do, however, agree with not running to the doctor for every little sniffle or sneeze or cough.
I'm glad it worked out for you. I've learned over the years, especially with my children, that only little is needed to get over certain things. Maybe a natural remedy can do the trick. I can't even count the number of times that I 'cured' my kids from things that would have gotten them a dose of antibiotics if we would have went to the doctor for it. And in a shorter time too.
Yeah, antibiotics are horrible for what they can do to your system when taken too much and too often. Glad you're able to heal your children with natural remedies as much as possible. Have a great day! 😀
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What a lovely tale! The power of our intentions/brains is a very real thing indeed, and I truly enjoyed reading your vision story. You are so right about how it's not necessary to run to the doc for every ailment.
Thanks for sharing on Listnerds, hope you are having a magnificent day!
Thank you my friend. I'm glad I found you here, you bring so much positive energy whenever you stop by :) Much love to you from a sunny Mexico.
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I am not sure if we can heal everything with mental power but I definitely believe we can heal alot. Thanks for sharing.
Yes, I'm not sure about it either, but many things we can! And possibly more than we think. :)
Great post. I think we have the power to heal anything. it is just about changing the thoughts and habits that we have.
Thank you! Yes, I think so too. Maybe some issues like broken bones would take more of an effort, but they've healed from that long before the modern medical world made it's entry, so it's not impossible.
I think people need a different mindset because we've all been made to believe we can't live without doctors and hospitals, when in reality, we're all still here, aren't we?
Interesting post @misslasvegas. I am glad that it worked for you.
Thank you, and thank you for having an open mind :)
This is really nice and interesting to learn from because I believe that self belief matters a lot that you can definitely conquer some challenges that may occur if you believe in yourself. I believe this would be helpful in some part to overcome such situations.
Thank you! Yes, absolutely. Humans need to realize their strength a bit more. We can do more than we think!
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Reading your post, I was inspired already because everything here talks about our beliefs in us. When we do not believe we could actually be healer of our own, we would keep taunting ourselves, until we realize we can set ourselves free when we believe in us. I do enjoyed reading this. Thank you
Thank you! I appreciate you making the time to comment. It's true, it's all about belief, and we all need to believe in ourselves a bit more!
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