In a relationship he will give support to another person, but primarily with the expectation of receiving support in return. It is in this sense that Arsenicum is a selfish remedy.
I remember a man who had a shop, a business friend. He had to have his wife constantly with him. His wife did nothing else but accompany him. All the time, wherever he went, he had to have his wife with him. Can you understand? A life of constant fear that something may happen and nobody could help.
So we have desire for company, amelioration in company – but actually it is the totality of this person that needs to be understood. This person, who was so organised, suddenly had something happen to his organism and realized he cannot fix it. That’s it.
The anxiety of Arsenicum causes great internal anguish,
Anxietv after and it is out of this anguish that the familiar
midnight, restlessness of Arsenicum arises. The anxiety
12 p.m. – 2 a.m tends to be most pronounced after midnight and in
the morning on waking. The Arsenicum person may awaken in
a panic during the hours of 12 midnight to 2 a.m.
He may say that he is anxious even while asleep. The restlessness is not just a physical process; it is primarily a mental restlessness, an attempt to allay the deep seated anxiety.
The restlessness compels the Arsenicum individual to pace to and fro, to move from chair to chair, from bed to bed, but the motion and the changes in position do not ameliorate his symptoms nor his anxiety; on the contrary, his moving about totally exhausts him.
The greater the suffering, the more the anguish; the more the restlessness, the more the exhaustion.