“Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.”

Since i have arrived in noisy Salem from TN, i have been a little jumpy. Trucks, tour busses and things with diesel engines seem to terrify me. My pet humans think it is because i was on the transport truck for 3 days from the south to the northeast…. maybe. ….. maybe it is just the booming sound of that engine. The problem is that i now live in a tourist destination city. From April through November tourists pour in and tour busses are everywhere. Just walking to Pickering Wharf- which is now one of my favorite places to check pee-mail and meet other dogs is sometimes overwhelming. Tour busses linger at the House of Seven Gables… running their engines the entire time they are parked. Is that really necessary? It certainly not environmentally friendly!

One of the things that seems to help me is the Bach Flower remedy called Mimulus. My pet humans have been giving me that along with the Bach Flower Rescue remedy. Below is a great article on how to use Mimulus for fears and it is not just for dogs. People can use it too. Any of you humans have a few fears you need to face? Personally i will take the boom of an engine over what most people seem to be scared about. Humans do worry about the oddest things.

As many humans say, “Time heals all wounds”. Perhaps time and these magic flowers will do the trick!
Happy Tails until my next post.
namaste
Quan Yin
From the site www.herbs2000.com

Mimulus
Shyness, timidity, everyday fears of known things.

Fear of crowds, fear of people and of being in the public eye are all characteristics of the Mimulus type, who tends to be shy and timid. As a mood remedy, Mimulus is for anyone who suffers from a fear that can be identified clearly – fear of pain, poverty, spiders, of being killed in an accident, of being burgled etc.

Fear of failure is a Larch indication as it suggests a lack of confidence in one’s ability to succeed; but Mimulus fear of the consequences may be more specific such as fear of what people might say; or fear of having to make the winner’s speech. As this suggests, it is not always easy to draw a clear line between Larch and Mimulus, and they are often given together. The normal way to tell them apart is this: if there is a lack of confidence but no actual anxiety, give Larch alone; if there is a fear of something specific but away from this the person is confident of his or her abilities, then give Mimulus alone.

Animals that need Mimulus as a type remedy are fearful, nervous creatures. They may demonstrate their fear quite openly by shaking or shivering or using other body language when confronted with the thing that frightens them: animals that whimper or hide behind the settee when a stranger enters the house are very likely to be in need of Mimulus.

Animals that are afraid of thunder, fireworks, other animals, or the cracking of wood burning in the grate would all benefit from Mimulus. The remedy should also be considered (as should Centaury and Larch) for animals who find it difficult to assert themselves; but where there is sheer terror, or the fear is not of something specific, other remedies will apply (Rock Rose and Aspen).”

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