Aurum Metallicum - Mental (inc. personality) symptoms - Reversed & reworded Kent repertory

MIND

Mind

Aversions, dislikes

being approached

company

dread of men

certain persons

indolence, aversion to work

aversion to mental work

to being spoken to

wants to be let alone

Behaviour

foolish behaviour; morning, on waking

makes gestures; wringing the hands

industrious

jumping; impulse to jump from height

jumping; from window (see suicide)

shrieking

during sleep

inclination to sit

sits quite stiff; still

sits quite stiff; as if wrapped in deep sad thoughts and notices nothing

Conscientious about things of little importance

Conversation

Dazed

alternating with convulsions

between convulsions

during vertigo, dizziness

Delirium

with exaltation of strength

cheerful

talks a lot

religious

on waking

Delusions, imaginations, hallucinations, illusions

creatures and animals

visions of phantoms, figures, people

sees thieves

environment and surroundings; thinks is lost

everything will fail

illusions of fantasy

objects appear different; things appear small

paranoia; thought was pursued; by enemies

delusions about other people; friends; has lost the affection of a friend

delusions about other people; friends; his friends have lost all confidence in him

about self; body; heart is turning round

about self; circumstances; has lost affection of friends

about self; circumstances; of having neglected duty

and deserving reproach

about self; circumstances; does nothing right

about self; circumstances; wrong; fancies has done wrong

visions or presence of phantoms, figures, people; faces

grows larger

wherever eyes turn, or looking out from corners

visions or presence of phantoms, figures, people; converses with absent people

visions or presence of phantoms, figures, people; spectres, ghosts, spirits

hovering in the air

visions or presence of phantoms, figures, people; thieves; sees

desire for open air

Desires, wants

death

death; evening

death; during convalescence

travel

sex, lustful

Symptoms follow intense emotions

anger

fright

ailments from grief

disappointed love

scorn

Excitement

evening

in bed

about absent persons

during chill

ailments from emotional excitement

when in pain

religious

Mental exertion

Fantasies

of exaltation

of exaltation; night

of exaltation; lascivious

Emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition

anguish

anger (see irritability and quarrelsome)

antagonism with herself

at absent persons

with anxiety

with fright

with indignation

with silent grief

alternating with cheerfulness

from contradiction

from suppressed anger

with trembling

at unfairness (indignation)

violent

boredom, dissatisfaction (see loathing of life)

entertainment

weary of life (see boredom, dissatisfaction, loathing, etc.)

weary of life (see boredom, dissatisfaction, loathing, etc.); evening

weary of life (see boredom, dissatisfaction, loathing, etc.); while perspiring

cheerful, happy

daytime

alternating with other states of mind; burst of passion

alternating with other states of mind; violence

while thinking of death

cowardice

forsaken feeling

hatred

of all people (misanthropy)

of people who offended him

haughty

impatience

while perspiring

impulsive

rashness

indecisive

irritability

with absent persons

alternating with cheerfulness

during chill

when spoken to

laughing

alternating with other states; loathing of life

spasmodic

when speaking

loathing; life (see desires, death)

evening

mildness

malicious

mirth, hilarity, liveliness, etc.

alternating with bursts of indignation

mood; alternating mood

mood; changeable, variable mood

evening

while perspiring

mood; repulsive, bad mood

morose

pessimistic; never succeeds

quarrelsome, argumentative

remorse

reproaches; himself

reproaches; others

rage, fury (see insanity, mania, delirium); violent, intense feeling

from pain

reserved

rudeness

excessively religious (see anxiety, despair, fear)

praying

sensitive, oversensitive

to certain persons

to noise

to noise; music

to noise; voices

easily offended

to sensual impressions

serious

suspicious

sulky

unhappy; despair

during chill

discouraged

about others

with the pains

periodical

religious (of salvation etc.)

unhappy; discontent, displeased, dissatisfied, etc.

with himself

unhappy; grief

unhappy; wants to injure self; suicidal disposition

evening

from pains

while perspiring

by shooting

from thoughts

throwing himself from a height

throwing himself from a height; from windows

unhappy; lamenting, regretting

complaining (see lamenting)

moaning, groaning; during sleep

unhappy; sadness, mental depression

morning

evening

when alone

alternating with other states; physical energy

from emission

during period

when period is suppressed

after mercury poisoning

periodical

while perspiring

weeping, crying, tearful mood (lamenting)

night

alternating with laughter

during the chill

involuntary

when meeting people

while perspiring

in sleep

whimpering

Facial expressions

smiling; involuntarily

smiling; involuntarily; when speaking

High places

Home-sickness (see desires home)

Hurry

in mental work

in movements

cannot do things fast enough

at work

desires to do several things at once

Hysteria

Uncooperative; dictatorial

Intellectual faculties

bright, intelligent, clear; abundant ideas, clearness of mind

impaired thinking; absent-minded (see forgetful)

impaired thinking; confusion

morning

on rising

from mental exertion

after rising

impaired thinking; dull, sluggish

from mental exertion

impaired thinking; imbecility

impaired thinking; weakness of mind

from reading

ideas; abundant ideas, clearness of mind

ideas; deficiency of ideas

Insanity

mania, madness

from childbirth

Insecure, uncertain, scared

anxiety

anxiety; of conscience (as if guilty of a crime)

anxiety; eating

anxiety; with fear

anxiety; from noise

anxiety; while riding

anxiety; about salvation

anxiety; suicidal

lacking self confidence

and thinks others have none which makes her unhappy

fear

in a crowd

of death

of evil

heart disease

arising from heart

from noise

from noise; at door

of people

of people; men

of robbers

arising from stomach

frightened easily

on falling asleep

starting, startled; from noise

starting, startled; during sleep

starting, startled; during sleep; starting from sleep

timidity

bashful

Memory

active memory

forgetful

weakness of memory

Ailments after death of part of body

Occupation

Perception; senses; dull

Preoccupied

absorbed, buried in thought; introspection

absorbed, buried in thought; meditation

brooding (see anxiety, sadness)

theorising

Quiet, peace (or lack of); feeling of tranquillity

Restlessness, nervousness

afternoon

night

anxious, etc.

while lying down

Mental symptoms from sexual excesses

Shameless; lewdness; lewd talk

Talking, conversation

contradicts people

intolerant of contradiction

contrary (see obstinate, irritable)

critical

obstinate

dislike of talking, desire to be silent, taciturn

of others

speaks continually in questions

speech; foolish

speech; loud

speech; nonsense

speech; wandering

at night

talks to himself

talkative

night

Thinking of complaints

Unconsciousness; while standing