For example
Recently a woman came to see me who had the worst metal allergy her allergy specialist had ever seen. Her list of allergies seemed to be growing so that it included pets, cosmetics, food in cans, even the sun. After some investigation we realised around the time when the allergy started, her beliefs about the world changed. She went from believing that ‘the world is a fun place to live’ to ‘the world is a dangerous place and I need protecting’. For her, this was a transition time.
She had gone through a traumatic episode of abuse - one which she thought had been resolved - that led to a change in her belief about herself and about the world. So her immune system took that on board and began to ‘protect her’ from this dangerous world. It got carried away and began assuming that more and more things ‘out there’ were dangerous. Its intention was honourable, but it actually created her allergy and made her life a living hell.
Once we transformed her belief into a more appropriate and supporting belief, then her immune system was open to being updated. With an updated immune system, there is no more allergy.
Events and the meaning we attach to them
What has happened in your life and what meaning have you attached to it? For example, when a relationship of yours ended, what did you conclude? Some people conclude that ‘relationships aren’t for me’, whereas a more useful conclusion might be that ‘that relationship wasn’t for me’. Additionally a lesson might be learnt such as ‘it is important to express my emotions more honestly in relationships’.
So it is interesting that events happen in our lives and we have a choice of what meaning to make out of them.
With our recent crazy weather in the UK, one tourist could come to the conclusion that English weather is terrible because after a short while of sunshine, you can guarantee it will rain. Another tourist could equally conclude that they love England because after the rain comes the sunshine - guaranteed. It depends what meaning we attach to each event.
Inherited beliefs
Sometimes these beliefs get passed down from one generation to the next.
There is a story about a girl who for years used to watch her mum cook. One of her favourite dishes was a roast. She watched her mum add a complex sequence of herbs and spices and then cut the joint in half to put it in the oven.
One day the girl asked why we needed to cut it in half and the mother replied ‘because that is what grandma did’. So the girl went to her grandma to find the real answer. Her grandma replied ‘in those days, ovens were too small to fit a roast’.
What beliefs have you picked up from those around you? What beliefs did you pick up when you were young? Are they still useful or do they need updating? Once your updated, revised beliefs are in place, often the biology will update accordingly. Just as your body heals after a cut or graze.
I encourage you to explore your current allergy and its origins. What beliefs were you holding? Are they still valid? Be open to being surprised and you never know what you will come across. I am curious about your findings – feel free to email me.
Rob Mesrie is an allergy alternatives treatment specialist and an NLP health and master practitioner and coach.
You can contact him on
(44) 20 7586 2935
or via
www.allergy-alternatives.com
(1) The Biology of Belief by Dr Bruce Lipton. Elite Books ISBN 0-9759914-7-7
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