A Short German New Medicine Story

German New Medicine’s explanation of cancer is my favorite one.

Their explanations of everything else have helped me reframe things in a rather secular format.

Put roughly, I am less likely to fear any symptom, and generally regard any uptick in my elimination pathways (sweat, pee, poo, even sneezes) as probably a good sign — and this is a short story about that. I still get a rise when something is “wrong" but have successfully peeled a lot of layers back, claiming a lot of ground when it comes to the things I can be made to fear or not. To be fair, GNM is but one of many things that have helped with fear.

I often chose to sleep with my dog Maggie in the car during the 30-day wait for certification so she could live with me in this California apartment. This meant camping some nights, boondocking others, and dealing with the ensuing paranoia and uncertainty over whether I was allowed to park places overnight.

It was a month of uncertainty and insecurity around my living situation. I noticed I was regularly getting up 3-4x per night to pee; very unusual for me.

With my rough awareness of GNM principles, I recalled something about a “territory conflict” which, as always w German New Medicine, is about how your psyche personally interprets a threat that exists on a primal level for all animals, humans included.

A territorial marking conflict refers to an intrusion into one’s place (home, property), including the extended territory (neighborhood, village, city, country). Work-related marking conflicts are provoked, for example, through fights over a position or when a competitor moves into the professional terrain. Relationship-related marking conflicts concern members of the domain (spouse, children, parents, relatives, roommates, classmates, friends, visitors, neighbors, colleagues, teachers, supervisors) who are “crossing the line” or meddling in one’s business. Feeling controlled by a spouse, partner, or parent can evoke a marking conflict. An invasion of one’s private sphere also includes disrespect for one’s belongings. A man can suffer a territorial marking conflict, when another male is interested in his female or when his wife or girlfriend sleeps with someone else. Unwanted sex or sexual abuse can be perceived as an invasion of one’s intimate space. An assault against one’s beliefs, racist remarks, or harassment of any kind could prompt a marking conflict. Children experience the conflict at school, kindergarten, daycare, or on the playground, also, when a new sibling is born, when they have to share the room with a family member, or when they fight over a toy. Pets suffer marking conflicts when other animals (or humans) occupy their territory or when they are relocated. (from https://learninggnm.com/SBS/documents/kidneys.html)

I could be off, but I interpreted my excess urinating with my body and psyche’s attempt to mark territory, as my uncertain home life was causing me stress.

As I calmed down into a routine, was never towed or arrested, and after I got the necessary certificate so we could be in the apartment, I stopped peeing so much, and then Maggie began peeing excessively once we moved in and she began having territory disputes with the resident cats. I noticed it following somewhat of the same track I had been on, with different stimuli. Luckily her housetraining largely kept things clean at home, but she did need to go out more than usual. The relationship with the cats is going better than I dared dream as well.

The peeing wasn’t a problem, it was a logical attempt for my body to help me resolve a conflict.

Thanks, body.