A craving for chocolate and the true reason behind it

Hi Everyone,

Addictive cravings sometimes represent a crying out for love. You can usually identify such cases when a few rounds of EFT directed at cravings has only minimal impact. That's because there's a bigger emotional need that drives the cravings. This article by Gabriele Rother from Germany illustrates this beautifully. Note how she weaves in SPECIFIC EVENTS in the latter part of the session with her client.

Hugs, Gary

By Gabriele Rother, EFT-ADV

Hi Gary,

Here is another example from my experiences with cravings and the reasons behind them.

A woman called and asked me, how she could tap for her intense craving for chocolate. She has had sudden attacks of cravings and was very angry at herself after eating up the all of the chocolate at once. We started tapping: This ravenous appetite for chocolate … I don’t like myself because I am so weak every time and cannot resist ... I am so angry afterwards ... This addiction to chocolate ... This yearning for chocolate.

“What is your real yearning?” I asked her and she said, “Craving for security”

We tapped: This yearning inside myself which lets me take the chocolate ... Chocolate means security for me ... I never felt secure ... I yearned for it so badly ... I yearn for it forever ... I know chocolate is not the same ... Chocolate only reminds me of security and feeling safe.

After that round she felt very angry, a lot of rage came up about the fact that she wasn’t protected by her parents. They both were employed and didn’t have time enough for her. This made her very angry. We tapped:

This rage about my parents

I am still so furious, even this happened long time ago

I yearned so much for security and protection

I never got it

There was nobody protecting me

I had this yearning

This yearning is still there

The chocolate calms me down for a while but it comes back

And I am so angry about myself and about my parents, I am angry!

After this round she calmed down a bit, but it came to her that she was still angry with her aunt. She experienced abuse during a stay at her grandma’s and she told her aunt about that. But her aunt refused to listen to her and didn’t take her for serious. That made her very angry. We tapped:

This anger about my aunt

She didn’t take me for serious

I am so angry about her

She didn’t believe me

Nobody takes me for serious

That makes me so furious!

I am mad with anger!

But maybe my aunt was afraid of this man

I am still furious about her!

Maybe she experienced something similar and she had fears like me I am still furious

Nobody takes me seriously …But the chocolate takes me seriously, it is always there and gives me a good feeling ... I wished I could have gotten it from my aunt...

After this round the anger about the aunt was gone. Now a sort of sadness and a feeling of anger came up about her father. He refused to take her home, and she was not able to tell him what happened with this man and this made her sad and angry at same time. We tapped:

My father

He didn’t take me home

I am so angry about this

He does not love me

And I wasn’t able to tell him, what happened

Couldn’t tell it to grandma, neither to Dad and my aunt refused to listen to me

I am so sad and so angry!

But dad wanted to protect me

He wanted to do his best for me

In his view, the best thing for me was to stay with my grandma ... But he didn’t know what happened there ... He still loves me ... And I couldn’t tell him ... If he knew what happened, he would have taken me home ... But I couldn’t tell him ... At least it was okay ... Nothing more happened ... My aunt took care of me ... At the end she had protected me

I can let it go now and enjoy my chocolate without longing for it

I can enjoy the chocolate without being angry

I don’t need to eat it up all at once ... I can enjoy it I feel safe now even without chocolate I am protected and I am okay like I am.

Deep breath out. All of the anger and the sadness were gone. I asked her about her longing for chocolate. It was completely gone and she felt a deep release. This session took us about a quarter of an hour....

Thank you, Gary, for this wonderful tool!

Gabriele Rother, Healing Practitioner, EFT Trainer and EFT Author, EFT ADV

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