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- No more "conversations in my head"
- Pyrophobia, fear of medicines and working with groups over the phone.
- Rapport in the prison system--Part I of III
- Dental gagging and accepting oneself
- Jason's motion sickness
- EFT and self image
- Apex problem--a response twist
- Emotional nose, burning house & golf questions
- A miscarriage and the recall of core issues.
- Tapping the finger points and the value of a hug
- EFT for growing larger breasts
- Using EFT for Fertility.
- Phantom limb pain
- Using EFT with frail people
- Core issues, sexual pleasure and "The Sins of Eve"
- Headaches, substance sensitivities, phone work, dental fears and grief
- How to become "unstuck"
- "But it doesn't work for me...."
- Jet lag--tuning your time field
- Persistent tapping on several issues
- A question for digging deep
- Emotions, physical ailments and hidden issues
- More uses of EFT & a philosophical bent
- Tapping variations
- "Harry's" case and breathing suggestion
- Followup on EFT in the prison system
- Physical problems and persistence
- Using EFT on past life issues
- A how-to guide for using EFT with couples.
- Henry's phrase points to core issues
- Using EFT for severe mental retardation
- Down Syndrome and EFT
- There's something lacking in my career
- Her sinuses opened like a floodgate
- Balance problem, corns & autism
- Using EFT to enhance education skills
- Mourning the mother she's slowly losing
- Tapping brought us closer and made me understand
- A bridge for "Dr. Fred's" beliefs
- Food repulsion, email phobia, golf & rejection
- Plugged up ears, suicide and delayed reactions
- Working together on vertigo
- Warts
- Creative reframing: Satan to God
- Hip replacement, magic and miracles
- EFT with a mentally retarded patient
- Dying gently
- Lactose intolerance--including a 6 month follow-up--see below
- Thought for the day
- Bringing down the barriers to a better bedroom
- Enhancing performance as a metaphor for life issues
- Mr Persistence, EFT and a brain tumor
- A teeny(?) and delightful success
- Business owner moves his business to the next level.
- Food repulsion: Green furry things and yucky tomatoes!
- An EFT "Pre-Beginner" reports success
- The freedom to sing
- When a prisoner won't disclose the issue
- When pets have to pee...
- ...And he cried on my shoulder
- Hospice care and EFT
- How do I know the right words to say when I'm tapping?
- A builder with psoriasis & little things
- EFT clears eczema.
- Loneliness and many, many aspects
- An uncontrollably sobbing client--"my mother didn't love me"
- "Bedside EFT" for patient relief in a hospital setting
- Expensive Emotions
- Niki LaMont on depression, pain and a water phobia
- Guilt over terminating a marriage
- Calming down a suicidal client
- Cholesterol and EFT
- Free to pee
- Programming dreams with EFT
- When you gotta go...
- Critical Incident Stress Debriefing
- Insight--"I'm terrified I'm going to be like my father"
- Sales performance
- Alan--a mentally retarded client
- EFT "homework" and other messages
- What would love do here?
- Emergency uses for EFT
- A problem with Happy Birthday
- Expert golfers, EFT and comfort zones
- Men only want one thing
- Tinkie said, "I don't fit in"
- Clients with low energy--(Note: many suggestions from our members follow this message)
- Using "Setup Emphasis" for gout and other stubborn issues.
- Pulse rate improvement: From 130 to 90 in 1 minute
- Crohn's disease, gas, dental pain and a message from Albert Einstein
- Intentional EFT, enhancing romance and chewing cold things
- EFT on Schizophrenia
- Alzheimer's, "Absent tapping," & other experiences
- EFT and circumcision
- Low libido
- Suicidal client helped over the phone
- A blind man's erection problem
- Fasting??--try it on everything
- Using EFT on Paranoid Schizophrenia
- EFT helps trumpeter blow his own horn
- Contempt and the effects of projection
- Greg Nicosia on tapping with intention
- Puppy dog, wetting one's pants, stress & a "no results" case
- Delayed reaction to EFT--back pain & rape trauma
- Intentionality on an airplane
- Inside a successful schizophrenia case
- Anaphylactic shock--"Before her eyes, the swelling began to go down."
- EFT, phone work and a business idea
- Migraines and a chocolate/cookies addiction
- Tapping with intention
- Breasts, body parts and self image concerns
- Feeling Responsible For Someone Else's Death
- Persistence, hemorrhoids & Uncle Bugs
- Two EFT success stories: pain & the opinions of others
- Press Releases
- EFT in the News
- Stories
- Weight Loss
- Editorials
- Frequently Asked Questions
- How do I apply EFT for performance issues?
- Are EFT's results due to either placebo effects or distraction?
- Using EFT for Epilepsy and seizures
- Are there suggested guidelines for professionals regarding an Informed Consent Statement?
- Are there any problems using EFT for pregnancy?
- Are there any negative side effects or abreactions?
- Can EFT cause a client to "feel worse?"
- How do I introduce EFT to skeptics?
- Can we do EFT surrogately or through intention? If so do we need permission?
- Can I be effective with "just the basics?"
- How do I handle Hand-Me-Down EFT?
- How do I choose the language to use while doing EFT?
- What procedures might be taken if a client is undergoing a medical emergency?
- When it doesn't work....???
- How do I handle the "Big One?"
- How do I find a client's "hidden issues?"
- What's a good way for newcomers to apply EFT to themselves?
- Why do you sell it so inexpensively?
- What do I do when the clients stop tapping even though they have had substantial success with EFT?
- How does EFT differ from Thought Field Therapy (TFT)?
- How do you help a "non-feeling" client?
- What do I say while performing EFT?
- Can EFT be combined with other techniques?
- How do I find answers to my EFT questions?
- EFT is obvious! So why wasn't it discovered many decades ago?
- Does EFT work on______?
- How long do the results last?
- When EFT relieves pain, does it mask the pain and thus thwart the ability for pain to signal danger?
- I'm used to affirmations being stated in the positive. Why does the EFT Setup language focus on the negative? What if I used positive statements instead?
- Does it matter whether or not the EFT practitioner is skeptical?
- How do I use EFT for___________?
- Fear
- Humor
- Beethoven's Grave
- Adoption
- Amazingly Simple Home Remedies
- The Perfect Man
- Marriage Names
- A TEST FOR PROFESSIONALS
- Beer, Fishing, Golf and Sex
- How To Lie To The Bathroom Scale
- Twelve Step Recovery Plan
- Hasty Headlines
- Estate Planning Basics
- Astrological Light Bulbs
- Kindergarten Wisdom
- And that
- The Old Golfer
- BIZARRE DRIVING LAWS - Part 3
- Funny Sayings - Part 2
- Computer Swallowed Grandma
- Martha Stewart Holiday Schedule
- Strange Laws - Part 1
- 24 SIGNS YOU MIGHT BE CANADIAN
- OLDER and WISER
- The Bartender
- Circulatory Exam
- Success
- Survivors
- BILL GATES BUYS A HOUSE
- HOLLYWOOD SQUARES - THE GOOD OLD DAYS - PART 5
- The Definition of Barbecuing
- Not My Job
- On the Phone with with Technical Support
- TRIBUTE TO BOB HOPE - Part II
- Computer Haikus
- Calories That Don't Count
- Congressional Mugging
- Kids and Proverbs - Part 1
- Why Indeed ...?
- Dear God
- A New Teacher
- Finally! Answers About Marriage
- Talking Dog
- Signs & Notices
- Signs That Technology Has Taken Over Your Life
- Signs & Notices
- Goofy Conversions
- Addicted to Coffee
- Professional Advice
- The Bottle of Wine
- Marriage Names
- PICABO
- How to Give the Cat a Pill
- Humor From the Church
- Understanding Engineers
- Hasty Headlines
- Dad Math
- At the Inn...
- A Christian Upbringing
- Have You Heard?
- Scared Straight...For Math
- Do you REALLY need email??
- Funny Sayings - Part 3
- Computers and Companies
- Microsoft vs. GM
- Strange Laws - Part 2
- THE GOOD HUSBAND
- THOSE WERE THE DAYS - Part 1
- Baseball Quote
- City Slicker
- Airline Travel: The Next Generation
- George Carlin's Views on Aging
- BIRTHDAY SURPRISE
- Funny Sayings
- Proper Diskette Usage and Care
- Only in Merry Old England
- Punctuation Is Everything
- TRIBUTE TO BOB HOPE - Part III
- Computer Haikus
- Camping Trip
- Consultant
- Kids and Proverbs - Part 2
- Why Indeed ...?
- In Memoriam
- Accident report
- The Fire Truck
- Aging Perspective
- Flight Announcements
- The Sex of a Fly
- Honest Advertising
- Intermission Hijinks
- After-Thanksgiving Poem
- AN ODE TO ENGLISH PLURALS
- Getting Older
- Marriage Names
- A FROG STORY
- Cheap Therapy
- Husband 101
- Having Fun in Wal Mart
- Hasty Headlines
- Time Out
- A Change of Vows
- Farmer
- How Banks Work
- Stern Sibling
- TALKIN
- Funny Sayings - Part 4
- Creation Retold
- Having Trouble with Microsoft Word
- Strange Laws - Part 3
- ITALIAN PASTA DIET
- THOSE WERE THE DAYS - Part 2
- Bathroom Sign
- Class Reunion
- THE LAWS OF INCONVENIENCE
- Calling God
- THE BLARNEY STONE
- Funny Sayings - Part 7
- If A Dog Were Your Teacher
- Politically Correct Holiday Greeting
- A Rope Went into a Bar...
- How Smart Is Your Right Foot?
- WORDS TO LIVE BY
- Canine Complex
- Cuff Links
- Kids and Proverbs - Part 3
- THE ARROGANT INSPECTOR
- The 'Middle Wife'
- Are You Ready For Children?
- For Those Who Need a Chuckle
- The Helicopter
- Give a Man a Fish...
- Band Insect
- Afternoon Rounds
- AN ODE TO ENGLISH PLURALS - PART 2
- Write it Down?
- Marriage Names
- WHY GOD MADE MOMS
- Chuckles
- Are You An Internet Addict?
- Washing Your Cat
- Speeding Ticket
- The Concept of Marriage
- The 84-year-old Newlywed
- The Company Picnic
- Eternal Devotion
- 25 Signs You've Grown Up
- SAFARI SURVIVAL
- Funny Sayings - Part 5
- Dear Dad
- Miracle
- Swapping Professional Secrets
- THE FINAL WORD ON NUTRITION AND HEALTH
- YEP
- Cakes and Ale
- Classified Ads
- THE LAWS OF INCONVENIENCE
- A Bed Near The Window
- NAME THAT BOAT
- Funny Sayings - Part 8
- Dog Thoughts
- The Perfect Husband
- Product Labels
- Toys for Today
- What I've Learned by Having Boys
- The C.E.O.
- Cured
- Kids and Proverbs - Part 4
- DADDY, HOW WAS I BORN???
- My First Mammogram
- Bad Puns
- For Those Who Take Life Too Seriously
- The Human Race is Doomed
- Photogenic?
- RESTAURANT MATH
- RESERVATIONS OF AN AIRLINE AGENT
- Quick Jokes
- Detective Mom
- A Novel Approach to Saving Money
- WHY GOD MADE MOMS
- How to Clean the Toilet
- Internet Police
- Why Learn English Part 1
- Where Is God ?
- Phrases from the 50's - Part 1
- New Year's Resolutions -- Over Time
- Car Warning
- I Think I Need a Computer
- DINNER INVITATION
- QUALITY ASSURANCE
- HOLLYWOOD SQUARES - THE GOOD OLD DAYS (PART 1)
- Dear Bubba
- Missing
- Good Communication
- MAN
- YEP
- Call Center
- Classified Ads
- THE LAWS OF INCONVENIENCE
- Monastery Life
- BY THE BOOK
- Funny Sayings - Part 9
- Why Dogs Can't Use Computers
- Politically Correct About Men
- Product Labels
- Job Competition
- What I've Learned by Having Boys
- EYEGLASSES
- Cyclic Number
- Kids and Proverbs - Part 5
- COURTROOM BLOOPERS
- Monkey Business
- Comments made in the year 1955!
- A Barbie we can relate to
- Fresh New Perspectives
- The Male Perspective
- Pull Over!
- Dalmation Duties
- Airline Food
- Painting the Porch
- Aging Gracefully
- Animal Super Bowl
- WHY GOD MADE MOMS
- The Clergyman
- A Kitten's Prayer
- Why Learn English Part 2
- DAILY THOUGHTS FROM DOGS AND CATS
- Phrases from the 50's - Part 2
- The Minister and the Funeral
- Case Closed
- Having a Bad Day
- Airline Maintenance
- A DRY TOWN
- HOLLYWOOD SQUARES - THE GOOD OLD DAYS - PART 2
- Deep Observations on Life
- Out of the Mouths of Babes
- Wash. Biol. Surv.
- WOMEN OVER 40
- CHASING RABBITS
- Call Policy
- Classified Ads
- Fried Eggs
- Why Indeed ...?
- The Talking Dog
- The best road rage!
- Eating Oreos
- Signage
- Product Labels
- Skydiver
- Most ridiculous British laws:
- WHEN INSULTS HAD CLASS
- Creative Definitions - Part 1
- Mourning the Mayonnaise
- COURTROOM BLOOPERS
- The Price of Good Health
- COURTROOM BLOOPERS
- Bargaining with God
- A Good Explanation
- The Man I Marry
- Hasty Headlines
- New Business Model
- Amish and Elevator
- A Pain in the Leg
- And that
- Three Dogs...and a Collie
- BIZARRE DRIVING LAWS - Part 1
- Coming Mergers
- Life Before the Computer
- The Wisdom of a Witch
- GOLF GAME
- Phrases from the 50's - Part 3
- Bad Day
- CEO Blunder
- Great Truths That Little Children Have Learned
- Airline Maintenance
- BEING COOL
- HOLLYWOOD SQUARES - THE GOOD OLD DAYS - PART 3
- Deep Thoughts
- Near Death Experience
- Walk A Mile
- AN INTERESTING PHILOSOPHY
- THE HISTORY OF WIRELESS
- Calories That Don't Count
- Cold Cream
- The Mountain Man and the Army
- Why Indeed ...?
- University Safety Committee
- 80% Agreement
- The English Schoolteacher
- Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
- Two-Cow Philosophy
- Untold Riches
- Abbott and Costello meet Windows 95
- WHEN INSULTS HAD CLASS
- Creative Definitions - Part 2
- WHEN INSULTS HAD CLASS
- Creative Definitions - Part 3
- Now That
- COURTROOM BLOOPERS
- Baseball in Heaven
- HMO
- Thirty Lines to Make You Smile
- Hasty Headlines
- MEMO
- Ancient Artifact?
- A Moral Lesson
- And that
- Is It Better To Be A Jock Or A Nerd?
- BIZARRE DRIVING LAWS - Part 2
- Funny Sayings - Part 1
- Computer Help Desk
- Life Support
- Women in Leather
- GREETINGS AND BEST WISHES FROM A LAW FIRM
- PRAYING FOR PEACE
- Bad Weather
- Chemistry Final Exam
- The Four Stages of Life
- Airline Maintenance
- BIKERS
- HOLLYWOOD SQUARES - THE GOOD OLD DAYS
- Deep Voice
- Annual Neologism Contest
- Army Insurance
- TRIBUTE TO BOB HOPE- Part I
- Computer Haikus
- Calories That Don't Count
- Commuting Hazards
- Winning the Lottery
- Why Indeed ...?
- A Well-Planned Retirement
- A Little Mixed Up
- Fifty Fun Things to do in an Elevator
- The Spanish Computer
- The Bank Robber
- Colorful Shipwreck
- Accuracy!
- Inspiration
- There is beauty in everything
- A Group of Frogs
- The Race
- Does it Still Serve a Purpose?
- THE MEANING OF LIFE
- A Sioux Indian Story
- Time to Learn
- A Builder or a Wrecker?
- The Impossible Dream
- The Horseman
- Optimism
- Heaven and Hell
- A lesson in attitude
- The Seven Wonders of the World
- True Story of Courage and Love
- The Lonely Road
- Wisdom
- This is What Love is All About
- The Value of Time
- Embassy of Hope
- No Matter What Happens
- WHAT IS LOVE? (Part 1)
- AN EXERCISE IN GRATITUDE - Part 2
- Forsaken?
- Beauty tips
- Handwriting On The Wall
- Raised as a Chicken
- Distance Never Separates
- THREE DAYS TO SEE
- Ugly
- When You Thought I Wasn't Looking
- A Butterfly Hovers
- The Jag
- The Ones Who Care
- To Have Succeeded
- Letter To My Grandchildren
- The Balloon Man
- What do Angels Look Like?
- Covering All the Bases
- Love software
- World's Greatest Psychotherapist
- The Obstacle in Our Path
- The Weight of a Burden
- He Failed His Way To The Top
- Not The Critic
- WHAT IS LOVE? (Part 2)
- AN EXERCISE IN GRATITUDE - Part 3
- The Emperor's Seed
- The best day of my life
- Happiness
- The Reflection
- Don't Go To Bed
- Good People
- Mom - Job Description
- And This Too Shall Pass
- By Changing...
- Jars of Clay
- To Build A Bridge
- The Dates that Matter
- The Precious Gift
- State Of The World Message
- Cross My Heart
- Love and the papers everyone kept
- The World's Most Communicative Disease
- Strongest Dad in the World
- Children Learn What They Live
- The Final Exam
- Now and Beyond
- WHAT IS LOVE? (Part 3)
- ANGELS IN THE POST OFFICE
- Sioux Indian Story
- The best time of my life
- Healing Garden
- Rich or Poor?
- The Elderly Caretaker
- The Wise Sage
- The Joy of Gratitude
- Miguel's Poem
- Capt. Laurent Gourley...8-6-69
- Just Be
- To Risk
- Misfits
- My Resignation
- My Comfort Zone
- The Daffodil Principle
- Lucky's Greatest Treasure
- You are so beautiful to me
- The Cab Ride I'll Never Forget
- A Sweet Lesson in Humanity
- The Firth of Forth Bridge
- On Failure
- No Matter What Happens
- AN ENLIGHTENED PERSPECTIVE - Part 1
- Keep Your Dream
- Better Far to Risk A Fall
- Here I Grow Again
- Shake It Off and Step Up
- Look Mommy
- Start With Yourself
- That's all I remember!
- Attitude
- Cerebral Palsy and a flower inside a cocoanut shell
- Kitten From Heaven
- To Track Down My Dream
- Creating Destiny
- Making Sandcastles
- You Sure Are Lucky...
- Determination
- The Magic of Hope
- 57 CENTS
- Broken Wing
- Infecting the World
- Flying
- Others at their best
- Are you God
- AN ENLIGHTENED PERSPECTIVE - Part 2
- Roses of Life
- If You Were
- The Boy and the Worm
- House of 1000 Mirrors
- The Star Polisher
- Magic Mommy Kisses
- A Determined Spirit
- The Archer and the Arrow
- The Magical Tablecloth
- Challenged
- Lesson
- Which one are you?
- Asking God
- The Pickle Jar
- Cookies
- Dig a Little Deeper
- May You Have...
- The Angel on Hwy 109
- Be Thankful
- Five Short Chapters on Change
- Follow the Leader
- Point of View
- Unforgiveness
- AN ENLIGHTENED PERSPECTIVE - Part 3
- Before It's Too Late
- EXPLANATION OF GOD
- Mean old Moms
- The Mustard Seed
- The little boy with a bad temper
- How Do You Think?
- Stray Cat
- The Fisherman and The Investment Banker
- The Trouble Tree
- Are Your Potatoes Heavy
- Whispers
- I Tried to Climb the Mountain Today
- Letter From a Farm Kid
- Whiners
- Crayola Bomb
- The Sneeze
- A Drunk Fell in a Hole
- Million Dollar Lesson
- SLOW DANCE
- The Loving Picture that will never leave your memory
- Secret of Success
- Good Corn
- Positive Side of Life
- Great Opportunity
- Positive Thinking
- The Best Medicine
- GOSSIP
- Real Heroes
- Miss Isabel
- Boy Wanted
- I Love You
- The Carpenter
- Customer Service From Heaven
- Paid In Full
- Attitude determines everything
- The 30 Second Quiz
- Count Your Blessings
- Lincoln and Failure
- Wisdom from Oscar
- Twenty Four Crowded Hours
- A Newborn's Conversation with God
- Eating the Cookie
- Nice Kids
- Explanation of God by an 8 year old boy
- AN EXERCISE IN GRATITUDE - Part 1
- Defining Success
- Research
- Energy Psychology: a review of the preliminary evidence
- Energy psychology in disaster relief
- The effects of EFT on long-term psychological symptoms
- Neurophysiological Indicators of EFT Treatment Of Post-Traumatic Stress
- Assessment of the Emotional Freedom Technique: An Alternative Treatment for Fear - The Waite & Holder Study
- Evaluation of a Meridian-Based Intervention, Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), for Reducing Specific Phobias of Small Animals
- Self-administered EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) in individuals with fibromyalgia: a randomized trial
- The Treatment of Combat Trauma in Veterans Using EFT
- Studies Accepted in Peer Reviewed Journals
- The Neurochemistry of Counterconditioning: Acupressure Desensitization in Psychotherapy
- Clinical Story of a 6-Year-Old Boy's Eating Phobia; An Integrated Approach
- Change Is Possible: EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) with Life-Sentence and Veteran Prisoners at San Quentin State Prison
- The Effect of a Brief EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) Self-Intervention on Anxiety, Depression, Pain and Cravings in Healthcare Workers
- Energy Psychology in Rehabilitation: Origins, Clinical Applications, and Theory
- Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) For Traumatic Brain Injury
- The Effect of EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) on Athletic Performance: A Randomized Controlled Blind Trial
- Thought Field Therapy and its derivatives: rapid relief of mental health problems through tapping on the body
- Rapid Treatment of PTSD: Why Psychological Exposure with Acupoint Tapping May Be Effective
- Theoretical and Methodological Problems in Research on Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) and Other Meridian Based Therapies
- Six Trauma Imprints Treated with Combination Intervention: Critical Incident Stress Debriefing and Thought Field Therapy (TFT) or Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)
- Psychological Symptom Change in Veterans After Six Sessions of Emotional freedom Techniques (EFT); An Observational Study
- Pilot Study of EFT, WHEE and CBT for Treatment of Test Anxiety in University Students
- The Effect of Progressive Muscular Relaxation and Emotional Freedom Techniques on Test Anxiety in High School Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial
- Veterans: Finding their way home with EFT--an observational study
- Studies Presented at Professional Conferences
- The effect of an energy psychology intervention (EFT) versus diaphragmatic breathing on specific
- World Trade Center Tower 2 Survivor: EP Treatment of Long-term PTSD:
- Psychological Trauma in Veterans using EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques): A Randomized Controlled Trial
- Does Prolonged Exposure Need to Hurt in Order to Help? Exploring Two Alternatives
- Measuring Physiological Markers of Emotional Trauma: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Mind-Body Therapies
- The Effect of EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) on Psychological Symptoms: A Limited Replication
- The Effect of EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) on Psychological Symptoms in Addiction Treatment
- Other Studies and Experiments
- Articles evidencing the existence of energy meridians
- EFT improves Minerals, Amino Acids & Vitamins
- Before and after photos of Rouleaux--"blood cell clumping"
- An Objective Experiment on the Use of EFT for Depression
- An EFT study: Reducing anxiety in dental patients with EFT
- EFT for Libido: Study Results Summarized -- 80% report an improvement of 50% or more
- Preliminary Report of the First Large-Scale Study of Energy Psychology
- Clear evidence that our emotions affect our body--in this case, dramatic changes in the blood
- The results of Carol Look's eyesight experiment
- Cases
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Persistence, hemorrhoids & Uncle Bugs
Important Note: This article was written prior to 2010 and is now outdated. Please use my newest advancement, Optimal EFT. It is more efficient, more powerful and clearly explained in my free e-book, The Unseen Therapist™. Best wishes, Gary
"Henry" phoned me two nights ago in major pain. Shaking. Tears. He reported that he had had what appeared to be hemorrhoids for the past two weeks and they just kept getting worse. Now there appeared to be a fissure and he was bleeding. This was scary. Having a bowel movement was so excruciatingly painful that he was afraid of passing out. He was using medication of various kinds and nothing was helping. He had a doctor's appointment for the next day but was fearful of an impending examination and a possible surgical operation. His pain was a 10 as he was talking to me. That's where it had been all day. Things were "backing up" and the problem was destined to get worse if he didn't undergo the unbearable pain of a bowel movement. He was in an awful place. He was damned if he did (have a bowel movement) and dammed up if he didn't.
Two rounds of shortcut EFT brought the pain from a 10 to an 8. But he plateaued there for awhile. Subsequent tapping brought it to a 6 a couple of times but then it went right back up to an 8. We tapped on the tears and the shaking as well. Some headway. The relief was noticeable but not as robust as we often get.
Newcomers to EFT often give up here. They try a few times, figure it "isn't working" and close the session thinking that is the best they can do. This is usually a mistake because relief is frequently achievable with EFT even when logic tells you otherwise. In Henry's case, the cause appeared quite physical. After all, he had hemorrhoids and a fissure. He was bleeding. He had sensitive nerves impinging on a certain to come bowel movement. There was no way out. At least so it might seem.
Persistence turned out to be important here. The EFT Course persistently persists that we use persistence. That's not just idle talk because persistence is frequently rewarded. It is a major lesson for all EFT'ers to learn. Just keep at it. Come at it from different angles. Eventually, even the seemingly impossible often happens. Once you make progress a few times using persistence, you will consider it a trusted friend.
So I continued. I probed for possible emotional causes. As it turns out, Henry had spent the last several weeks taking care of his "Uncle Bugs," who was in failing health and both critical and ungrateful towards Henry. He felt trapped. It was as though he was in prison. There was no one else to do what had to be done. His self talk included the thought that he wished Uncle Bugs would die. He didn't want to admit that, but it was true. So we tapped on this and related Uncle Bugs issues. We used phraseology such as....
Even though I have Uncle Bugs up my butt...(a metaphor for Uncle Bugs being an emotional cause of the problem)
Even though Uncle Bugs is a pain in the ass...
Even though I resent being on Uncle Bugs' leash...
Even though I hate myself for my thoughts...
Even though I feel like I'm in prison and Uncle Bugs has the key...
Even though my poisonous thoughts are showing up as poison in my body...
I don't remember every bit of the phraseology because much of it was done intuitively. However, I do remember the following reminder phrase...
There goes Uncle Bugs (referring to a bowel movement).
There was also some substantial discussions on forgiveness for himself as well as for Uncle Bugs. This is important because lack of forgiveness (i.e. holding a grudge or grievance) is often the true cause of what appears to be our physical ailments.
We did this for 15 or 20 minutes and, while we kept focusing on the severity of the pain, the tears and shaking subsided. The pain then went from an 8 to a 5 to a 2 and then, a few minutes later, went to zero.
I mean zero. Nothing.
There was an awareness of the problem but that was all. He went to sleep and woke up the next morning and called me with the pain level back to 5. Interestingly, though, when he went to have a bowel movement, the pain fell to zero. It was a 5 off the toilet but a zero on the toilet. Go figure. A little tapping and the pain off the toilet fell to zero again. He then went to the doctor who performed an examination and discovered that it wasn't really hemorrhoids. It was an abscess. The examination was painful but nothing like what it might have been. The doctor said it was unlikely that the abscess would drain by itself. Thus, a surgical operation was likely. Henry and I discussed this and tapped for allowing the abscess to drain.
This morning I awoke to a phone call from Henry telling me that the problem was gone. About an hour after we tapped for the drainage, he noticed a "mucus plug" in the toilet. More "mucus plugs" occurred during subsequent bowel movements and by this morning, the drainage was complete.
Some morals to this story. First, if we had given up when we seem to have plateaued we would not have made the complete progress that occurred. Second, we went for the emotional contributors to a physical problem. This often does job. Third, Henry and I live over 1,000 miles apart and so THE WHOLE THING WAS DONE OVER THE PHONE. The accumulative phone time was about an hour and a half in length. For those who question the value of doing this work over the phone, think again.
Persistence, persistence, persistence. With it you can have many "moving" experiences (excuse the pun).
Love, Gary
P.S. I wouldn't want anyone to think that just because we have dramatic healings with an abscess (and countless other physical ailments--see articles on pain and physical symptoms for many actual case histories), that it's possible to give relief to cancer, fibromyalgia, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, AIDS, etc. Surely persistence and aiming at emotional causes won't work THERE.
But then again, maybe I'm wrong. Might be worth a try (grin).
Sitting on a porcupine
Hi Everyone,
Almost two weeks ago I posted "Persistence, Hemorrhoids & Uncle Bugs" In that case, as you recall, I employed the persistent use of EFT in behalf of "Henry's" excruciatingly painful hemorrhoids (later discovered to be an abscess). The pain went from a constant 10 to a zero and, after a subsequent session, the abscess began to drain.
Success!! However, it did not turn out to be quite the Cinderella story that we might like. If it had worked ideally, the abscess would have continued to drain, the whole thing would have dried up in 3 or 4 days and Henry would be back to normal. While this kind of magical result DOES happen, it didn't happen for Henry. The pain is still substantially relieved but there remains some bleeding and the abscess did not continue to drain. Henry has a "bulge in his bottom" about the size of a ping pong ball that is most annoying and uncomfortable. It inhibits his movements and ability to sit. Bowel movements, however, are still "reasonable" and are without the extreme pain that we originally addressed. Nonetheless, the abscess is still there.
Skeptics to these procedures would ignore the obvious benefit that was obtained and quickly point out this apparent "failure." That would be shortsighted indeed because it would close the door on a first class learning opportunity. We don't have perfection here. We don't get 100% success across the board. Nothing does. However, because our success ratio is so high, we are best served by exploring "why not" whenever we fall short of perfection. What blocked progress in this case? What can we learn here that will help us next time? While I am certainly not the last word on any of this, I wish to share my thoughts on it.
First, one of the obvious features of the EFT procedures is the link that shows up between one's emotions and their physical counterparts. Clients consistently report that tapping on emotional issues gives relief to their stomach upset, headaches, asthma, back pain and an endless list of other physical ailments. Conversely, tapping on physical issues also provides relief for emotional problems. This link is often portrayed in the videotapes and audiotapes contained in both the EFT Course and our advanced tapes, "Steps toward becoming The Ultimate Therapist."
I have had so much experience along these lines that whenever I am presented with a severe physical problem I usually head for the underlying emotional cause. It often takes a bit of detective work but the result is worth it. I have found many rewards traveling down this path. In Henry's case, we dealt with the many destructive emotions he had with having to take care of his ever critical Uncle Bugs (who is in failing health). These emotions included anger, frustration and a wish that Uncle Bugs would die. Tapping on these issues contributed to the rather dramatic partial relief previously discussed.
Since then, however, Henry has been "sitting on a porcupine." That's a metaphor, of course, and what it means is that Henry has an imposing list of emotional concerns that are stinging him all at once. Uncle Bugs is only part of the problem. There are financial difficulties too. There is also a major behavioral problem with his daughter. There are other concerns as well. It's as though Henry is sitting on a porcupine. It's an consistent intrusion in his life. He is constantly aware of it and, until the porcupine disappears, Henry is going to have an ongoing preoccupation with these emotional stings. This is natural. We all do this. The everyday concerns of life can sometimes develop into emotional porcupines which require our ever present attention. Because they require us to focus on the negative, they are likely to manifest themselves as ailments in our physical bodies. The poison within our thinking thus shows up as poison (an abscess?) within our bodies.
We can tap on them, of course, and I highly recommend that we do. We don't always have to be specific in what we tap for. Tapping throughout the day on such general issues as, "Even though I have all these problems...." can generate impressive rewards. In my experience, such tapping can take the edge off some of the symptoms--it can ease the situation so that the client becomes emotionally stronger and makes better decisions. It will not, however, change the facts. If someone's husband is an abusive alcoholic, for example, the tapping can help the wife better deal with these facts. But it will NOT change the facts themselves. The husband will still drink and swing his fists--AND--his wife will still have normal fear, anger and other concerns. Tapping can serve to eliminate the unnecessarily intense part of these emotions and assist her ability to cope and make constructive decisions.
By contrast, EFT rather routinely handles emotional problems that are encapsulated in the past (such as a war memory or an accident). These issues are not current. They are memories. The facts do not repeat themselves daily. We can make this type of porcupine disappear, usually rapidly, so that it no longer interferes with our emotional peace. But when the facts are current and ever present, it is like sitting on a real life porcupine that is not a fiction from our past. It is an everyday event that persistently jabs us with its quills. I think this distinction between past trauma and current trauma is worth our attention. It points to the need for different perspectives if we are to give them relief
I will spend some more time with Henry. I'm a great believer in persistence. Seemingly stubborn issues like this open the door to many opportunities. Maybe we will be successful in getting rid of that abscess. Maybe we won't. Maybe it is a physical manifestation of a multitude of emotional issues which we are only beginning to address. If so....
...what an opportunity!
It provides a convenient measuring stick to let us know how we are doing. Perhaps we will find other angles on this. Who knows? We can, for sure, use it as an opportunity to fish for core issues. We can use it as an opportunity to learn. We can use it as an opportunity to let more love in the door. Opportunity, opportunity, opportunity.
No telling what might happen if we look for opportunities.
Sitting on a porcupine can be a "woe is me" experience. It can also by a doorway into The Palace of Possibilities. It depends on where one is coming from, I guess.
Love, Gary
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