EFT to beat Anxiety and Panic Attacks

How EFT works  for anxiety and panic attacks –  the procedure.

1. The first step for EFT is what is known as “Reversal Correction”. This is a treatment which claims to momentarily stop the self-sabotaging part of you that doesn’t want to be cured, so that treatment can work more effectively. There is a massive (some would say pseudo) science behind it which it is not necessary to know about. The reversal correction procedure is a simple process which takes a few seconds only. With two fingers find a spot about an inch below the collar bone, and two inches to the left or right of the V shaped nick in the collar bone. Feel around that area until you find an area, in some cases a slight depression that feels tender when pushed. This is called the “Sore Spot” Now, rub that area with a circular motion and say “I accept and love myself with all my problems and limitations.” Repeat the phrase three times while rubbing the sore spot.

2. Next you need to formulate a sentence which deals with a specific issue. “Even though I feel panicky in crowded places I deeply love and accept myself.” The idea is that you bring an issue to mind, and focus in on it. It’s best to try and see it as you might experience it, and see if you can recreate some physical sensations that the issue would cause, and try and hear the sounds and smell the smells and taste the tastes. This should not be done so effectively that it actually brings on discomfort; the user should merely get a flavour. When you are ready to start repeat the phrase you created three times while tapping the side of your hand below the little finger.

“Even though I feel panicky in crowded places I deeply love and accept myself”

“Even though I feel panicky in crowded places I deeply love and accept myself”

“Even though I feel panicky in crowded places I deeply love and accept myself

3. Now shorten the sentence to make what is called a reminder phrase. So perhaps “Even though I feel panicky in crowded places I deeply love and accept myself” becomes “Feeling panicky in crowds”.

4. While repeating the reminder phrase tap the following points hard enough so that you can feel it but not so hard that it bruises or hurts. Tap each one about seven times in fairly quick succession.

q       First, tap the end of your eyebrow by the top of your nose.

q       Then move to a centimetre outside the corner of your eye, on the outside of your face.

q       Next tap on your cheek bone an inch below the pupil.

q       Then between your nose and top lip, beneath your nostrils.

q       Then halfway between your bottom lip and the tip of your chin.

q       Next tap your collar bone about two inches along from the V shaped nick.

q       Then tap the outside of your thumb, on the side by your nail

q       Then the outside of each of the fingers in turn.

q       Finnish by tapping the side of the hand bellow the little finger. The part you would use to karate chop a plank of wood.

When you have finished try and tune into the original thought or feeling. Has it changed? Is it less intense? If it is then go back and do the whole of number 4 again, several times if necessary, and see if you can make the feeling completely neutral. If you felt no different, try again from the start. Really focus on an issue and think carefully about your sentence and reminder phrase. Sometimes it can be hard to stay focussed at first. Persevere.

5. When you have reached a point where you feel you can do no more, finish the procedure with the following sequence. Tap the spot on the back of your hand about an inch below the point where your little and ring finger meet, you’ll find a small recess between the bones. While tapping continually, close your eyes and then re-open them. Look down to your extreme bottom left and then bottom right, keeping your head pointing forward. Then look to your extreme left and take your eyes in a circular motion all the way around the periphery of your vision, with your head still, until they are back at the extreme left. Centre them again. Hum a tune of at least four notes, count from one to ten quickly, then hum the tune again.

You can use EFT on whatever negative thoughts and feelings that you like. If you feel you get something from it, then persevere. My personal experience was that it helped me sort out the chaff from the real issue. I think through using EFT, I began to see what it was that I was really afraid of. And began to deal with it. It doesn’t work for everyone, and if it doesn’t work for you keep reading.