Terapi SEFT

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Theresa had lots of chemical sensitivities, and was anxious about not being in control of her environment. Traveling was especially difficult, and, on her way to my city, exposure to jet fuel vapors at the airport gave her a bad headache and sore throat. Symptoms worsened in her hotel room from exposure to cleaning product smells, and fumes from a gas fireplace. She slept poorly and the next day awoke with an intense headache, blurred vision, her face hurt, her throat hurt, she had what she called “brain fog” (unable to think clearly), and she had asthma. Her medications weren’t providing relief, and she was frantically trying to find another hotel to move to, but feeling pessimistic about improving the situation.

I told Theresa about EFT, and she agreed to do a session with me. We left her family chatting together, while we went into a private room and shut the door. I explained how EFT worked, and taught her the points. In my estimation, she was at a 9 or 10 in terms of how upset she was (not only about her physical symptoms, but also about ruining her family’s vacation with her special needs).

I decided not to tap for anxiety, because she seemed to feel that “Worry” was a friend that kept her on top of dangerous allergen situations, and I didn’t want to upset her more by offering to take it away. So instead we tapped for her physical symptoms.

After one round the headache was better. After two rounds the blurred vision improved. We continued tapping, and after about four rounds, all the allergy symptoms had abated, except for the asthma which hadn’t budged, and the anxiety, which now seemed at about a 5.

I questioned her. “I don’t remember you ever having asthma. When did this start?”

She surprised me by saying, “I’ll tell you exactly when it started: when I took a holocaust literature class last year!”

“Really? What do you think the connection is?”

“They sent all those Jews into the showers, and turned on the gas – I choke just thinking about it.”

I asked her to pinpoint what exactly was so terrible about that whole scenario, and she answered indignantly, “That the whole world let it happen!”

So we tapped a round saying, “Even though no one cared if the Jews were killed, I completely and totally forgive the world for letting it happen.” The asthma was better after this, but not gone.

So I asked, “What was even worse than the whole world not caring?”