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Claustrophobia can be a crippling condition for people who suffer with it. It can severely limit the things they do and the places they go. For others, they may not even realize that they are claustrophobic until something happens to trigger the condition. This was the case for me.

I never liked small, enclosed places, but never really had a problem until I was sent for an MRI last year. Even though the place I was sent did what are called “open MRIs”, there is still a very small area enclosed on 3 sides and an open area on the 4th side. I might have been fine if I’d been able to face the open side, but due to the part of my anatomy that was being scanned, I had to face into the giant MRI machine.

I moved into the space without a problem, and even allowed the technician to strap me in (who knew they did that?) without a problem, but as the technician walked away and I started to realize how confined I was, and that I couldn’t move, I went into a panic. I noticed first that my lower legs started to shake, and then the shaking moved up my legs and into my trunk. The more constricted I felt, the worse the shaking got. I shook through the entire scan, about 20 minutes, just praying for it to be over quickly.

The technician left me strapped in while he developed the scan pictures, just in case some needed to be redone. He came back into the room a short time later to tell me that none of the pictures was clear enough to send to my doctor, due to all the shaking. He was going to have to completely re-do the MRI.

I knew that I could not possibly make it through another 20 minutes of shaking and terror, so I asked him to release me for a short time, and I started to tap.

* Even though I’m in a really small place and it scares the hell out of me, I deeply and completely love and accept myself.

* Even though I feel like I can’t breath because I’m in such a small place, I deeply and completely love and accept myself.

* Even though I feel like screaming with fear over being shut in and strapped down, I deeply and completely love and accept myself.

Three quick rounds, with a lot of tapping on my collar bone point, which is my “sweet spot”. At the end of those rounds I was calm and in control and could allow myself to be strapped back into the MRI machine without a problem. This time there was no shaking. The tapping had done it. Another 20 minutes and the scan was done, clear enough to send to my doctor, and I was out the door and on my way home, very glad that I had EFT in my bag of tools.

Pat Burns is an EFT Practitioner in Tallahassee, Florida who specializes in working with those with self esteem issues, inner child issues and adoption related issues. You can contact Pat at pat@seeking-serenity.com or visit her website at http://seeking-serenity.com.

Recently I was leading a small group of tappers in weekly tap-togethers. Once of our main objectives was to try eliminating unhealthy junk food from our diets. When you have a weakness for a certain kind of snack food, it can be incredibly difficult to not eat that particular kind of food. Even if there aren’t any cravings involved, the mere mention of something for which you have a special liking can send you scurrying to the kitchen in search of something…sometimes anything!…if you don’t have that food in the house.

donuts

Having watched some of Paul McKenna’s videos, I knew that one of the tactics that he used to help people was what I would call aversion therapy. He used a variation of EFT to tap on that particular food, while combining it with something disgusting that would cause you to not want to eat that food.

One thing that our small group agreed on was that we needed to find a way to say no to donuts. It’s fine to drive through Dunkin Donuts and get a cup of their wonderful coffee, but when you add donuts to the equation, you’re in trouble.

I allowed my creative instincts to run wild as I created this tapping script on the fly, and several months later, not one of us has eaten a donut. Why not give the script a try if donuts are a problem for you? If your problem lies with other snack foods, try adapting the script to suit you.

Tapping Script For Saying NO To Donuts

Karate chop:

* Even though donuts are really tasty, and I love having a donut or two with my cup of coffee, I know that they’re not healthy for me, and I deeply and profoundly love and accept myself.
* Even though there is nothing as good with my coffee as a nice fresh donut, I realize that donuts are loaded with fat, and are really bad for me, and I deeply and profoundly love and accept myself, but I’m ready to ditch the donuts.
* Even though donuts may taste wonderful, I know how unhealthy it is to eat them, and that they’re clogging up my arteries with each bite that I take, and I deeply and profoundly love and accept myself as I search for a healthy alternative to donuts.

Eyebrow: I love to have donuts with my coffee
Side of eye: Fresh donuts are so yummy
Under eye: But I know that donuts are loaded with fat
Under nose: Fat that clogs my arteries
Chin: Donuts are loaded with sugar too
Collar bone: So many calories in each little bite
Under arm: Donuts are delicious
Top of head: But I know how really bad they are for me.

Eyebrow: They cook donuts in oil
Side of eye: Huge vats of oil
Under eye: I can see those donuts floating around
Under nose: Bobbing in all that oil
Chin: Bobbing for donuts
Collar bone: In that smelly, smoking, throat choking, boiling oil!
Under arm: So much fat in those donuts
Top of head: That’s really disgusting!

Eyebrow: I do love my donuts
Side of eye: But I’m ready to give them up
Under eye: All that fat and sugar
Under nose: Is really bad for me
Chin: Still seeing those donuts bobbing in hot fat
Collar bone: And thinking about how disgusting that is
Under arm: Choosing to look for a more healthy alternative
Top of head: And saying NO to fatty, sugary donuts from now on.

Pat Burns is an EFT Practitioner in Tallahassee, Florida who specializes in working with those with self esteem issues, inner child issues, and adoption related issues. You can contact Pat at pat@seeking-serenity.com and visit her website at http://seeking-serenity.com.

EFT is magic!

Okay, maybe it’s not actually magic, but the results are so amazing that it’s hard to remember that.

EFT has had a profound affect on my life. I had been diagnosed with fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome and osteoarthritis. I was in pain every minute of every day. I was taking prescription painkillers daily, and stronger painkillers nightly. Even, so I had bad days, and sometimes really bad days.

Thanks to EFT, I am now virtually pain free. No more of the daily misery of struggling just to do normal tasks. No more prescription painkillers. No more painkillers at all.

Eliminating my considerable pain was not my original plan when I started using EFT. I had a highly stressful job, and was just trying to make it through each day, so I tapped for stress, anxiety, anger and whatever else came up at the office. The results were significant, so I felt ready to try EFT on other problems.
I started tapping on my knee pain, and my hip pain. It didn’t happen overnight, but relief did come. Then I moved along to all the other pain I had. Mine was a gradual process, taking about 6 months in all.

For the time I spent learning EFT, and doing the actual tapping, the payoff was amazing. No more pain keeping me in bed for days at a time. No more pain keeping me awake night after night, in spite of the drugs. After years of pain, it is nothing short of a miracle for me that I am now painfree, and my entire outlook on life has changed accordingly.

EFT may not be part of your belief system, but if you’ll simply give it a chance, you too may experience amazing results. You can download a free EFT manual here.
Give yourself a chance to experience the life changing power of EFT. It won’t cost you a thing except a bit of your time.

If you’re willing to give EFT a try, here is a sample tapping script for back pain, a very common complaint.

Tapping Script For Back Pain

• Even though I have this ache in my back that’s really bothering me, and no matter what I do, the ache is there, I deeply and profoundly love and accept myself.
• Even though I’ve been having back pain for a while and it limits the things I can do, and I don’t like that, I deeply and profoundly love and accept myself.
• Even though I’m tired of the pain in my back and I’m not really sure what to do about it, I’m willing to give this tapping stuff a try, and I’m open to the possibility that it might help.

Eyebrow: My back is really hurting
Side of eye: I’m so tired of having backaches
Under eye: My back seems to hurt all the time
Under nose: I can’t bend or reach the way I want to
Chin: Sometimes it’s hard to get up and down
Collar bone: Some days I feel 90 years old
Under arm: Because my back just aches and aches
Top of head: And I’m really tired of having a sore back.

Eyebrow: This tapping stuff looks awfully silly
Side of eye: And I don’t see how it could help
Under eye: But as much as my back hurts
Under nose: I’m willing to give it a try
Chin: I’m ready to get rid of this backache
Collar bone: I’m ready to be able to move easily again
Under arm: Choosing to start letting go of this pain
Top of head: As I work on bringing healing to my back.

Eyebrow: Starting to release that pain in my back
Side of eye: Letting that pain just drain out of my body
Under eye: Allowing my muscles to relax as the pain eases
Under nose: Starting to feel some relief from the pain
Chin: Continuing to release the pain in my back
Collar bone: I don’t need that pain and I don’t want it
Under arm: Embracing a feeling of comfort and relaxation
Top of head: As I release the last of my back pain.

Pat Burns is an EFT practitioner in Tallahassee, Florida specializing in working with those with self esteem issues, inner child issues and adoption related issues. Contact Pat at pat@seeking-serenity.com or visit her website at http://seeking-serenity.com.