This is the one that made me sit up and declare "Hallelujah, EFT rocks!":
I awoke at 2:30AM one night with a huge "ball of anxiety" rolling around in my solar plexus. I envisioned it as a ball of rough, green twine, 6" in diameter. It was churning around in there, screaming at me about how unhappy I was. Extremely uncomfortable, to say the least. In fact, it was physically painful and my breathing was strained. I mentally went through the list of my possibilities:
"Well, I could call Mom but I'll just wake her up, freak her out, stress her out, destroy her peaceful nights' sleep... all for what? It won't remove much if any of my anxiety, she doesn't have my answers and it will just make her anxious, also. Nope, that's out. I could call my friend, Mimi, who probably doesn't want to hear from me much either at 2:30AM. Nope, that's out. I don't have a therapist to call. It will take me a week to find a therapist and who knows how long to get an appointment. I'm in pain right now! Cross that off the list. I could write in my journal... for nothing, I know what the outcome of that will be, running in circles about my problem. Forget that. I could try EFT. I guess I don't have anything to lose, I know the routine." So with no faith whatsoever, I began to tap (Basic Recipe) something like this:
Even though I have this ball of anxiety in my chest, I completely love and accept myself.
Reminder phrase: Ball of anxiety in my chest.
Even though I have this painful ball of green twine anxiety churning in my solar plexus, I completely love and accept myself.
Reminder phrase: Painful ball of twine churning in my solar plexus.
To my utter astonishment, two or three rounds after I began, I was able to go BACK TO SLEEP! No hampster-in-its-wheel thoughts going on; just simple, peaceful sleep. This was unheard of for me. "Not possible" as measured by my previous experience and I would not have believed it if it had not happened to me. Anxiety doesn't just ... disappear ... but, yes, it does, it did, it can. Welcome to the world of EFT! :)
