A while back, my husband and I went to a friend's retirement party.
My husband put together some great music from the 60s and 70s for all of us to dance to.
Towards the end of the party, another woman, who was a good dancer, and I decided to spin each other.
We held hands and pivoted, pulling our heads back to gain momentum. We spun faster and faster.
My inner child was having a blast and we laughing like crazy when suddenly her shoe slipped off her foot.
She lost her balance and fell down, with me tumbling after her. When I hit the thinly carpeted floor,
I struck my left hip with great force. Ouch!!! That hurt like hell!
I felt pretty stupid and I was afraid that I might have broken my hip.
Slowly, I was able to turn myself over and get up on my hands and
knees, then rose tentatively and stood. I hobbled into the bathroom.
Behind the closed door in the stall I started to use EFT. I tapped for
the pain that I had in my hip and for the feelings that I didn't want
to stay in my hip. My SUD level of pain was a 7-8.
Here are a few of the set-up phrases I used, Even though:
I feel really stupid for spinning so fast and falling down on the hard floor,
I deeply and completely love and accept myself
- my left hip hurts like hell...
- it looks like where I hit my hip, it is turning into a big yellow bruise...
- someone my age shouldn't be doing something as dangerous as spinning really fast...
- it was incredibly fun until we hit the hard floor...
- people may have thought that I was crazy...
- I feel embarrassed for acting like a kid...
- I feel like an idiot...
- I feel grateful that I didn't break my hip...
Tapping for about ten minutes brought my SUD level of pain down to a
3-4. My husband, Steve, drove us home after the party, and I tapped
again using some of the above set-up phrases. The next day I tapped
some more, and also tapped for feeling stiff.
Four days later, and I never did get a bruise (I tend to bruise relatively easily).
I couldn't feel any pain unless I touched the area on my left hip that I landed on, and then I felt a tender spot.
Thanks to EFT, I didn't get a bruise!
