Chronic pain is the body?s way of informing us that it?s not at peace; it is sick. It?s also a warranted way of getting our attention. A terrifically effective, safe and non-intrusive way we are able to respond to agony is by applying Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT). Actually one of the much-publicised benefits of EFT is pain alleviation.
As an EFT Practitioner, and Progressive Emotional Release (Pro-ER) Practitioner focusing on major illness, I work with people experiencing lingering physical, emotional, or psychological agony on a daily basis. Indeed, in 2003 when wheelchair-bound and seriously ill with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), I wrestled with chronic pain too.
Gary Craig, the originator of EFT claims: ?The cause of all negative emotions is an interruption in the body?s energy system.? That is, a idea or memory triggers a interruption in the body?s energy system and this is experienced as psychological or physiological agony. While experiencing or concentrating on a particular problem, and tapping on the meridians that carry the energy, interruptions are cleared and ordinary function can resume. When EFT is applied reasonably, a cognitive shift takes place, which frees us from our negative emotions, thoughts and sentiments, restoring health and well-being.
Our unresolved negative emotions contribute significantly to most physical pains and diseases. When we are unable (for whatever reason), to express emotions like wrath, resentment and grief, they?re swallowed and repressed. They later show up in the body as agony and illness.
At the time I became ill, I did not understand how to resolve the hurt and resentment I was experiencing, because of problems at work and in my relationship. Plus, I was coping with the sudden death of my aunt to whom I was very close. The subsequent indications of intense fatigue, joint and muscle discomfort, brain fog, noise and light sensitivities, and digestive abnormalities actually attracted my attention ? my body was screaming out to get heard.
Seven months later when I was introduced to EFT, my consultant helped me release many stressful memories, which had led on to the hurt and antagonism I was hanging on to. Extremely swiftly, I was able to review formerly troublesome memories with neutrality and acceptance: I was still aware they had occurred; only my perspective had modified. Concurrently, I realized that certain symptoms were easing or disappearing, particularly, my joint and muscle agony, and the difficulties with my digestion and food intolerances.
Unlike many types of talk treatment, with EFT it is not important to dig deeply and relive unpleasant memories in fine detail. Rather, what appears to occur is that once one or two upsetting memories are cleared, other related memories are slumped without a need to be worked on in particular.
Peeling away the complicated layers of chronic illness and agony can be complex and delicate. There may be masses of ?unpleasant memories? to work thru which have resulted in repressed emotions and later sickness. Also , on a subconscious level, a chronic illness or pain can serve a person very well. All of a sudden they?ve a purpose. When a person is seriously sick or suffering chronic pain, there are fewer expectancies put on them, so they can feel safer: they no longer have to prove themselves, achieve success or be ?perfect?.
When I begin to work with a client coping with chronic pain I ask particular questions designed to get some insightful clues regarding the root cause of the pain. One such query is:
?What is the upside of holding on to this pain/illness??
Naturally, the first reaction is, ?There is no upside, I?d like to be healthy!? but when the issue is reframed to suggest, ?What would be the downside to recovering?? the client tunes in to how their life was prior to becoming ill.
When I asked a client suffering from Trigeminal Neuralgia (intense facial discomfort causing spasm) this question lately, in her first personal session, she answered, ?If I recovered, I?d need to be perfect again and I would have to look after and help everyone.? It transpired that as one of 6 children she had been expected to look after her siblings because her mother was quite sick for time. She had felt acrimony as a result. She had continued this role of looking after everybody else when she married and had a family of her own, always putting herself second. Now, subjected to intense pain, she was, finally able to be looked after and aided by others. She targeted on the acrimony and the memory of her childhood, and we applied EFT till she no longer felt any emotional power or reaction to the experience. At the end of the session, she told me the desperateness she?d felt about her facial discomfort was ?lighter? and ?didn?t seem to matter as much now?. Naturally, there is still more work to be done addressing her inability to ask for what she required (making her body ask for her) and in organising her life and relationships so that she was never having to ?give ? all the time, but could also ?receive?.
Another question which offers discernment is:
?If there had been a person or an event in your life which you?d just as soon skip, who or what would it be??
One client told me that she would never have taken that vacation to Florida as a young woman, as it had been the catalyzing agent for her health issues. Just after returning, she was assessed with CFS and later , multiple chemical sensitivities and ulcerative colitis. She had repressed emotions of outrage and regret ever since. Forty years after, she was housebound and still seriously sick. We used EFT on the holiday memory. Not only were we able to neutralize the negative principles she?d felt about herself because of the holiday, but she was able to see new possibilities for her future. Since that time, we have worked together closely and now she?ll put up with more wide-ranging foods, is able to leave the house regularly, exercises, and has a part-time job writing.
In the end if the right questions are asked, we?re able to the root cause quicker and get the answers we require to heal the issue. Furthermore, if we may be able to resolve the emotional reasons for physical sickness and chronic pain, surgery may not be obligatory.
Annabel Fisher is a licensed NLP Practitioner and runs a successful EFT practice. If you are suffering with chronic illness, fears and fears, weight issues and more; book a free 30 minute telephone consultation.
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