I know there are many sceptics on here, but this technique is really amazing and is not a scam in any way.

I do not practise this or sell it, so there is no need for the mods to think I am promoting myself.I do not have any affiliation to Gary Craig or anyone involved in EFT. I just feel that there are many people who could benefit from this technique which works on intense emotions and reduces the effect they have on us.

It is called EFT which stands for Emotional Freedom Technique and was developed by Gary Craig in the USA from previously discovered methods by others- among them Roger Calaghan. Gary made EFT popular and has done a lot to make it a more widely known method of healing emotionally caused issues.

So, this is the bit that the sceptics will relish...
The technique involves simply tapping on acupuncture points on the upper body and face while at the same time repeating a statement which acknowledges the intense emotion we are feeling.

EFT is used by therapists all over the world and some doctors are using it too. It can be learned in a few minutes and it is absolutely FREE.

If you are sufferering with unwanted thoughts, worries or emotionally intense fears or issues, then one extra thing you can try for yourself is EFT.

It has been used to help Vietnam Veterans overcome their persistent unwanted memories of that dreadful time in their lives and so EFT has at least this achievement to show how effective it can be. Many VV were unable to sleep much due to nightmares and guilt caused by their participation in that war and EFT has helped to allow them some peace.

I am not an expert, but I have watched many DVDs and tried this technique on myself and friends as you can too. You do not need to buy anything to start reducing the intensity of your emotional issues. There are Youtube tutorials and a manual which can be downloaded along with instructions how to start from Gary's official website below.

It is safe for kids and does not involve any drugs, or hypnosis. However, as with all health issues, you are advised to use common sense when evaluating whether this will be of benefit to you or your family.

I hope someone can benefit from this technique.
Official EFT website: http://www.garythink.com/eft/
Paul

I don't need it. I solve any problems as I go along.

I used EFT as one of my tools to get ride of my social phobia.

It can be very efficient.

It doesn't work. I tapped a few acupuncture points whilst saying "i think homeopathy and energy remedies are lies and fabrications".

Didn't change a thing, I still think that way.

Sounds a bit OCD if I'm honest and/or a coping mechanism rather than a "cure". But hey, if it helps you...

Why am I not surprised.

OCD can be controled with the help of cognitive therapy which is a long process but hardly without any meds to help a lack of serotonin that has to be medically treated.

Once the meds are doing their job, it is to the patient to work on a psychological level.

English Forum Therapy? What's that? "Toughen the *** up"?

EFT works as well as any other placebo. You don't even need to 'tap' the acupuncture points, you can 'tap' in your head and it also works. Look at it in the way you would a lucky rabbits foot or lucky undies.

i have lots of unwanted thoughts, but most would end up with me sitting in a police cell

Would you be interested in selling some of these? Mine are normally just the plain old boring type of thought. What's for dinner kind of thing...

This kind of codswallop always reminds me of this little ditty.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=DE&hl=de&v=TYgOlqinH7A

It is really great to see so many open minded and flexible people on this forum. AND you are all free from unwanted thoughts and worries. Thats really great.

Sometimes it is easier to go a thread bashing than it is to be constructive about them. No skin off my nose whichever. It only needs one person to be helped by this post and it has served its purpose.

I am not quite sure what the OCD references are for since I would have thought that everyone gets unwanted thoughts and worries from time to time, but hey, as I said, you guys have such good mental health it must be the mountain air and the Swiss cheese!

Hum.... Need to practice a bit more on your good thought, don't you?

Only one person was talking about OCD and my answer to his was to specify. Everybody have unwanted thoughts and worries. None of them will disappear with a magic spell.

If you have a bad day, take it easy, see friends, watch a movie, drink a glass of wine of beer and relax. If you have a bad week, it'll pass. You have a bad month? Give it some time.

It has been months of being bad? Consult someone.

Not sure if this will sound like bashing your thread.

I would get 2 consecutive life thermes

Can`t wait for Assassins coment on this one

@OP
Wish there were a real method instead of a message that sounds like a sales pitch.

The issue with the aftermath of pain and sudden unexpected trauma is that a person can have difficulty comprehending what is real and what is just their perception. As a result, the body exhaustingly responds with fright to everything as if it were a potential danger.

There are methods for reprogramming the thought process such as meditation and yoga.
I've heard neuroliguistic programming works too ?

I find the technique, as you describe it, rather... dead end.

Acknowledging unwanted thoughts and worried - fair enough. I can't comment on the business about tapping on acupuncture points... but yes, I'd agree that facing up to unwanted thoughts and worries is a good thing to do. Burying these things never helps.

But then what?

If you suffer from what is known as 'automatic thoughts' - unhelpful thoughts if you will (the psychologists who took me through CBT object strongly to the word negative), the danger is that they can become engrained in your way of thinking. A very minor trigger can then set off the cycle of thoughts again, and each time this happens it's as if the thoughts are dug a little deeper in your pattern of thinking.

In order to move forward a person needs to recognise the thoughts, then analyse the thought and see what is based on fact and what is an emotional response (there are tools which can help a person do this), and then finally try and restructure that thought. This is an ongoing process, and initially a person may need professional help to do this.

So I don't see how this technique you are proposing can be beneficial on it's own... because it is only the first stage of the restructuring process.

Personally I like being able not only to acknowledge my unwanted thoughts but also knowing that I have a large 'toolbox' I can turn to to help me understand them, identify the tricks my mind plays on me and then challenge those thoughts with a new thought that is kinder to myself and also more based on reality. If all I did was sit here tapping myself saying 'I feel useless and helpless and I'm never going to get back to work.'... I know where I'd be heading and it's not a place I want to be.

Just curious - I have only come across the "Toolboxx" expression from people who have done Landmark courses. Is this where you got your coping strategy from, or is the expression common/used elsewhere?