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EFT and me Tapping points Putting it all together Pain relief Phobias and fears Public speaking Anxiety Grief and Guilt Loss of a Pet Hay Fever Weight control and cravings Snoring and teeth grinding How can I help?
EFT and me Tapping points Putting it all together Pain relief Phobias and fears Public speaking Anxiety Grief and Guilt Loss of a Pet Hay Fever Weight control and cravings Snoring and teeth grinding How can I help?

 

 

EFT Brancepeth

PHOBIAS AND FEARS

I think the difference in practical terms between phobias and fears is in the degree of distress caused and the disruption to normal life.

 

A phobia is a strong reaction against a situation, eg. heights, spiders, lifts.  This might show itself as sweating, shaking or feeling faint.  A fear is a lesser reaction, an avoidance, of the same sorts of things.  Both can be eased or cured using EFT.

 

Some fears are logical and there to keep you safe, eg not going too close to the edge of a cliff, or touching a poisonous snake, but the fears we are talking about here are excessive and life-limiting.

 

Phobias and fears usually result from a specific event or series of events, usually from childhood when we are very impressionable. For example a mother afraid of thunder and lightning might pass this fear on to a child by insisting they hide under the table.  Or it could be from an frightening experience as an adult, for example if someone gets stuck in a lift and becomes fearful that it might happen again only much worse.

 

Once the trigger event has been identified, EFT can be used to reduce both the traumatic memory and eliminate the phobia it has caused.

 

Rational fears for safety, for example walking alone in the dark, can escalate into excessive caution and then phobia as in agoraphobia, but there is always a trigger event which set it all in motion, even if you can’t remember it.

 

Severe phobias should be dealt with by a professional EFT practitioner, but fears of a lesser degree can be worked on yourself.

 

Suggested set-up statements

 

‘Even though I am afraid of ......, I deeply love and accept myself.’

 

‘Even though my mother/father/sister was afraid of ........, and made me afraid, that was then and this is now.  I am an adult and I choose to change this pattern of behaviour from childhood, and I deeply and completely love and accept myself.’

 

‘Even though I thought I was going to drown in the pool when I was 10 years old, I choose to recognise that it was my mother’s panic that made me fearful.  I forgive my mother for putting this fear in me and I deeply love and accept myself.’

 

Remember to make the set-up statements as personal as you can, mix and match the form of the statements above to suit your circumstances.  If you would like me to help you to devise suitable set-up statements and reminder phrases, please email me.