Posted by Jlx on October 14, 2006, at 11:27:57
In reply to Re: Hypnosis and dangers for depressives » Jlx, posted by Meri-Tuuli on October 14, 2006, at 7:59:40
> I watched some programme on channel four, whereby a some guy (pyshcologist? Pdoc? I can't remember) got a bunch of people who had a phobia about flying and who got them all flying in about four days....
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> Ah, it was called 'neurolinglistic programming'. Anyway, one of his exercises was to get the folks to tap various points (wrists, side of foreheads) to stop panic or anxiety or something.....it worked really well. They had to tap repeatly and say something. I can't remember what it was, something like 'I am in control' well that wasn't it, but it was something like that.
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> Very interesting! I wish they'd do a programme like that for other phobias.....
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> Kind regards
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> MeriSounds like EFT too. In EFT, they would probably say something like "Even though I have this fear of flying, I completely and deeply love and accept myself" and then tap through certain accupuncture meridian points through as many rounds as necessary, also addressing anything new that comes up. For instance, a fear of flying could be related to something from one's past or a more generalized feeling of not wanting to be out of control, which you would then tap on separately.
EFT was started by Gary Craig, who previously trained in NLP. He is an engineer by education.
EFT is well worth a try for anyone, imo. http://www.emofree.com/ It's fast and easy to learn and do, and I don't see any potential for harm with the possible exception of EFT stirring up negative emotions where you might feel crappy for a time, like in therapy, but unlike from therapy, you can then you use EFT to tap them away (or move on to the next issue). I also think that with an intervention like this, healing takes its own course. Meaning you can't hurry it along or stop it, unless you don't actually do it, of course.
I've been using EFT nearly daily now for about 3 months. I haven't purchased the available DVDs, just downloaded the free manual and also read many pages on the site, such as those about "when it doesn't work".
One problem I've always had is not "getting over" things, such as my dog dying last Christmas. I was overly sad and down all winter -- and I could tell I wasn't getting much better with time. Then I got a new dog from a shelter this summer and had a real hard time at first as he was the "wrong" dog. I started EFT about then, so I spent only about a half hour one day tapping through the excess grief of losing my previous dog, which I also discovered through tapping, contained some guilt too, which was probably one reason why it all got "stuck". After that, I was able to think about her without that stabbing and overwhelming sadness and felt able to "move on".
I've tapped on ordinary things like anxiety about an upcoming discussion with my boss -- where I realized one thing that was bothering me is that I felt judged by him in some of the same ways I would by my father -- which I tapped away. By the end of it, I was no longer dreading work the next day and was saying "Oh, so what if ....". Pretty amazing.
Otherwise I've been working on some very heavy duty things from my childhood that were supposed to be "processed" previously in years of therapy, but weren't. EFT, for me, seems to me to be some kind of bridge between mind and body that I'm usually unable to access.
JL
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