Visiting with some friends a few months ago a sudden storm blew in. One friend, ML, jumped nervously at a flash of light and then shivered at the peal of thunder that followed.
"I'm terrified of storms!" she confessed.
Her breathing was quick and labored as she tried to suppress her fear. "I know it's dumb, but I really hate storms!" Her eyes were darting around.
Moved to help, we took her hand and tapped on the karate chop point and asked her what about the storm was so frightening to her.
"The lightening. The thunder. It scares me. I'm afraid the lightening will come through the house and strike me. I always unplug everything so the lightening can't come through the electronics. I have to close the curtains so tight so the light won't come through." As she told of these fears we tapped along the various meridians.
"Why do you think you are afraid of storms?" we asked.
ML replied, "Well, one time I was sitting in my van and a lighting bolt hit the ground really close by!!"
"That really sounds scary!" we said. "Is that when you started to be afraid of storms?" The tapping on the meridians continued.
"Oh no! I clearly remember the first time. I was about 4 and there was a storm raging. I was watching from my bedroom window and a huge bolt of lightening hit the tree outside, the thunder rattled the windows and I screamed. My dad came in and yelled at me for making so much noise and being a wimp."
We paused a moment, then continued tapping, "ML the lightening isn't out to get you. It is natures way of recharging the atmosphere, clearing the air and cleaning house with all the water. It's ok that you were afraid of the lightening, that you screamed in fear, but it is not out to get you personally." ML heaved a big sigh then went over to have a conversation with another friend.
The storm continued for another hour. ML didn't even notice it though she hadn't been able to sleep the night before due to the storm then.
Follow up several weeks and several storms later had ML amazed. She hadn't even realized how stormy it had been because her overwhelming fear was just gone. Where before just the suggestion of a dark cloud had her running for the house, uplugging appliances and securing curtains, now she just got her umbrella and went on with her day.
There was no formal set up session involved in this case. No long investigative period, just reaching out and asking the story. She was so in the moment that the core surfaced quickly and was resolved. An excellent case of a one minute wonder, but really a case of finding the core issue quickly because the situation was so present to her.
Love and gratitude for another success story using EFT!
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