| In 2005, after several years of chronic pain and all | | | | enough. Lots of time and energy went into |
| the misery that goes along with that, I was | | | | working on those issues. In spite of my |
| diagnosed with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue | | | | persistence with tapping, though, there was no |
| syndrome. My rheumatologist's solution was to | | | | significant improvement in my results. |
| immediately medicate me. I was prescribed an | | | | I was becoming more and more discouraged. |
| antidepressant, 2 pain killers, and something to | | | | When you are in constant pain, it becomes the |
| help me sleep at night. Admittedly, I did get some | | | | focus of your life, and I badly wanted to move |
| relief from the medication. Unfortunately, with | | | | beyond the pain, but that just wasn't happening. |
| fibromyalgia you still have bad days. And | | | | I pushed through the discouragement, though, and |
| sometimes you have very bad days. | | | | went back to tapping on my mom issues. There |
| Being a person who likes to have control of my | | | | were several crisis situations in my life in which |
| own life and my own medical care, I attempted a | | | | my mother had emotionally abandoned me, and |
| conversation with my doctor to discuss possible | | | | for which I still felt anger. As I focused on those |
| treatments that might help to improve my | | | | situations, I intuitively felt the need to incorporate |
| condition. My doctor offered me no hope at all, | | | | forgiveness into my tapping. Now, as I worked |
| and reminded me that fibromyalgia is a chronic | | | | through the issues, I completed my setup |
| condition that I would have all my life, so I should | | | | statements by saying, "and I deeply and |
| accept it and get used to it. | | | | completely love and accept myself and I choose |
| There was no part of me that was willing to | | | | to forgive my mom". |
| accept that statement. I immediately set out to | | | | Along the way I realized, though, that I needed to |
| research possibilities, and during that research I | | | | forgive myself even more than I needed to |
| discovered EFT. It seemed like an improbable and | | | | forgive anyone else in my life. I had many things |
| highly unusual solution to my problems, but I was | | | | in my life for which I felt responsible, whether I |
| willing to give it a try. After all, I had nothing to | | | | knew logically that was true or not. I needed to |
| lose. I downloaded the PDF version of the EFT | | | | face those things and unconditionally forgive |
| manual, and read it from cover to cover. I then | | | | myself, in order to release all the energy I had |
| ordered Gary Craig's training DVDs. By the time | | | | invested in self blame and guilt. |
| that I had completed all the training DVDs, I was | | | | As soon as I started to do this, I could feel a |
| ready to get to work. | | | | difference in the results of my tapping. More |
| My initial success had to do with tapping for job | | | | energy was moving, results started coming more |
| stress, for which I found great relief. | | | | quickly, and finally, the pain began to ease! |
| Subsequently I tapped for headaches, stiff necks, | | | | Including forgiveness in my statements made all |
| sore backs and injuries that I suffered in a fall. As | | | | the difference for me. The lack of forgiveness, |
| each problem was resolved, I was more and | | | | both for myself and others in my life had been |
| more convinced of the very real results of | | | | blocking me from moving in the direction that I |
| tapping, and how consistently I could get those | | | | needed to go with EFT. |
| results. | | | | Nearly a year down the road, my condition has |
| Even after all the hours of videos that I had | | | | improved tremendously, thanks to the power of |
| watched, I still was to some extent coming from | | | | EFT. I am now completely off all pain medications, |
| a place of "It can happen for others, but not for | | | | and while I still have a bit of pain at times, it is |
| me...", so that was where I started my tapping. I | | | | easily manageable with tapping. The pain that |
| tapped away my doubts and moved on to the | | | | often kept me bedridden is gone, and I now ride |
| real business at hand. | | | | an exercise bike every day to strengthen my |
| My belief was that my fibromyalgia was a | | | | legs and help with my mobility. |
| response to my highly stressful work situation, so | | | | For me, there was an important lesson learned in |
| I started there. I was already tapping on issues | | | | this process. I had my own agenda, and knew |
| like my micromanaging supervisor, my CIO who | | | | exactly what I wanted to do. What I had failed to |
| practiced management through fear and | | | | do was to drop inside my own head and listen for |
| intimidation, and the total lack of appreciation | | | | the messages about how I needed to go about |
| shown for all my hard work. I continued to | | | | the process. Once I stepped back and listened, |
| address those issues, while also tapping individually | | | | and got the loud and clear message of the |
| on pain in my legs, arms, back, shoulders, neck | | | | importance of forgiveness, I was able to unleash |
| and so on. I found that I would get some | | | | the full power of EFT. |
| temporary relief, but ultimately the pain would | | | | I would strongly encourage everyone to step |
| return. I convinced myself that it was a matter of | | | | back and listen when working on their own healing. |
| patience and persistence, so I tapped on. My | | | | EFT practitioners working with clients are |
| results, however, did not differ from my previous | | | | encouraged by Gary Craig to "get out of their |
| results. | | | | own way", and I feel that it is every bit as |
| Other specific issues came up during my tapping | | | | important if you are working on your own to |
| that I felt might have contributed to my problem. | | | | listen to your inner self and pay attention to your |
| I had an issue with feeling safe, and worked on | | | | intuition in order to get the guidance that you |
| that. I also had a lifetime of "mom issues", having | | | | need, and to be able to enjoy the full benefits of |
| been the child in the family that was never good | | | | EFT. |