Guest guest Posted April 2, 2007 Report Share Posted April 2, 2007 I am trying to help somebody get over the fear of being sick. She had been to hypnotherapist and has 8 session but it did not work. I was using EFT but we were struggiling to get it to work. The fear started about 4 years ago. Anyway I knew the subconscious mind would know the answer as to why the fear of being sick started. I suggested she tried the chevreul pendulum method and see what she could find out. So far she has found out The fear of being sick was caused by something her dad said to her when she was 2 years old (why the fear only started when she was 19 I don't know yet) It had something to do with her mum being pregnant There is also a connection with hospital (but it did not happen at the hospital) There is also a connection with sick people When she tried to get the pendulum to spell out what her dad said to her she got told no. She got told 1) it was too dangerous for her to know and 2) she would not be able to handle it. Anyway she done some more pendulum work tonight and finally got the the pendulum to spell out what her dad said to her. It spelt out " vasmtg a zqds xtxtu a mtecxhgck " She asked if it was in code and it said no. She then asked if it was the correct phrase of what her Dad told her and it said yes. Now to me " vasmtg a zqds xtxtu a mtecxhgck " is oviously code? Does anybody have any ideas as to what we can do next? When we try EFT on the fear of bing sick it does not move. I have mow fially got her to admit the she has a fear of dying. When she told me 2 of the 8 parts of her fear of being sick was the fear of chking and the fear of not being able to breatheI imdeiately though this is a fear of dying. She said it wasn't but now says she does have a fear of dying. We are going to work on the fear of death in the next session but I am a bit worried that the suds will not move again. This is a related post Sorry for this being so long but it will give you more of a background Has anybody had any experiences where EFT just does not seem to work sometimes? No I know in EFT the rule is if it is not working then your not being specific enough or you have not addressed the right root issues/causes. However in my case I really don't think that is happening. I am helping a friend of a friend who has a fear of being sick. She told me she was an EFT scptic but was desperate and willing to try anything. I have been helping her via Skype PC Telephone. The fear about being sick has got a lot worse in the last 6 months. I have been working with her since about 10 days ago. I work with her about every 3 days. The fear of being sick (vomiting) controls her life, she won't eat food she has not cooked herself in case it makes her sick, she worries for 48 hours after coming into contact with people who are or who have recently been sick as she has read it can take up to 48 hours for you to feel ill if you have caught something from somebody who is ill, won't drink alcohol etc. She goes to extreme lengths to avoid being sick. No I surmised it would be best attacking the fear of being sick as things like having a fear of eating food she has not cooked herself would collapse along with the fear of being sick. If you have no fear of being sick why would you worry about eating food you have not cooked yourself? The only reason she worries about eating food she has not cooked herself is in case it makes her sick. As a first test for things we worked out what her fear of being sick was all about and discovered things like. Fear of gagging Fear of what sick tastes like Fear of not being able to breathe and be sick at the same time Fear of chocking to death Fear of what sick looks like etc When we tried tapping on those issues nothing would move. Apart from one thing where the SUDS went from a 9 to an 8 the SUDS stayed the same on everything. Even the one thing that did move from a 9 to an 8 would not move down any further. I then changed tact and decided to see if there was any limiting beliefs in the way (writings on the wall). Things such as I will always have this fear of being sick, I don't deserve to end this fear of being sick, its not safe to give this up, do you think EFT will work for you etc. I also looked for any possible reasons why having this fear of sick might be useful in anyway. I did not find anything. We then worked on 2 memories associated with the fear of being sick (she said she only has 2). One from the age of 8 and one from 4 years ago. She could not manage the movie technique as she was not very visual but that did not really matter. There was a lot of stuff to work on concerning herself and others involved in the 2 memories. Things such as anger, disappointment, fear etc The EFT was working on something's and not on others. When I say it was working on something's and something's would not budge even on the things it was working on the SUDS would only go down a little say from a 6 to a 4 (I have done so many things now that I forget what would and would not budge). I tried everything I could think of, usual EFT statements, being more specific, choices method, argument tapping etc. I know sometimes EFT does not always work straight away for some people and they may not feel the benefits until some time later. I suggested to her maybe this is what was happening and she was just having a delayed reaction to the benefits of EFT. We ended it there and set up the next EFT session. When we had the next EFT session I found out I was right, that she did have a delayed reaction to some of the things we worked on but again for something's the SUDS had not moved at all. She had now lost the anger towards her dad for the incident when she was 8 years old. She told me she was feeling sick the other night and rang her dad up for chat. She told me before EFT she would never have done that. I thought to myself " Great progress at last. Hopefully you can now see how EFT can help you end your fear of being sick " So we then done some more tapping. Again in this session we were getting a lot of things the EFT was not working on. I again wondered if I wasn't being specific enough or missing the core issues related to what we where working on. I was sure something else was going on. I again tried asking about any limiting beliefs. Again I found nothing. We decided to leave it there and try again in a few days. Just before we finished she said she had a question to ask me. She said because things did not seem to be happening for her she wondered if it might be energy toxins in the way. She told me she had been reading the EFT website and read about energy toxins blocking the way of EFT working. I said I don't think that was it but it was certainly possible and it would be good to rule that out. I showed her a way of self muscle testing for energy toxins and allergies. She picked this up very quickly. I got an e-mail from her 2 days later and she told me she found the muscles testing very interesting. She said she knew she had an allergy to dust and muscles tested herself for that. She got a positive result for being allergic to dust. She then worked on her allergy to dust. The EFT worked for the dust allergy and she told me she no longer has a problem with dust in anyway. I thought to myself " Great you now know EFT works. You have seen and felt it get rid of you dust allergy " . I thought " Psychologically this should be very helpful as you have now experienced EFT working " She was so pleased with the way EFT got rid of her dust allergy she started self muscle testing for other allergies and energy toxins. She was pleased to report back to me that she got rid of about 7 allergies and there was no energy toxins in her house stopping EFT from working. I then got another e-mail which said 2 things had suddenly come in her thoughts. She felt that her fear of being sick was based more around the fear of not being able to breathe whilst being sick. Also it was not safe to give up the fear of not being able to breathe when being sick as giving up the fear of not being able to breathe when being sick would mean if she ever has to be sick then she would not be able to breathe. So basically she is convinced that if she gives up the fear of not being able to breathe when being sick then she won't be able to breathe when being sick. I have to be honest and say I was bit miffed about the not feeling safe as when I was checking for limiting beliefs I had asked numerous times if it she thought it was safe to end her fears. I quickly realised the feeling its not safe to give up the fear was a very core issue and a massive limiting belief. Also the thought that the thought she had that if she gave up the fear of not being able to breathe when being sick it would mean if she ever has to be sick then she would not be able to breathe was also a very core issue and a massive limiting belief. We than had another session last night. I was fully prepared to tackle the belief that it is not safe to give up this fear of being sick and giving up the fear means she won't be able to breathe when being sick. At the start of the session I asked her on a conscious level if she wanted to stop the fear of not being able to breathe when being sick and if she thought it was safe. Her conscious thinking told me that yes she wanted to stop the fear but she still thought it was unsafe to do so. I asked her to muscle test herself and see what the subconscious mind thought about it all. The subconscious mind agreed with the conscious mind in that it was not safe to give up the fear of not being able to breathe when being sick but it also gave a positive result in not wanting to give up the fear of being sick. So on a conscious level we had I WANT to give up the fear of not being able to breathe when being sick It is NOT safe to give up my fear of being sick as that means if I am ever sick then I won't be able to breathe On a subconscious level we had I DON'T want to give up the fear of not being able to breathe when being sick It is NOT safe to give up my fear of being sick So we then done some more tapping. We done usual statements, being more specific, choices method, argument tapping etc. After the tapping we had good results. Both the subconscious and the conscious mind now wanted to end the fear of not being able to breathe when being sick. However although she now tested strong with muscle testing on it is safe to end the fear of not being able to breathe when being sick on a conscious level she still thinks that " It is not safe to give up my fear of being sick as that means if I am ever sick then I won't be able to breathe " So we now had on a conscious level I WANT to give up the fear of not being able to breathe when being sick It is not safe to give up my fear of being sick as that means if I am ever sick then I won't be able to breathe On a subconscious level we had I WANT to give up the fear of not being able to breathe when being sick It IS safe to give up my fear of being sick As we now had the subconscious mind feeling it was safe to do so and also wanting to end the fear of not being able to breathe when being sick I tried to tap for the fear of not being able to breathe when being sick. I asked for a SUDS rating on the fear of not being able to breathe when being sick and she said 4. We tried tapping on it and it would not move to below 4. I tried everything on it. We then decided to call it a day again. Now I realise the reason the fear of not being able to breathe when being sick would not move from a SUDS of 4 is possibly because on a conscious level she still believes " if I let got of my fear of not being able to breathe when being sick then if I am ever sick in the future I won't be able to breathe as I am being sick " . Now after reading what I have typed so far you may be thinking that I am not getting the statements correct or not getting the true core issues but I don't believe that is true The reason I think that is not true is that even simple things like guilt fail to be moved by EFT. She mentioned during the last session she felt guilty that her fear of not eating food she has not cooked herself was stopping her taking her mum out for a meal on Mothers day. I asked for a SUD level and she said 7. We done a round of tapping and still a SUD of 7. We then done more rounds and tried using choices method and argument tapping. Still the guilt was at a 7. Then I suddenly noticed something. (I may be wrong on this and I apologise to her in advance) The thing I suddenly noticed is that after each round of tapping when I asked her what the SUDS rating was now she seemed to sound very proud in her voice when she told me that it was still at a 7. It was a bit like she was very smug with herself. We would do a round of tapping on the guilt she felt for not taking her mum out for a meal on Mothers day. Then I would ask her what it was now and without thinking about it too long and in a nano second she would say still a 7. Now again she may have been having a delayed reaction to the EFT working but there was certain smugness in her voice when she told me it was still at a 7. It felt like she was challenging me and proud that I was failing. I quickly realised she sounds this way when she tells me the SUDS rating for all the things EFT has not worked on. I know from her success with allergies such as dust that she knows EFT does work. She told me herself she no longer has any problems whatsoever with dust. So on a psychological level she knows EFT works. Another example when EFT has not worked is I asked where what she felt in her body when she thinks about the fear of not being able to breathe when being sick? She told me her breathing gets quicker and her heart beats faster. Again EFT failed to help on both of these issues. I just don't understand my the SUDS on some issues will not budge. I am 99.9% certain it is not the statements as I have tried everything. I know there are no energy toxins are in the way. As I have said it sometimes on things that should be easy for EFT to work on that the SUDS will not move. So back to my original question has anybody else come across people who EFT doesn't seem to work for? Maybe she doesn't want it to work? Does anybody think I have been tackling all this wrong and I am missing the core issues? Does anybody have any suggestions as to what to try? If anybody is willing read what we have tapped for so far and see if they can spot what I am missing I would be most grateful. I have most of it saved to Microsoft Word. It should give you a fair idea as to how we have tackled things so far. We have spent a lot of hours on this I feel I am getting nowhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 5, 2007 Report Share Posted April 5, 2007 Hello, I am thinking that your client is suffering from cell memory from a past life experience. Is there a way to test for this theory? Karen It's here! Your new message!Get new email alerts with the free Toolbar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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