Can an illness make us feel safe? Growing up, when I wasn’t prepared for a test at school, I would get a stomach ache. It would buy me some time. It would give me another day home. It was an “excused absence.” No one questioned. No one poked or prodded. No thermometer had to read high. “My stomach hurts too much to go to school.” And I stayed home. Have you ever done something like that?
I have tapped with some clients (presenting for physical therapy) who have very mechanical problems. Together we have tapped using EFT around all sorts of things with no change. I know experience will help me a lot, but is it unreasonable to expect that tapping will effect resistant mechanical trouble?
There are many mystery diseases and syndromes for which traditional medicine cannot tell us what causes the condition or how it can be healed. Someday, their focus on the anatomy, biochemistry and neurology of the physical body may provide enough clues that causes can be identified and treatments arranged. Today, as individuals who have these conditions will tell you, there is a great deal of frustration and traveling from doctor to doctor to doctor to see if anyone has an effective treatment.
Let’s set aside for a moment how you got where you are… without the level of health and vitality you’d like. It’s a bit like waking up to find that you are in a swamp, east of Palatka—it smells bad, and you want to LEAVE! You can gripe and moan, wail and complain, “Dear God, How did I end up in PALATKA!?!” But it isn’t until you choose a compelling vision that will get you excited and hopeful again that you will actually make progress towards leaving “Palatka” behind forever.