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A major area that responds to EFT is the person's attitude toward an illness. No matter how serious or life threatening a physical condition may be, the person's ATTITUDE towards it is an enormous contributing factor which, if it becomes positive, can lead to recovery or at least, to a much more satisfactory way of handling the illness.

Here are some of the issues that can be usefully addressed by EFT in illness or injury:

Discouragement

If the condition has been long-standing, and the person has consulted many physicians or others, she may well have become discouraged, depressed or feel hopeless about ever finding a solution to the problem. If it is present, this hopelessness should be the first thing one tackles because it can seriously undermine any subsequent EFT work.

Some of the set-up phrases that can be useful for this purpose are:

·         "Even though I don't think anything is going to help me, I choose to be surprised by a new possibility for healing".

·         "Even though I don't think anything is going to work for me, I choose to be open to some important new solutions."

·         "Even though I don't think anything is going to work for me, I choose to feel surprising optimism and a deep sense of hope."

Anger At Illness

A frequent result of illness or injury is a sense of outrage at the situation the person finds herself in. Some of the set-up phrases that can be used for this are:

·         "Even though I'm furious at this pain (distress, etc) I choose to accept my anger as entirely normal and forgive myself".

·         "Even though I'm enraged at having this condition, I choose to honor my anger and go on from there."

·         "Even though I'm at the end of my rope with this, I choose to be patient and understanding with myself and do something wonderfully constructive for myself TODAY."

·         "Even though I feel I can't stand it another moment, I choose to be aware of my own strength and stamina and contact the inner peaceful core of myself."

·         "Even though I'm outraged at what is happening to my body, I choose to be continuously in contact with my Higher (spirit, etc.) Self and derive great beauty from it."

Anger at Physicians or Care Givers

Rage at people who seem to have let the person down, such as doctors who failed to diagnose correctly or prescribed incorrect treatment, can be a contaminating factor that hampers the recovery of any ill person. Some useful set-up phrases for this can be:

·         "Even though I'm furious at (doctor, nurse etc.) for making that mistake, I choose to accept it, and go on, and become strong and healthy."

·         "Even though I'm furious at (doctor, nurse etc.), I choose to let it go, and allow healing to occur throughout my whole being."

Enforced Dependency

A negative aspect of many illnesses is the unwelcome dependence upon others it causes. Some EFT setup phrases for this are:

·         "Even though I hate to have to depend on others this way, I choose to find an increasing number of small things that I can do for myself VERY SATISFACTORILY."

·         "Even though I hate to have to depend on others this way, I choose to use this situation to learn how to receive from others, and from life (the universe, etc.)."

·         "Even though I hate to have to depend on others, I choose to learn something absolutely essential for my life from this."

·         "Even though I hate to have to depend on others this way, I choose to accept this situation as having a meaning which I don't understand at the moment."

These are just some of the ways that EFT can be of help in conditions of illness or injury. There are many others, and I may address this subject again in future.

Dr. Patricia Carrington, EFT Master

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