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When a person has many different symptoms as a result of a trauma (as your client does) each SYMPTOM is not an Aspect in the strict sense of this term, rather I would consider the symptom to be a different (although related) ISSUE to be worked on.

The term Aspects refers to the various CAUSES of a problem.  They are the tributaries that flow into the river which is the issue, and which give the issue its power.  Looking at it another way, Aspects could be said to constitute the "Family Tree" of any particular problem. Unlike the symptoms, which are overt expressions of the problem, the Aspects are often hidden or not clearly remembered, and won't become evident until you dig for them.

For example, some Aspects of your client's post-accident trauma might be:

• the feeling of having been out of control when the car collided
• the sound of the crash
• the sound of screeching brakes
• the glare of the headlights coming at her before the crash
• the shock and bewilderment of the impact
• her fear as she waited, perhaps helplessly, for an ambulance
• something a rescue worker may have said that frightened her, (such as, "I don't know if we can handle this").

Although someone's chance remark such as the above might not have been referring to her at all but perhaps to some mechanical difficulty with the ambulance etc. -- a traumatized patient can misinterpret ANY remark they hear and apply it to themselves.  It will then be responded to much like a post hypnotic suggestion because of the altered state the person is in at the time.

I could continue the above list, but I think you get the idea.  Aspects are specific CONTRIBUTORS to a symptom, or to a distress, which the person is experiencing.  They often need to be unearthed by strategic questioning such as:

 "Is there anything ELSE about the accident that particularly bothered you (frightened you, etc.)?"

One by one, these important details can be unearthed and the more specific they are the better because then you can test to see if the intensity level is being reduced when you work on them.

Another type of Aspect that may be pertinent to investigate with your client is whether there were any past accidents (say in childhood) that this present one may have triggered.  These need not be accidents to herself, they could have been accidents that happened to someone close to her that she heard about, or accidents she witnessed (even ones she saw on TV) etc.

In the case of your client, you will also want to unearth what dreads were activated by this happening.  At some point along the line she may even need to tap on, "Even though I might have been killed in this accident, I choose to know that I am SAFE now."  Or, "I choose to know that I am still ALIVE and that I am safe now."

Not realizing that one is presently safe, or in some cases not realizing on a gut level that one is still even ALIVE, is an aftermath of trauma that can cause tremendous difficulty for the victim of an accident or disaster, even though this reaction is not recognized or dealt with by many trauma specialists. I have found that formulating EFT Choices to deal with these fundamental doubts about one's own safety or existence is especially healing for trauma victims.

To summarize, EFT for accident victims requires careful attention to the many Aspects that may be involved in their reactions.  When this is attended to, many related symptoms may collapse all at once and cease to bother the person. 

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