Thoughts on Healing and Living

My husband, Daniel, started laughing. It's a hearty laugh I only ever hear him do when he's either caught totally off guard or when he's smoked something funky. 😏

"What are you gonna do?-morph into a power ranger?" He chuckled.

I started laughing with him. Sometimes, I can't believe the things I do to get rid of anxiety...

We were in the car on the way to the park with our kids when a panic attack hit me hard. So without hesitation I started doing TFT (Thought Field Therapy) by tapping my:

1. inner eyebrow,
2. outer eyebrow,
3. under my eyes,
4. under my nose,
5. my chin,
6. under my collarbones,
7. and then... this is the part that made my husband lose it- I slapped my wrist with my opposite hand and took a deep, (loud) breath in and then out.

I might as well have said, Go, go, Power Rangers!

It looks so ridiculous, but oh, it works so well.

After a few quick rounds, the panic attack was gone and my mood was actually very good. I was ready to run around with the kids at the playground.

A Little Bit About TFT (Thought Field Therapy)

In the 1980s, psychologist Roger Callahan noticed that he wasn't progressing with a client suffering from a severe water phobia. Nothing he did seemed to work, so during one of their sessions, he asked her to tap under her eye.

In just moments she was totally healed of her water phobia! (more of the story here)

Although this is not necessarily the norm, this was a pivotal moment for him because he realized that the body had to be involved when healing mental health issues.

He delved deeper into pressure points and energy fields and developed tons of sequences to help people overcome mental, physical and emotional obstacles.

The sequence I shared with you is one that specifically helps me when I'm dealing with panic and fear.

How TFT Works

When I looked at the science behind TFT tapping online, I saw it talked a lot about energy fields. I don't doubt its validity, but I don't know enough about energy fields to even begin to explain how that works.

So, I did some research on how TFT affects the vagus nerve and I found that the tapping points often align with the vagus nerve, which, when stimulated, can cause the body to gently move out of a fight-or-flight (sympathetic) state to a rest-and-digest (parasympathetic) state.

The vagus nerve has everything to do with healing anxiety because it helps get you out of panic mode into a relaxed state without feeling totally exhausted and collapsed.

📚Resources Mentioned In This Post

• ​Last Week's Newsletter about the Havening Technique​
• Thought Field Therapy
  • ​tfttapping.com​
  • ​https://www.thoughtfieldtherapy.net/​
• ​Polyvagal Theory by Dr. Stephen Porges​

Let me know if you try TFT tapping! (If you do the sequence I share in this email, I find pinching your wrist, instead of slapping it, works pretty well in case you don't want to look like you're about to morph into a Power Ranger!)

Thank you for being here,

🖤Donna

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