A gentle, gradual way to reduce..
and perhaps eliminate
anxiety associated with severe trauma

This technique for severe trauma is very gentle if you follow the instructions and take it easy.

Rule 1: Do not go directly into the trauma until you are very comfortable about it after patting on many other issues leading up to the event.

Rule 2: Use the movie technique below to make a movie of the event in your mind starting from before anything happened, do not progress into the event yet.

Rule 3: Keep patting on all the energy points as you think about the movie.

Rule 4: If you feel the slightest anxiety, keep patting on the points one after the other until it has passed before going on to the next part of your movie.

Review the patting points and practice them if you are unsure at

Patting Points

Review the patting round instructions here.

This is the basic "severe trauma" technique.

Start patting on the points going from one to the other patting a few times on each while you begin a movie in your mind of what led up to the event that caused the severe trauma and stop at the first sign of anxiety.

Please stop when you feel the slightest amount of anxiety, even if it is anxiety on just doing this. Do not think it will take forever if you have to pat on every little thing before even going into the main event.

It is essential for this to work properly that you pat on every small piece of anxiety even if it seems to be unrelated to the severe trauma event.

Your mind works in mysterious ways which is why you suffer from the event now anyway. Just trust that your mind is showing you the little keys to the problem first.

Use the setup each time you stop to remove a small anxiety and say to yourself while continuously patting on the Karate Spot of your hand "Even though I have 'this feeling' (or describe the feeling like 'scared feeling', or 'embarrassment' etc.) I accept myself anyway" three times.

Then use the reminder phrase "this feeling" as you pat on each of the seven points about seven times each. If the feeling has not gone after that try patting through a Remaining Round.

If that is not successful review Low response.

Now resume your movie very gently

Now that you have removed the first anxiety feelings start your movie again from before the event and creep a little closer to the event while continuously tapping on all of the points one after the other and once again be sensitive to any anxiety no matter how unrelated it seems. Stop at each anxiety and do the patting round followed by the remaining round on that anxiety.

You will gradually feel more comfortable as you approach the event. The closer you get to the actual event which may have many aspects, episodes or emotions attached, the more cautious you should be about going too far. Keep patting as you progress into your movie.

When you get to a traumatic part you should be feeling more in control. There will often be many aspects/feelings/emotions attached to each one. Try to identify each feeling for each traumatic event and do the patting round on each one separately.

If you begin to weep, or become highly emotional

You must keep patting on each point one after the other while in this emotional state until you settle down substantially. It will work. Just keep doing it - it is very important for your recovery even if it takes a few minutes of patting which will feel like your arm is going to drop off from the effort. Take a rest if you need it for a few minutes or a few days, or keep going if you want to. Just do what you feel is best and trust yourself.

When you begin again start from the top of this page and go through the same pathway which is to begin before the event and pat on any anxiety that comes up before going back to where you left off.

Use the movie technique again of running a little movie through your mind of the event and what led up to it. You may be surprised that many more anxieties that are seemingly unrelated have popped up now before the event. You may also be surprised at the ease of which you are now able to move into the event itself that was too painful to think of before. Use lots of caution here again please. When you come across an anxious feeling use the patting round to remove it before going further into the event. Remove all anxieties and their associated incidents before progressing.

By following this simple procedure you will eventually remove all emotional charge that you had on that severely traumatic event.

You will always remember vividly what happened, but you will not feel the emotions that were attached to it before.

Once you have removed all the emotions regarding the incident you will not think about it much anymore, it will not feature in your memory any longer. The emotional charge will be gone.

You will feel a great sense of relief and relaxation. It is amazing how heavy these feelings are and yet most people do not realize until they are removed.

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