A gentle, gradual way to deal with severe trauma

This technique for severe trauma is very gentle if you follow

the instructions an take it easy.

Rule 1: Do not go directly into the trauma.

Rule 2: Use the movie technique 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.

Here is the basic technique.

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 your mind that it is showing

you the little keys to the problem first.

Use the setup each time and say to yourself while continuously

patting on the Karate Spot of your hand "Even though I have this

feeling 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 try

patting through a Remaining Round.

If that is not successful review Low response.

Now resume your movie very gently

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 your 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 be carrying around the emotions that were attached to

it. Return to Patting Central here.