Why eft is not working

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Her fear of unwanted sexual attention will have to be addressed first before weight-loss issues can be successfully addressed. A blocking belief is interfering This is similar to the concept of secondary gains in that another issue is interfering with making progress on the current issue. Once we identify and clear the blocking belief, EFT works swimmingly.

Examples of blocking beliefs include, "nothing will help me," "I'm afraid that I am doing this wrong," "I don't deserve to get over my problems," "I can never get over my problems," and so on. Your feelings about the issue are interfering Sometimes our feelings about the issue we are trying to work on interfere with making progress. For instance, I was working with a yoga teacher with pain in her hip. Her pain level initially went down from an 8 to a 6 but wouldn't go any lower after two more rounds of tapping.

I asked her how she felt about the pain in her hip. She said that she felt like an idiot for having this injury since she's a yoga teacher with great flexibility. We then tapped on "even though I feel like an idiot for having this injury" and her pain dropped to a 3 after just one round. Another example was when I was working with a client on an emotional issue without initial progress. I asked her how she felt about having the issue. She said that she felt shame about having the issue.

We tapped on the shame first, and then progress on the original issue went smoothly. A deeper issue is interfering. Specific categories of issues interfering with EFT were covered in earlier sections i. However, there are many types of deeper issues that can interfere with a current issue. Larger issues generally arise from upsetting experiences early in life. When an important issue is "hiding" behind a lesser presenting issue, the whole process seems to falter.

This is because the real issue is not being addressed. You might try simply asking yourself, " If there was a larger emotional issue here, what might it be? You'll either be right or uncover another important issue to work on.

Then, try tapping on the larger emotional issue by clearing painful memories associated with it. Finding deeper issues on one's own, however, can sometimes be hard. That's where a good therapist can be helpful.

You are switching aspects during the tapping It is sometimes the case that you are actually making good progress even though the level of upset stays high. This can happen when there are multiple aspects to the issue and as each aspect is cleared, another one comes up. Check to see if the part that was originally bothering you still does. It may be that you are now focusing on a different aspect.

If so, then EFT is working fine. You just need to clear each aspect that comes up until you are done. Here's an example. Suppose a person still exhibits trauma symptoms from an auto accident 20 years ago. When asked what bothers them about the accident the person says, "The headlights!! The headlights!! I can still see them coming at me. The person says, "Yes. Now it is the screams in the car. Once that is relieved you may run into other aspects such as guilt for going too fast, anger at the other driver, etc.

Each one needs to be cleared. When nothing works, get help Sometimes we can't discover on our own why EFT is not working for us. This is because we can't see ourselves objectively and are too close to the problem. In this case, it can be very helpful to work with a therapist to uncover the block and clear it. I have done this a number of times with clients who were not initially getting success with EFT. It typically only takes one session to discover and clear the block.

Lack of persistence is another common reason why you may not be getting the results you want with EFT. Set aside at least 1 hour to tap on your issue. Give yourself enough time to process completely.

You can contact us here. EFT Not Working? What now? EFT not working means you have run up against blockages Here are some common reasons why it you might be having problems: 1: As a beginner, you need to be very specific and focus on one event or aspect of an issue.

Emotional freedom techniques have received glowing praise for fast and effective personal change and the removal of painful emotional responses. Tens of thousands of nasty life sapping emotional garbage has gone from the planet and sometimes miracles seam to happen, always good to expect miracles.

However, just as many people have had little or no result. So what is going on when this happens? Their can be number of reasons why EFT does not seam to work , incorrect tapping eft is not just about tapping, that's only a small part of it Non specific set up statement.

Negative expectation. Negative self hypnosis and lack of knowledge and inexperience in using the techniques. All these can and do play a part at one time or another and that's why visiting an advanced practitioner or having a skype session with them can solve many problems and make things faster and easer for you.

We usually have two common problems when eft does not work. Psychological reversal and subconscious incongruence. Unrealistic expectations about the amount of work required.