Posted by kath on July 14, 2006, at 21:57:30
In reply to Re: Ouch!!!!!!!! » Kath, posted by over 55 on July 5, 2006, at 9:16:47
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> Hi Kath,
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> Now I am really interested. The easier, the better. It is amazing how even if something does work, my memory is short enough that I will reach for a pill instead of just tapping!! Or I will "suffer" for awhile before rememebering to "tap". I am definitely going to look at TAT and try it. I use the easy method of EFT. The idea for getting to the sourse from what I have gathered from reading the Newsletter is to "tap" on new issues as they come up when dealing with any emotional issue. I usually just want the bad feelings to just go away so don't focus on "listening" to anything coming up, just concentrate on the tapping to get it over with. I just need to remember to tap and not suffer!! Hope you have a great holiday and will chat again soon. thanks for the info.Hi - I'm back! That's interesting. Lately, I have been writing in a journal when I wake up.
Actually, often I wake up feeling crappy from dreams and like you, I want to GET RID OF THE BAD FEELINGS as darned quickly as possible, thank you very much!
While I was away, I'd do TAT right when I woke up - without words - just with the intention of getting rid of the feeling from my dreams. Then, when I felt freed of that, I'd write in my journal - just 'stream of consciousness' - whatever I was thinking went down on the paper.
What happened was really interesting. If something was bothering me I'd put a hyphen at the edge of the page & write it - for ex.....
- worrying about how I'll get all that sorting done
Then I'd either do TAT or tap & that would dissolve. Then I'd write whatever else came into my mind & sometimes emotions would come up or I'd understand WHY I was upset about something, etc.
I have had the tendency to just do the TAT hold to 'get rid of' whatever yukky feeling I have, but a few days ago I realized that if I could 'handle' feeling the feeling & maybe thinking about it, or understanding why I felt like that, etc, it might actually be better for me. I'm very much like you in that I want to NOT feel uncomfortable stuff.
Lately I'm trying to be less panicky about feeling 'uncomfortable' things. I'm trying to realize that the total spectrum of feelings from joy down to despair, are part of being alive & I don't need to panic about uncomfortable feelings. I can have them & I WILL be okay.
That said, I AM glad of TAT & EFT. I think knowing that I CAN get rid of yukky feelings helps me to be more comfortable in feeling them. Almost like if I had a bottle of aspirin on the table, I might be more calm having a headache & waiting to see if I decide I WILL to take an aspirin.
And THAT being said - I HAVE taken a valerian pill for the last few days to help me cope with my feelings regarding a situation that I had to deal with when I returned home! I'll go into detail about THAT on the Social Board.
I've 'tapped' & done the TAT hold about this thing a few times, but don't want to do my usual of not being in the present & in my feelings, as this is probably important for me to feel.
If you want to know about that, as I said, I'll post it at Social. Not sure if I'll do it right now, as it's 11 pm-ish.
I'm delighted that people are interested, as I find these amazing tools!
:-)) Kath
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