Hello,

 I was dignosed with diabetes last year and since then seem to have on going problems, at the moment its spur heel, and I cannot walk as suppose to and even though have tapped and tapped have had no relief , my psorises is getting worse, and though the EFT has helped a lot with the fear, it is not touching the pain.

All I can say is Help.

Would be most grateful if anyone can.

Blue  

Without a lot to go on, I would say that you need to do a lot of work that revolves around a lifetime of sadness and grief. The "diagnosis" is a curse in that you are given a reason not to take responsibility for your feelings and actions--after all it's not your fault you have diabetes. It is this not taking responsibility that fuels the psoriasis. Heel spur represents a fear to move forward in life--but that too is not your fault either.

So take responsibility--you got yourself into this, only you can get yourself out. Cut out sweets--even artificial ones as they fool the body into a sugar spike. Start taking fiber--a mix of soluble and insoluble fiber--at least 35 grams per day. Tap on the sadness and grief that got you here. Get to the core events.

Even though I don't want to take responsibility...
Even though I'm afraid to take responsibility...
Even though I'm angry that he says it's my fault...

Then go after the sadness and grief.

Hi Blue, 

I'll assume that you're doing everything possible from a medical standpoint to address the condition -- correct? Like wearing the proper orthotics, physical therapy, not walking barefoot, consulting with foot/ankle specialist, etc., ?   

That being said, Can you give us a little more information?  You mentioned that EFT has helped with "the fear"... Can you say more about that?  For example, Is this a fear of the diabetes, a fear of pain, a fear of not being able to walk?   Give us some insight.

 - Have you been determinedly doing enough of the setup?  ex:  "Even though I have this terrible pain, I deeply and completely accept myself" while emphatically & deeply rubbing of the sore spot?  What other set-up phrases have you been using? 

 - What old emotional issues have you identified that might be contributing to "not being able to stand on your own two feet" or "not being able to stand up for yourself"?  What might you be feeling a need to punish yourself for?  Is there anyone you've been "stepping on", or been domineering toward? (or likewise, someone being this way toward you?)  What (or who) might you be very angry at?   These are just some ideas, but they are the kinds of questions you'll need to be asking yourself. 

In addition to the emotional work, it can be VERY helpful to also tap directly on (and around) the feet, ankles, & plantar fascia -- inside and outside of the ankle & leg (and even very gently directly where the pain is centered).  Here's a diagram with some of the points (although not all)  http://www.acumedico.com/leg.htm .  If it's comfortable to tap more firmly, go ahead and do that -- if you feel certain areas that seem more sensitive, that's a good indication of stuck energy and focusing on those areas additionally can bring a lot of benefit.

Let us know...

 Hello Leigha, And Chip,

First thank you so much for taken the time to answer my sorry story.  I used to always say I was born with disease called FEAR, it effected every part of my life while rearing my children. I have done a lot of work around fear especily money, (from my Mother, bless her) I suppose what I am saying is I do not do fear in a little way, its always huge, so when I was told about the diebetes it all came back again, I did not want to die. 

Now and since then everything is getting worse, I may lose my job as its hard to get out of bed in the mornings Pain!! I am not so old 60year, and now I apreciate I would like to be here in the world with my lovely family, including grandchildren.

I feel that I am one big mess, with no begining and no end of the misery in sight.

I am I feel looking after myself I changed my diet bigtime and lost a lot of weight, up to 3weeks ago I was walking everyday, doing Tai  Chi, all that is now stopped, but I still swim.

I know I do not want to take responsability, I am at the bottom  of every job of work I do, I did 4 years of college for Homeopathy, knowing I would never do anything with it, I am never good enough.

In here is shame of being what I am, (all of above) and exposing myself. 

I  am overwhelemed by all this.

I feel hopeless,

and very insecure.

Thank you again,

Blue  

I am now feeling sorry for you to have to read all this,  

Hi Blue,

Here are my thoughts:  This comment,

blue:

I am now feeling sorry for you to have to read all this,

tells me that you're not only, as you mentioned, ridden with fear -- but are also engaging in a good deal of self-degradation.  There is no shortage of people in the world who would be more than willing to jump on that bandwagon with you and "help you" attack yourself by victimizing you.  In the realm of spirituality and "oneness" there is no nobility in attacking and condemning yourself, nor feeling "sorry" for people who may joyously be called to assist you in whatever manner they may be capable.  Self-condemnation & self-punishment can be viewed as an ego attempt to self administer our own human conception of "justice," in hopes of somehow escaping what we think may be god's punishment.  ("If I punish myself  sufficiently, and for long enough, then God won't need to punish me." -- Could any of this be resonating with you?)

Attacking yourself -- not having faith in the worthiness of you, denying your value, your power, etc., is not only a move against yourself, but is also very often a springboard for an attitude of degradation against those who are standing by you, and loving you, and helping you.  The (usually unconscious) thought sounds a little something like this:  "I am so absolutely worthless, that if someone else is low enough to actually think of me as worthwhile, then THEY must be even less worthy than I am... therefore, anyone's loving opinion of me -- though I sort of appreciate it -- is ultimately insignificant."   There's no where to go with all this except deeper and deeper into despair, depression, sickness and victimization.

I fully recognize that these kinds of thoughts/feelings are almost always tied back to some kind of valid childhood trauma, and I'm not saying that your conscious mind is purposely engaging in any of this behavior.   In truth, you probably honestly do not recognize what you're doing to yourself.  I may be off-base with all of this, and if so, just disregard everything.  But even if what I'm saying MIGHT be ringing true for you, don't be surprised if you experience some heavy resistance.  The ego will try to see this as just one more piece of "evidence" that you are worthless and deserving of punishment.

It's a vicious cycle -- but it must be you who makes the decision to try to tame and stop it, whether you're 60 or 90.  Please be very patient with yourself (which means you must first become determined to decide -- once and for all -- that you are worth being patient for) and also you must be very persistent.  I think you'd also benefit greatly by seeking out a good therapist to help you through the process.

You have an incredible opportunity here Blue.  Your body is yelling out to you, helping to guide you back to past mistakes in understanding, angers resentments and guilts which are quite literally being retained in your body.  The only way out of them, is to go back through them.  While doing EFT, don't be afraid to deeply own, admit and explore whatever you may see as your guilts or your failings -- whether it's hatred toward someone who may have harmed you in some way, or vengeance, retaliation, fear, or deep sadness.... go ahead and endulge in all the depths of them -- BUT ONLY WHEN APPLYING EFT.  EFT allows them to be released, rather than reinforced.  

If any of this is ringing true for you, I'd be happy to correspond further with you through our private message system -- just click on "contact" and select "private message" or "email."  Or, if I'm off base, I might be able to give you some other directions to go in.

Many Blessings to you Blue -- I know you can do this!

Hi Blue, I am 58 years young(oh how I love to say that)and very new to this EFT.  I was dignosed

with tendinitis, fibrositis, fibromyalgy, and myfacia in 1989. (Sorry about the spelling). Then got a bone spur on my heal in 2003. On the first 4 I suffered for years and just got over an attack on my hip that lasted a year and a half. For the spur I put a gel pad in my shoe along with another heal gel on that one foot. The Dr. Wouldn’t do anything. Then cried a lot. : ) I didn’t know anything about tapping back then this is new to me in the last 6 mo., and believe me my fear of this, because of my up bringing was quite scarry to put it mildly.

My next step since I no longer have fear. I believe I will advance quickly. The thing I need to, I guess tap on is, starting something and never sticking to it. I want to see results and I want it yesterday : ), I feel good about this and I desire to be consistent. I also am checking my thoughts and even more so I am watching the words that come out of those thoughts. We have so much power within ourselves that we don’t stop to realize how true those words in Proverbs are that say; "death and life are in the power of the tongue," so we do create the things that go on in our live’s.  I said all this to say that maybe the 2 of us will not give up, but start maybe with just 5 min. a day.  little by little we can make great progress.