Diseases General Discussion

Bad Breath

JimiKid — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:38:53 GMT

Hi Everyone,

I'm a teen that has terrible bad breath issues and am studying EFT. This problem is causing many other issues like shame and
low self esteem. Can EFT work on bad breath?

TMJ?..bruxism?...

shuwei — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:34:10 GMT

Dear EFTers of this forum,

I have been learning and using EFT for all my problems since last year and making appointments with a practitioner since then too and the below have just cropped up.

I have not gone to get a confirmation of my jaw problem(I suspect it's either bruxism or TMJ) as I may not want to see my dentist until I try EFT on it. She had told me b4 that my headaches on the left side of my headache condition is partly due misaligned lower jaw and it doesn't help that I am a stress biter. My misaligned lower jaw is inherited from my dad - this sucks eggs!! since I have this disgust of my dad. (I haven't tapped on this bit yet as it's a long list of things)

I was using the mouth grip? since 2007 and the best part was around last year, the insides of the grip cracked and came apart!...Was horrified yet in awe that I did that. Lol...So, only the shell's left now! and because it costs me alot to get it again...I'm still using it regardless and could see that my bites have caused indents to it. I've been getting headaches, aches and pains on the left side of my head down to my shoulders-wtf!..lol

Anyhow, I noticed that there has not been any successful case mentioned in this forum but I'm hoping there will be!...

It's been tiring tapping away actually..Lol...Below was what I had done with some relief though.

Anyway, I did tapping occasionally for:

Lower jaw rolling up and off the right side of my face

Jaw misalignment (felt nothing)

Stress, upset & angry that I have this jaw misalighnment like my dad's in my jaw(felt a bit calm)

Teeth grinding(slight improvement only)

Tighten jaw(slight improvement only)

Tightness on the left side of my head to my shoulder (very subtle cooling sensation)

I will be tapping on my career-no direction/no prospect/no progress emotions tied to them to see if it's related to my teeth grinding and see what happens...Perhaps I could tap on my emotions towards my dad and see if there's improvement to my left side pains.

Would be grateful for some suggestion/advice/ideas on what else I could be missing. Hope to hear from anyone here.

Blessings to you!

Kim

Loss of Appetite from Drug Withdrawal

Seb C — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:14:55 GMT

Hi, everyone,

I am a twenty year old man who lost his appetite, initially as a result of withdrawal from Risperdal. It has been going on since last December, and so it has lasted for the better part of a year; so long that by this time, I suspect that drug withdrawal isn't even a factor. I have been to a doctor (also an eft practitioner, by the way) on several occasions, but she doesn't know how to help, and moreover, she hasn't given me specific enough instruction on how to do eft, no matter how many times I begged her to. I have also been to my physician and even a psychologist, both of whom were unable to help. Despite all that, I think I know how to do it, and I have done it for a few emotional traumas I have experienced, and was successful with the pursuit.

To cut to the chase, I have recently noticed that I have some deep seated anger towards people and entities whom I perceive to have wronged me. I don't feel terrible when I think of these things, but I still believe it to be an unhealthy thinking pattern, as it is all I ever think about, and I find that it keeps me from enjoying my life "in the moment." It is very difficult for others to detect, because I have an excellent sense of humor, and I do a good job of not letting my anger manifest itself in a social situation. When I am alone, however, I am always thinking about how "I almost died, because I was chronically overdosed," "The art teacher tattled on me, because she wanted me back on drugs, and she wanted me dead," "The other students at the school were jealous because I finally got off drugs, and was enjoying life, and they would have stopped at nothing to have me back on drugs," etc. These thinking patterns usually take a smug tone, which is masked as gratitude, in that, for instance, when I say to someone, "I'm really happy that I have a second chance at life." what I am thinking is something more along the lines of, "Hah! No one will ever cause me any harm, and it's not like that f***in' b*****d would have ever gotten his way, anyway. I am invincible!"

The only thing that is a potential barrier to the resolution of these issues is that I don't believe that they make me feel bad enough to cause this appetite loss. It is a very sour and sulky way of thinking, I'll admit, but is that alone qualification enough for me to do eft, and get the results that I want?

The other thing that has been hindering me from doing eft is that I have experienced so many traumas in my life, that I don't know where to start the process, and I am also not confident enough to believe that eft will work, because the circumstances revolving around my appetite loss are so equivocal that I am not entirely sure as to whether it was an emotional trauma, or something else.

Any ideas that you may have would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, and God bless,

S C

alzheimer's

Anonymous — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:00:45 GMT

Has anyone had success in treating Alzheimer's with EFT?

Thank you

breakouts

Curiosity — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:11:56 GMT

I have been doing EFT for a few weeks now and noticing a very subtle difference in my chronic acid reflux. I have decided to just keep tapping, and hopefully, eventually, it will release it's hold on me. However, an odd thing has happened. I am breaking out with pimples. I rarely have this and was wondering if this is something that happens when you start tapping on deep seated issues.

Many thanks in advance for your wisdom.

Help & Suggestions for EFT Phrasing for Steroid Side Effects

NeedHelp — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:29:57 GMT

My sister is taking a cocktail of drugs for brain cancer. I have been trying surrogate tapping on curing or killing the cancer as well as on the side effects from all the medications. This is an aggressive form of cancer so time is of the importance. Without an MRI I can't tell if I'm doing any good on the cancer itself so I go on faith and belief that I can make a difference even if she never knows. I am very, very new to EFT and see the promise and potential of applying it. She was intrigued but won't persue it on her own. Right now I would like to get her some significant reduction to the swelling or edema that she is experiencing from taking the steroids. Her dose was increased due to the swelling in her head so she is experiencing more bloating, weight gain, and has puffiness or "moon face" which is a rounded, fullness that is quite recognizable to anyone familiar with steroid use. She is hating how she looks especially in the face because of the steroid side effects. Can this be helped with EFT? How about with surrogate EFT? Most every night as I go to bed I try to work on these issues for her. Can you offer phrasing suggestions as a surrogate so that I can get some results for her? These side effects are common for this drug so it is not just a coincidence that she experiences them. Can I get her body to only respond to the beneficial effects of the drug rather than the harmful ones? Can this be done relatively quickly? I'd rather focus on the disease but fixing or improving her physical appearance would be a great boost for her. Seeing the change on the outside would also give me more hope and confidence that I am helping to improve her healing of the brain cancer, too.

Help! Tinnitus started last night but still stuck now (afternoon)

Hopeful — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 06:01:03 GMT

Hi all,

Here's the case. I woke up around 4am last night and started hearing a loud sound (can't describe what is it). I kept hearing it for quite sometime and finally decided to get up and see what it is. The moment I got up the sound stop. Then, for a short while I was afraid I that I have schrophrenia (I read that schrophrenia is where you heard sounds that is not from external source). After that I convinced myself it's just a coincidence, that maybe whoever cause the sound stop at the same time I got up. I remember going to the washroom and blowing my nose quite hard (I have sinus that night). After that I went back to sleep and this noise that sound like 'vvvvvvvvv' or 'far away cricket sound' or something whinging in my ear/heard. I have experience this before. It's like the sound you heard in a very quiet room on the middle of the night.But, it will go away when I move my sleeping position, shake my ear a bit or when I woke up in the morning. But, today, it's already noon and I still have it. The intensity also varies. It subside a lot when I walk around or go to the pantry or washroom. But, when I sit for a while in my office, I will hear this noise again. I will hear it louder when I try to read or listen to music (innertalk stress free music), but, subsided when I am typing, googling, talking on the phone. But, even talking to the phone, if talk too long, I'll hear the sound.

I tried EFT

'Eventhough I have this vvvvv or insect sound in my head I totally and completely love and except myself.'

No effect

So, I try saying a lot of things while tapping like

- I don't know why it's here

- maybe the shock last night caused it

- maybe I blow my nose too hard

Whenever I say the blow my nose part, my is started to breath in hard but can't breath out. When I said other stuff, I can breath normally. Sometimes, I tap, I feel some block in my ears, but, can't tap it away. I don't know how to go from here, what to say.

Btw, my nose is currently block. I've have sinuses for years since I was a kid. But, these past few years, more severe and everything, I blow my nose very hard. Hope this will go away by itself soon.

I call my tuina therapist. She said weak kidney and 'ear water' imbalance will cause it.After regulating Qi flow, it will go away.

seborrheic dermatitis

zannie — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:22:58 GMT

I am having a serious bout with seborrheic dermatitis. I am going crazy. It burns and itches so badly on my scalp, upper forehead, and behind my ears.

Some things that have happened recently: My husband is on a temporary medical leave; meaning he's home all day and is driving me crazy. I am a stay-at-home mom who homeschools two kids. I'm concerned about his health because he is the only one who brings home a paycheck. Rash has become much worse since the beginning of his medical leave, of course. A lot of angry feelings in my house. He's very angry about his job and I am trying to keep everything under control, but I guess I have a lot of repressed anger and it's coming thru my skin.

Also, have a weaker than normal immune system, in the first place. Have an autoimmune disease (doing ok with that now.) So this contributes to the whole problem.

If anyone has any suggestions I would appreciate it. I need some pain resolution. I am about to lose what's left of my mind. LOL

Thank you.

Suzanne

Confusion about phrases..

Tracey — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:50:15 GMT

I am extremely new to EFT. I stumbled upon it when looking for alternative therapies to relieve stress. I was very impressed. But I have some confusion about the phrases. I have followed phrasing suggested by others, but would like to use my own so that I am hitting on my own issues. I'm just not sure what to state initially and what to state as I tap around the different points. Currently, I am sick with a sinus/sore throat thing and want to use EFT to alleviate the symptoms.

Also, on another issue..I have been in remission from sarcoidosis for 2 years now. I know that it is something that can come back with a vengence and I don't want it back! Should I tap to make sure it stays gone?

Any advice would be most welcome! Thanks! :-)

lyme disease

gayatri — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:36:53 GMT

Has anyone had success treating lyme disease specifically? Any info would be deeply appreciated.

Warts

Carole27 — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:09:12 GMT

Has anyone had success eliminating warts? I have been tapping for several days now and not sure if there is any progress. Any suggestions?

Thanks, Carole

Acne - what is my underlying emotion?

Boris K — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:35:35 GMT

I've been suffering from facial acne for more than 2 years now (I'm 21) and have tried everything. When I found out about EFT this was the first thing I addressed. So far, I've hardly seen any change though.

I'm tapping on "Even though I have this acne...", but it doesn't seem to have an effect. It's been days now and I'd expect at least some change, but it's really minimal. I mean I do see some change I guess, but it's not the miracle effect I expected from using EFT.

Perhaps my setup phrase is wrong? I'm guessing that there's some kind of emotional issue in my past that causes the above setup phrase to be only somewhat effective. I'm hoping therefore that if I tap on the underlying issue, the acne will be cured as well. That, at least, is the premise of EFT as I've come to understand it.

So what is it?

I've tried:

"Even though I don't accept myself as I am..."

"Even though I have to be perfect..."

"Even though I'm not seeing any change..."

"Even though EFT doesn't work for me..."

And a few others.

I'm hoping that there's some kind of common emotional cause for acne which I might find in myself as well. Has anyone encountered an acne case which was caused by an easy-to-fix emotional issue?

I'd be grateful for any tips, suggestions, phrases anything.

One last thing (which I kinda just realized now more or less): The acne seemed to get worse after I started building a modeling career. I was just about to get a contract with a modeling agency when my acne got so bad I was too embarassed to face my future employer. I haven't heard from him either. Anything I could address here? Fear of success? I think I tried that already though.

And one more thing: I used to have really bad back acne before my facial acne started, but that took care of its own after a trip to a sunny destination. The facial acne, after receiving the same sunny treatment, reappeared though.

Thank you immeasurably in advance!!

-- Boris

Polycystic Kidney

George — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:59:46 GMT

Does anyone have experience with Polycystic Kidney?

Are there any case you deal that I can learn with?

thanks,

George

georgepatrao@uol.com.br (Brazil)

Blood clots

irisa73 — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:01:28 GMT

Hi Everyone,

A 17.5 yrs. old teenager came to see me as a psychologist, he knows nothing of EFT. We had an introductory session and he told me that he was discovered with a tendency for blood clots (thrombophilia). He already had a clot in his leg and has to take a drug called COMADINE for the rest of his life, to thin his blood and prevent clots. Apparently it's genetic and his condition is rare in his age and very dangerous.

He said he only came to see me to please his father. He's OK and usually leads a normal life. He's very ahtletic and does lots of sports, there was a time when he did less because of the clot, but now he does everything as usual. He can't join the army because of the clots, and he really wanted to, so that's a disappointment, but he might volunteer.

I thought to try and work with him on his physical condition, because that might be a doorway to treatment. His father thinks he has pent-up anger and the home situation is not good - parents fight constantly and the father wants to divorce but will stay till his son finishes high school.

My question is this: Does anyone have experience with this sort of physical issue? If yes, is there a common emotional theme behind this situation? and also, what are my chances of introducing EFT to this unmotivated teenager?

Thanks,

Iris

slipped disc

Rachel G. — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:59:01 GMT

Has anyone helped anyone in agony from a slipped disc (when they do certain movements). He has been told that it is pressing on a nerve and will probably need surgery. Does anyone have any info or advice, or someone to recommend for this field of injury? Preferably French speaking. Thanks a million.

Advice needed for helping someone with Parkinson's

eva — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:30:47 GMT

Hello, everyone! What a great forum! I'm fairly new to EFT, and want to give just a brief background on where I'm coming from before I ask my question.

I haven't actually used it much on myself (no physical problems, knock on wood, though emotionally I could really use some work clearing negative thought patterns, and am slowly making my way in that direction); I'm very excited about it, though, and am watching the videos (I love them!) to gain a deeper understanding of the process and big picture.

At this point, I have showed/demonstrated it to probably about forty people (I've lost count), and gotten really good results every single time; I gave them my "Readers' Digest" version of an explanation, and directed them to the website and free manual; I even did some work over the phone with a friend, and we made the chronic pain in his knees go away with only a few rounds of tapping.

I can not get over how wonderful this stuff is - I keep scraping my jaw off the floor every time, and wondering when I'm going to wake up... Now here is the situation I'm writing about: My neighbor is in his seventies, and has pretty advanced Parkinson's.

He has trouble hearing, a great deal of trouble speaking (can hardly talk above a whisper, and is very hard to understand.)

He can't stand or walk on his own, has tremors in both hands, dementia (delusions and confusion alternating with perfect clarity and even a sense of humor) and basically needs care 24/7 with activities of daily living, all of which are provided by his family.

Obviously, I would love to be able to help him (in my fantasy world, we get rid of the PD altogether, but even some relief from his symptoms would be great) and spoke with his wife about it.

She's actually very open to me doing some work with him (she said that at this point she'll "try ANYthing"), and I've gone over there a couple of times and given it my best shots. Honestly, it was hard to know where to begin.

The first time I went in blind, focused on getting him to speak better; he actually got quite talkative, and, according to his wife, it seemed like there was a tiny improvement. I went home and did some homework: got on the EFT website and read everything I could find about PD, wrote down some ideas.

Then I watched Gary's videos (skipped ahead, just this once, please, to watch the work he does with Dave, the guy with PD). Went back a second time and tried some other approaches

. This time I asked my neighbor's permission to speak on his behalf (since he obviously can't) - I thought it might make a difference, establish a connection, perhaps? He was lucid and seemed to understand, and agreed.

His wife told me that he likes it when I come over (I've been over there before, gave him some massages to help with stiff muscles), so we have some rapport going already, which is good, I suppose. I got information from his wife about things which I thought might be useful (what my neighbor knew about the doctor's diagnosis, anything my neighbor may have said to indicate his feelings about what was happening to him, any major life traumas, family relationships, etc.)

I did the tapping directly on him, and spoke words which I thought might be relevant. Sadly, we didn't see any observable effects this time, though I haven't since followed up to see if anything was different the next day or so. Although his wife is perfectly willing to let me work with him, I have to admit that I feel a little inhibited saying things out loud and emphatically on his behalf and in front of someone else. (I don't have this problem working one-on-one with people, because it's a completely different dynamic.) I am wondering if this might be hampering things?

Something occurred to me the other day: could I tap on myself, on his behalf, in my own home, where I can speak as freely as I want? Is it important/ethical to get his/wife's permission first? If so, that would be a little difficult to explain - energy work is one thing, but the whole "remote" thing might be a bit tough for them to swallow

. Or, since I've gotten both their blessings to do the work while I'm there, is it ethical for me to just have at it on his behalf while I'm at home, without announcing it to them? I'm just not sure how to proceed from here. I hate to keep going over there and giving them hope, and ending up with no visible change. I know I'm still very wet behind the ears EFT-wise, and this is much better-suited to someone more advanced, but that's not really an option for my neighbors. Besides, I really care about them, and believe in my heart that I might be able to help, perhaps with some guidance from all you wonderful and generous people.

Thank you all for your time and your willingness to share your love and insights. Eva

CLL

Anonymous — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:37:48 GMT

Hello all of You

Anybody had experience with CLL, a cronical blood dieseas? I have no serius symptoms. I try to work on my immunsystem, my white "bad" immature and dead blood cells, and my bonemarrow. I hope this will help me. I think there might bee a emotional reason for this. I can not find it myself. Could a nybody give me a clou? I had a not very lucky childhood, not bad. I was not really wanted by my parents, but treated well. My parents where divorced at my age of 3 months. I was at an nurceclinic a long time as a very little girl. Nobody can tell my for how long time. My mother would not talk about it. She allways said, that it was the very best nurcing home.

molluscums

rohini — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:40:33 GMT

Hello everyone

I have been diagnosed with having molluscums - tiny skin-coloured warts. They look like whiteheads, and have come up aroud the nose and eyes. Have tried homeo, but it does not seem to be working. Am getting into a mild panic because of that, since allopathy has no definite cure. I want to try EFT (just read the interesting thread on 'skin problem' below).

My questions are: how should I choose the wording? Can I say the sentence softly or in my mind? How many rounds of tapping make up one session? How many sessions in a day? Because, I think, this will not clear up at once like a headache or panic attack (though it is theoretically possible, i guess).

Grateful for any feedback

Rohini

Help with skin problem

MilancheEFT — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:16:04 GMT

I need help about my face and skin problem about it (some pimples and oily face) i know somebody will tell buy cleanser or something like that, i am using cleanser, and my diet is prety much healther, but i heard that pimples are most cause cause of stress and some emotions about it, i noticed that when i was doing eft for stress and anger, i reduce some of them, but i now need help with some set up phrases to reduce oily face and blackheads. Any help will be great.

Stress-induced cavities in my teeth

Ania — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:02:52 GMT

Does anyone have any experience of success with using EFT for healing cavities in teeth that are caused by stress? I'd like to ask for some help in sorting out some set-up phrases that I can use daily over the coming weeks in order to heal my tooth (and the gum disease that is there already) so I don't have to have yet another filling. There is no pain just yet (or it's minimal) and I can see it's there, and I can catch my nail on the side of the hole.

I know it's caused by stress, confirmed as a likely cause by my Dentist due to where the teeth are getting cavities (not on the crown but on the sides) as this has been happening now in the past 4+ years after I had a nervous breakdown due to stress at work. I've had 2 cavities filled since that time so far, but nothing since the age of 23. I'm not in the stressful corporatre world that I was in as I left that over 3+ years ago. However, this year, due to a number of things going very badly wrong, I have been under yet more chronic stress for most of this year on and off, and I have found yet another hole on the side of my wisdom tooth, which I know is how my body deals with stress. It finds the weakest part of my pysiological make-up which in my case is my teeth, and weeks later, a hole appears. This hole was not there in March when I had my last check-up, so it's very recent.

I've read the EFT article on the Emofree website about the 7 yr old child whose Mum helped his cavities in his teeth with EFT successfully, but am not sure how to adapt the set-up phrases so these work for me. I'm a 47 yr old Mum of one 12 yr old!!

Any help or pointers anyone can offer, would be gratefully received. I'd like to get going on this as soon as I can.

Warm Regards, Ania

Tapping on Cataract/Glaucoma

bkar — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:33:17 GMT

Has anyone had experience in dealing with cataract (or glaucoma) through EFT?

Poor close up vision in one eye

Mikey Mike — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:44:56 GMT

G'day EFT'ers, I'm new to EFT and fairly sceptical, tapping on a few parts of your body to resolve issues seems a bit far fetched to me. But I'm curious and have hope that EFT may be as good as what people on the net say it is. I have watched heaps of youtube examples and I have downloaded the manual with the recipe in it. For the last 10 days I have been tapping daily to try and improve my vision in one eye, but I haven't noticed any improvement yet, so I wanted to check with you people to make sure I am doing it right and saying the correct stuff. Basically the vision in my right eye is a bit darker and a lot, lot more blurry for close up vision than my left eye, I noticed this change about 3 months ago. Heres what I have been saying for the set up statement whilst rubbing the sore spots. "Even though this vision in my right eye is blurrier than my left eye, I deeply and completely accept myself." I then tap all these points Top of head, EB, SE,UE,UN,Ch,CB, UA,Th,If, Mf, Bf, Kc and say "This blurry vision in my right eye" at each point I tap. I do the Gamet then repeat all the points again. Should I word the set up statement differently ? any other tips or advice ? Regards, Mike.

root canals, dental disease et al

barbh — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:57:44 GMT

Just wondering if there was an EFT professional that could help me tap on issues about regenerating gum tissue, healing infections in the tooth nerve root....avoiding root canals, healing cavities...or general dental issues.

I went to the Practitioners area but there were no specialists listed. Where could I find one who has had at least a little bit of practice in this area?

thanks

Barb

EFT doesn't do nothing to me!!!

samara — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 04:33:48 GMT

I knew EFT technic about 2 months ago and I'm using it to try to cure my tinnitus, which I have for almost a year and it's noise induced.

As I read on this site (if the experiences are for real) EFT is suposed to help greatly for reducing tinnitus volume (even stopping it?) but nothing of this seems to be true for me.

The most significant effect I've gotten with phrases related to tinnitus itself, or feelings of mental intrusion and lack of peace, with these a few times I experienced some strange block or clogging sensation through my ears and some short ringings (mostly in the good ear), but after that, and after trying so hard, nothing has changed. I'm still with this noise and most phrases related to the noise itself or facts surrounding its origin have no effect, which I find quite strange. I tried with events related at the onset's date, emotional conflicts of all kinds (past and present), name it and I've tapped, and nothing helps. I've read also the advice to follow when nothing works, and still the same...

I'd like to ask you what more can be done. EFT is one of the few things that can give me any hope of curing this illness. However, seeing a therapist is ruled out, I spent a lot of money yet trying to cure me and I'm ruined right now so I can't afford it. Also, there is very little medical help for this, and even less in my country, so offering me for research, going for experimental therapies or whatever, it's almost impossible for me now.

I hope there is more expert EFT users by here and maybe I can find something that works with your help

Dark rings around the eyes

walid — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:15:18 GMT

I have these dark rings around my eyes. I cannot seem to find out why (for example, tiredness, stress, lack of sleep). I have used EFT successfully on quite a few other physical issues without knowing the underlying (emotional) cause of them. EFT does not seem to work for getting rid of the rings. Do I have to know what causes them to be able to address the issue with EFT ? I went about by saying "even though I have these dark rings around my eyes......." Maybe I should be doing it each day for a long term - a year or so ?

Any comments will be appreciated.