My wife and I have had great experiences using eft over the last year.

But last night I was tapping along with a youtube video for waking up

in the morning and he stepped ue through 5 successive rounds of the 9 gamut.

When finished I felt really sluggish and tired, however I had felt a moment

of urgent panic concerning getting up in the morning and having to go

to a career I dont want instead of getting the career I've alwways wanted.

So I decided to do a bit more tapping on this career issue to get rid of the

quick spike of panic I felt. However the panic didnt go away it increased exponentially

till I was intensely panicked, with tears and totally freaking out.

The more I tapped the more nervous panic I felt. It was not getting better.

I had stopped tapping on the career issue and was now just tapping on the

panic feeling and it just kept getting worse. I stopped tapping altogether

and just waited for the intensity to subside. I felt exhausted and drained for the rest

of the night. It was awful. I've never had this experience with eft before, and I've tapped alot!

Is there a such thing as too much tapping? Can you go over the hill of what's beneficial

and start to do harm? The eft was just making me worse and worse. I was also tingling all over

and my tounge felt thick and hard to talk.

Please help, thanks.

Pete

Pete, I'm  rather green horn, but I think you are thinking too much.  Anyway, just tap on, I am calm, I am at peace, I am content.  While tapping picture a pleasant scene from the past such as walking on a sandy beach, listening to the gulls, looking out over the horizon.  Sip some water, light a candle, be ALONE, don't do it with a video.  Make sure after tappping on a few points, you take a deep breath and let it out slowly.  Trust YOUR tapping . My experience is that when I do it with video, I'm not relaxed.  Don't forget the setup statement.  I say, "Even though I have had a tendency to be anxious and fearful in the past, I now choose to be calm, at peace, and content,and I deeply..."  You can also use other words on the other points like tranquil, confident, joyful,etc...   Use the gamut, a few times if you like.  RELAX with eft, -  it's all good.  I watch the videos, but tapping to them doesn't hack it for me.  :)  Arum

Pete

I am sorry you had such an overwhelming experience and also that there has been no response so far.  I have been away training so I did not have time to check emails on this forum.

I think what must have happened is that with that bit of tapping you lifted the top of a very tight lid on some intense emotions.

I don't think in this case it is too much tapping, possibly stopping too soon because of the panic and fear about what was happening.

How are things now? Would it be possible to work through this with someone that might help you, it can be a little overwhelming when you can't see the wood for the trees.

Best wishes

Gill

Tapping doesn't make you worse but it can appear worse when it allows access to feelings you have been suppressing.

It is very, very important just to keep tapping with words when you feel anxiety like this.  One of the dangers in tapping for a global issue is our subconcious can starrt grabbing at everything related to that global word.