I read the Palace of Possibilities and Gary's thoughts on tail-enders were fascinating. The idea is that an affirmation reinforces the tail-ender, not the spoken affirmation. That was a huge mental shift, and it explained many things to me. That means that repeating an affirmation with a tail-ender over and over makes you feel worse, not better. What a concept.

I've been practicing EFT for a few months now. And the other day something bad happened. And I stopped and said to myself, "Wow. That bad thing just happened."

And a voice echoed in the back of my head, "...but I still deeply and completely accept myself."

And the bad thing suddenly didn't feel so bad any more.

It seems that my brain had created a positive tail-ender. What an idea! That suggests that whenever bad things happen to me, they actually make me feel better, because I reinforce that tail-ender. "This bad thing happened...and I still deeply and completely accept myself. I can handle this. I'm still ok."

Anyone else notice this?

Ricky thank you so much for sharing this really inspiring post.  It's just wonderful to read of the concept of positive tail-enders - just brilliant.  I have certainly noticed that I've become far more positive as I've done EFT, but I haven't ever had the delightful experience you did of hearing "but I still deeply and completely accept myself" echoed in the back of my head.  Good for you!

Jo

 This happens to me as well - I found myself naturally doing it. "It's OK though" "I'm still a good person"

 Awesome! :)

I've been experimenting with this now that I've noticed it. When I have a negative feeling, I consciously add a positive tail-ender. It'shad some effect but it isn't quite as powerful as tapping the meridian points. Anyone else try this?

Hi Ricky,

 Thanks for bringing that idea up....how saying affirmations brings up negative tail-enders.  This makes total sense to me.  I've tried affirmations about things that I never really believed in, in the hopes that one day I would believe it.  It never worked.  I always felt just as bad.

However, I do believe that saying affirmations is a good way to make yourself aware of those tail-enders so you can then begin to work on them.  I think I will have to try this.  

 Josie