Search results matching tag 'migraine'

Re: Successful helping others, not so effective on myself

Suzanne — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:10:18 GMT

Hi,

With EFT, as you know, the more specific we can be, the better. When I was in the UK, I worked as a massage therapist for many years, specializing in neck and shoulder conditions. This is what I found:

Many migraine sufferers don't have a problem that originates in the head but in the neck and shoulders. If these are tight, a nerve could get trapped, causing a migraine.
Other migraine sufferers often have a problem with the digestive system or a reaction to gluten, Aspartame, sodium benzoate, or some other substance in their food or environment.
If there is some physical damage, there may well be a need for a regular massage, lymphatic drainage, cranio-sacral therapy, or chiropractic or osteopathic treatment in order to prevent further damage.

EFT helps to relieve the fear stuck in the neck and shoulders on the left and anger stuck on the right. EFT also helps us either to overcome allergy-like reactions, or for example in the case of foodstuffs, make them totally abhorrent to us if we cannot for some reason find a way to tolerate them. EFT also helps keep the pain when we need a manipulation, until we make that appointment and the commitment to attend. This is all in my experience with clients.

I don't know if this helps, but I hope it gives you another avenue to investigate.

Successful helping others, not so effective on myself

denimmaterial — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:51:44 GMT

Hi everyone I know this is a frequent problem. I have been doing EFT on myself and friends for 10 months. I have Gary's DVDs and have watched them all. I look forward to and read all of the email newsletters and try new ideas, BUT apart from curing myself of hay fever (and even if I never manage to do anything else, this is amazing), I have not been able to make much headway with anything else. I get regular migraines, and have searched my memory to try to identify where they might be coming from. I got my first one when I was 16, during my GCE O level Art exam. This was the one exam I was sure I would get good marks for as I intended to go to art college, so there was no real pressure. Now if it had been physics or chemistry I could have understood it. I also can't see any obvious reason why I get them at one time rather than another. I have even tapped on 'even though I don't know why I get these migraines, I forgive myself for anything I am doing to cause them.' If anyone can help me unravel this problem, I would be very grateful.

Re: Anger, forgiveness, and physical pain

SkyWatcher — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:29:30 GMT

Hi Judy,

You have come to the right place, and it sounds like it is the right time for you to deal with the anger that has been festering inside for over thiry years. First, I want to congratulate for the being here and stepping forward. It takes a lot of courage to be doing this, and the payoff will be big.

I am assuming that you know the EFT basics. If not, you can download Gary Craig's book, get his videos or find a basic guide to tapping on youtube.

Is your anger at your husband a "10"? Before you start tapping notice the intensity of the anger and take note of it.

Here are some set-up phrases that you can start with. Feel free to change any of the words to make it work best for you, Even though:

I am not sure that EFT will really make my migraines go away, I deeply and completely love and accept myself.
I doubt that EFT can make my migraines that have been with me for 30 years...
I am really angry at my husband for disrespecting my "no" and hurting me so deeply...
I have been so angry at my husband for all of these years, and I can see now that my anger may be related to my migraines, ... and I forgive myself for holding my anger.
I am still pissed at my husband for not honoring me...

Say the set-up phrases while tapping on your karate chop point.

Then tap on your body points saying something like, "unpure anger" or whatever you want to use as a reminder phrase. After a round or two of tapping, consider Tap 'n ***--it is where you get it all out. Tap on a point about 7 times and say something about the issue you are dealing with. Go to the next point and say some more. You keep doing it until you get it ALL out--until you are bored with your words about your anger about what your husband made you do.

Then check your intensity--and also notice how your head feels.

Hope this helps.

Merry Christmas,
JoAnn

Re: Headache help

SkyWatcher — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:53:56 GMT

Hi Heidi,

Welcome to our forum and congratulations on your success with using EFT for your migraines. You had some great setup phrases! I can tell that you are going to be a great EFT practitioner...

By the way, if you are having discomfort in be, like a migraine, it isn't necessary to even sit up. You can do it lying down.

Something else. I would recommend putting your writing into word pad or something like that, and then copy it into the message area, and then do your bullets and spacing after your paragraphs, and that will make your post easier to read.

Gratefully yours,

Joann

Re: MIGRAINE

SkyWatcher — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 00:10:21 GMT

Welcome to our forum, Night Nurse.

The first thing that comes to my mind

Is there something that you are not looking forward to
- or not wanting to do
- or someone that you don't want to be with on the weekend?
Is there something or someone that you don't want to see on the weekend?
Is there something that is burning you up?

What I find when EFT doesn't work, is that I haven't got to the core issue—yet.

Some set-up phrases, Even though:

I have been unable to clear this troublesome migraine, and I don't know what is wrong with me, and I deeply and completely love and accept myself
I have been able to help my clients and myself on other issues and I feel__________ about not being able to get rid of this...
I haven't been able to figure out what to do for this **** migraine, I realize that migraine may be trying to tell me something, and I am open to my intuition telling me what it is, and I will listen...
I haven't got what this headache has been trying to tell me for all of this time, I am ready to hear what it is trying to tell me...
there is a part of me that thinks this migraine is too big for EFT...

I would highly recommend that you be really loud when you tap, and I find that adding cussing can be really helpful to moving energy.

The other question that would be good to answer is what BIG THING in your life was going on when you first started to get migraines.

Also, Night Nurse, if you can't get it yourself, you may want to work with someone that has experience getting rid of migraines with EFT.

Let me know if any of this helps.

SkyWatcher

MIGRAINE

nightnurse — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 22:47:58 GMT

I HAVE GREAT SUCCESS WITH EFT BOTH WITH MYSELF AND CLIENTS BUT I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO CLEAR THIS TROUBLESOME MIGRAINE THAT I NOW KNOW COMES ON EVERY WEEKEND. USUALLY SATURDAY THE PAIN IS BEHIND MY EYES AND ALSO UP MY NOSE AND IT IS SCALDING IN NATURE . IT MAY SHIFT TO MY SCALP , NECK AND DOWN MY SHOULDER BUT IT ALWAYS COMES BACK .I CONTINUE TO DO EFT AND PERSEVERE . I AWAIT YOUR HELP

NIGHTNURSE.

Re: Persistent Migraines seem to be the only thing I can't banish with EFT

SkyWatcher — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 04:39:39 GMT

Hi Ros,

Hmm, moving in instead of moving on. That definitely changes things.

Maybe you could try some set-up phrases, something like, Even though:

I don't have a clue as to what could be the emotional cause of this headache, but I sure know that I feel (angry, upset, piss-off, miffed, or whatever you feel) about my headaches, I deeply and completely love and accept myself
I am totally puzzled as to what is the cause of my headaches, and I don't know why my intuitions hasn't kicked in the way that it usually does for other things, maybe I'll be stuck with headaches forever, and I feel (fill in the blank with your feeling) about that...and I forgive myself, and who or whatever intially caused my migraines
my head has been trying to tell me something, and I haven't quite figured out what the message is, but I sure in the heck know that if there is a message that I will listen to the message, so that it doesn't have to keep warning me. "Thank you," pain in the head, for trying to give me a message all of these years, I guees that I haven't been able to get the message in the past...
I deserve never getting over these migraines for some odd reason. Maybe there is a part of me that identifies with getting these migraines for some reason that has been beyond my conscious mind...

I just had a thought! Are there any advantages to having the headaches? It may seem like a stupid question, but what would you lose if you didn't have them anymore? Tap while you examine these questions. For example:

time to rest
time to be a alone
something to *** about
a reason to suffer

Please let me know if these trigger an idea that may hold possibilities for you.

Have you been checked for allergies?

Gratefully yours,

JoAnn

Re: Persistent Migraines seem to be the only thing I can't banish with EFT

SkyWatcher — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:07:00 GMT

Dear Ros,

Wow, you have really had a lot of success with EFT in just a few short months! However, it must be frustrating and painful for you not to have been able to eliminate your migraines completely. I see that you have been able to get the pain down to a manageable one or two. So, you have had some success in dealing with them. No one has come up with a migraine pill that you can take just once and the pain goes away completely. So, I think what you have done so far is really something.

Ros, I believe the reason that the migraines keeps coming back is because you haven't got to the root cause. If I am reading your post correctly, it looks to me that you have only been tapping on the symptoms. You said that the migraines started when you partner first moved on. Have you tapped on the feelings about your partner moving on? If you haven't, I believe that this is what you need to do.

First, thing would be to get in touch with the strongest feelings that you have buried deep in your head. Some possibilities:

grief/sadness
anger/rage
betrayal
disappointment
crushed/heartbroken

Here is a list of feeling words if you need a larger list.

I would start with the strongest feeling and see if you can bring the SUD level down to zero, and work with all of the emotions until you bring them down to a zero.

If this doesn't work completely, then the next thing I would do is take a stroll down memory lane and see what event(s) from your past that your partner's moving on triggered, and deal with that event (and any other related events). The movie technique is a powerful tool that you can use on those past events.

Another approach, would be to ask the pain what it has been trying to tell you. I good time to ask would be after you have been tapping for at least a few rounds.

So, Ros, I think you just haven't gone deep enough—yet.

Please let me know how this goes. If you have any questions, just ask.

Gratefully yours,

JoAnn

Persistent Migraines seem to be the only thing I can't banish with EFT

Ros — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:20:40 GMT

I've been doing EFT for a few months ago and used it with great success on just about everything - on myself, my family and my friends. I've had consistent successes with surrogate tapping (for both humans and animals, and sometimes at a distance). With myself I've managed to banish cystitis, thrush, and thyroid imbalance, and reduce to zero severe burn pain (melted plastic dripped on my thumb), wisdom tooth pain, back pain.

But my migraines are still driving me crazy. Always in the right side, in or behind the eye, sometimes starting as a "coldness" of the eye, always associated with neck tension and crunching (it feels like there are crystals in there). I've tried tapping on this headache, this right-eye headache, this migraine, this neck tension, this neck crunchiness, I've tapped positively for the blood vessels in my brain and neck to normalise, to let extra pressure drain away, I've tapped on the word "pressure" and so many other combinations. Tap as I might, on all the aspects of this headache I can only ever reduce the pain to a manageable one or two, which then flares up again as the day (or evening) progresses. Eventually it gets to the point where I feel my old migraine medication is the only answer - but I really want to get to the bottom of the problem and be able to use EFT on my headaches. They started 7 years ago,when my partner first moved on.

I'm aware others have plenty of success with migraines, but I can't find the root emotional cause. I've tried all sorts of approaches, but I'm obviously missing something. And it's driving me crazy (which obviously I now have to tap for.) I've got one coming on now.

Any suggests for what I might tap to unlock this one will be gratefully received.

Ros

Re: Migraines - to skywatcher

SkyWatcher — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 06:33:38 GMT

Dear Butterfly Lady,

If I am understanding your question, you are wanting to know if EFT can help if there is a known physical cause for a migraine. Yes.

I have found EFT most powerful in getting to the emotions that are underneath the pain. If you know physical causes, you can add that to your set-up phrases. Some set-up phrases that you can use could be Even though:

I get migraines from low serotonin levels, I deeply and completely love and accept myself
I am beyond angry at the pain that I get from my migraine...
I have tried just about everything under the sun and nothing has helped...
I am so pissed off at all the pain that comes around my cycle time...
it isn't fair that I have to miss out on so many things because of my cycle and this doggone migraine pain...
I am angry at the pain, and I find it hard to believe that EFT could possibly help me...

So, even though the pain has come first, there are definitely emotions that are tied up with the pain. That is what is so cool about EFT, you are able to move the cellular memory that surrounds the issue that you are dealing with.

Some things to look at:

your stories about your cycle
your stories about your migraine
your self-talk about your cycle and migraine
your mother's stories about her cycle
what was going on in your life when you had your first migraine
your reaction to your first cycle

Please let me know if this helps.

Gratefully yours,

JoAnn

p. s. Earlier this week, I worked with a woman who had a headache and cramps. After she dealt with the anger that she was experiencing (towards her ex-husband) her headache and cramps disappeared.

Let me know if this helps at all.

Gratefully yours,

JoAnn