The Ink-Pot and the Palette

I find myself feeling really silly when I try it.

Heh. "Even though I feel silly when I try EFT..."

I'm not sure why that's not true for me, but I have a long and colorful history of using alternative therapies and oddball practices, particularly in pursuit of trauma healing. I've known of EFT for probably ten years, and have used it intermittently over that time with profound results in trauma-related nervous system activation.

(In English, that means that EFT is an instant cure for inappropriate fight-or-flight states, intrusive self-shaming thoughts, the voice of the inner brow-beater, and other trauma symptoms that kept me on or over the edge of depression all my adult life.)

I've intensified my use of EFT in the last couple of years, as more and more techniques and information have become available on the web. Hundreds of clever practitioners have developed all kinds of fascinating uses for it.

Belief change is one of its most powerful applications, and that's where I've gotten such value from it in weight loss. "Even though I don't believe that lasting weight loss is possible for me..." was one of my starting points. Getting back on track in the last couple of weeks, I've done a fair amount of "Even though I'm terrified that I can never stop this back-slide and I'll become a failure statistic..."

I'm surprised by your use of the term "skeptical," and it's taken me a moment to consider why skepticism might be a response to EFT. I suppose EFT does seem a bit hocus-pocus, founded as it is on theories not accepted by western medicine. EFT's chief proponents don't know specifically how it works, though a couple of theories are out there. It certainly works for me.

I can recommend all kinds of resources. Be aware that EFT's biggest proponents are making money by marketing books, videos, and seminars. You will encounter some hype as you click around.

The founder of the technique, Gary Craig, has an informative and hype-free video, and it's a great starting point. Other videos will line up there on the right, and there are tons of basic how-to tutorials.

Nick and Jessica Ortner, who made the documentary "The Tapping Solution", offer tons of free videos, ebooks and audio interviews (you have to sign up, and you WILL get lots of emails from them, but they're good). The Tapping Solution.

I'll be interested in your further thoughts if you decide to pursue the technique. One thing's for sure: it can't hurt.