Why do you have difficult emotional and physical pain?

EFT is based on the premise that "The cause of all negative emotions is a disruption in the body's energy system." Because physical pains and diseases are connected with emotions the following statement has also proven to be true. "Our unresolved negative emotions are major contributors to most physical pains and diseases."

So how do you create these disruptions in your body's energy system? Situations arise in life which may provoke a strong emotional response within the brain. This sends chemical messages into the body and precipitates physiological response. From an energetic perspective, when you feel unpleasant emotions, and simultaneously repress some aspect of the emotion rather than acknowledging it, the body's energy system is disturbed. This means certain meridians get momentarily 'stuck', and energy flow is inhibited.

How does this stuck energy affect your life? On an energetic, subconscious and cellular level we store this response pattern. When we have other experiences which in some way mirror the initial situation, the mind/body falls into the habitual response pattern. For example, if you experienced shame and anxiety as a child during school speeches, every time we are asked to speak in public as an adult, a wave of anxiety and shame sweeps through you, as the ancient response pattern is activated. Our body is on auto-pilot response mode.

Why do you keep getting sick, even when you want to be well? Our neural thought pathways have 'solidified' over years of repeating the same negative messages. The subconscious kicks in quicker than new found resolutions to be well. If we always received extra special loving attention from a parent when we were sick as a child, our internal repetitive response may be to be sick in order to receive love and attention. Because the emotional payback on a subconscious level overrides the other reasons we want to stay well, the historical response pattern will sabotage our good efforts.

Over time the combination of conscious and subconscious memories stagnate into physical and emotional knots that can seem impossible undo. In fact they become such a familiar part of our internal environment, we think this is 'just the way I am'. "I have always had a weak immune system , and I probably always will", or "I always get nervous flying in a plane", or "I hate my hips." There can also be a familiar and comfortable warm feeling that being this way I have received love or other 'paybacks' before, so I better stay this way. It can be a case of 'better the devil you know'. But is it really better? Are we actually living in the shadow of our doubts and fears, not willing to believe that we can actually change and improve ALL of the deep rooted habitual response patterns?

What if you don't want to respond to problems in the same old way? How do we do it, when we are really really ready to take full responsibility for our health on all levels? Ready to step out of all unhelpful energy reducing patterns?

Read Part Two of 'Emotional Freedom Technique' (EFT) to find out how EFT can work for you, and how you can be free of habits which no longer serve you!

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