What do you do with fear? People have all kinds of fears. Fear of flying, fear of heights, fear of public speaking, fear of trying, fear of new situations, and all kinds of phobias. Fears can keep us from doing all kinds of things we might otherwise like to do. If we are afraid to fly, it makes it more difficult to travel to far away places. If we are afraid of public speaking, it may mean we are limited in what we can do in our job and other positions we hold. Phobias go a step beyond and in some cases might severely limit our lives and choices.
Some of the things that might be suggested to overcome fears are: admit your fear, accept you must face it, think positively, face your fear, picture overcoming your fear. Some of these ideas come close to approaching the emotional aspect of fear, but fear is a funny thing. It can be very emotionally based and thinking positively may not do much to dissipate it. But staying in fear, keeps us from soaring to the heights that we can reach if we are not chained down by fears and insecurities.
EFT cuts through it all and goes straight to the core. Sometimes there are obvious reasons. In the case of flying, perhaps you had an experience on a plane that was unnerving. Maybe you were once humiliated in front of a class, and now your heart pounds and you sweat when you get in front of a crowd to speak. Other times, the reasons are not so obvious, you just know that you've always been afraid of the ferris wheel, or dogs, or whatever it is.
I did not used to be afraid to fly. I have flown on occasion since I was a little girl. But for some reason, after I got married and had children, flying began to be very nerve racking for me. I was especially anxious during landing and take off. Otherwise, unless there was tremendous air turbulence, I was pretty fine with flying.
On a flight a few years ago, as the tension mounted while waiting to take off, I realized I had a new tool to try to erase the fear. As I sat, I began to tap as inconspicuously as possible. For a very few minutes I concentrated on the aspects of take off and landing and before you knew it, I had fallen asleep. I woke up during takeoff and found myself absolutely calm with no fear at all. Hmm. That was interesting. I would have plenty more times to test, because I had to land and take off two more times. Landed just fine and again on takeoff felt only the slightest nervousness, so tapped a little bit more. Result, from then on, it has never been a problem. In fact, I forgot about it. At least a year later, I was flying somewhere and realized after I was in the air, that I had not even thought about take off! And again, since then, it is a rare thing that it even crosses my mind. No anxiety or nervousness.
That made my life a little easier. Some fears are a little more stubborn, but EFT can still help bring relief. Try it on everything.
