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Tapping into Emotional Freedom: How EFT Can Heal Trauma
Releasing Emotional Baggage, One Tap at a Time
The first time I tried EFT, I felt ridiculous.
There I was, sitting in my bedroom, tapping my fingers on my face and repeating, Even though I feel this anxiety, I deeply and completely accept myself. My brain scoffed. This won’t work. But my body? My body had other plans.
Halfway through, my chest softened. The tightness in my throat? Gone. By the end, the swirling panic that had been following me all day had faded into the background, like a song playing in another room.
I wish I could say I was an instant believer, but I wasn’t. I came back to EFT only when anxiety gripped me so tightly I was willing to try anything. Again, I tapped. Again, my body responded. And again, I felt that shift.
If you’ve ever carried trauma, grief, or relentless worry, you know that healing isn’t a straight road. It’s messy. It loops back on itself. And sometimes, talking about it just doesn’t help. That’s where EFT, or Emotional Freedom Techniques, steps in — not to replace therapy, but to reach the parts of us that words alone can’t touch.
