By Carol Look, EFT Master
"Sara" burned her finger very badly by touching a metal
pot in which she had been boiling vegetables. She said she
heard her finger "sizzle" and she physically shuddered
from the pain. She immediately applied ice to her finger,
but was shocked by the severity of the burning feeling
which persisted in spite of the ice. I had taught her EFT
for anxiety issues, so she knew the routine. However she
was still a little skeptical and reluctant to try it on
herself, BY herself. Feeling desperate, she decided to tap
anyway or the burn pain.
Sara reported that when she removed the ice from her
finger, her finger throbbed terribly, so she began tapping
with basic setup phrases and went through several EFT
rounds very quickly.
"Even though I have this throbbing in my finger, I
deeply love and accept myself."
"Even though I have this intense pain from the
burn..."
"Even though my finger might blister..."
"Even though my finger hurts..."
"Even though I'm mad at myself for being careless
again..."
Sara reported feeling greatly relieved from the
throbbing and pain immediately after using EFT on herself.
She continued to apply the ice for the next half-hour but,
based on previous experiences of burning her fingers in
the kitchen and applying ice as the only remedy, she
didn't expect that much relief. She anticipated that her
finger would still hurt or throb later in the evening,
feel tender and sore at night and eventually blister the
following morning.
Sara was amazed to find herself free of pain that
evening. She wasn't even mildly distracted from leftover
sensations from the burn. The following morning she
reported she was able to grab onto the holding bar of the
treadmill during her workout, because she basically
"forgot" she had injured herself in the kitchen. Her
finger did not feel sore or tender and never blistered or
even looked as if the skin had been hurt.
Sara is no longer reluctant to try EFT on herself.
However, illustrating The APEX Effect, she said, "maybe it
was just the ice..." While Sara admitted that ice alone
had NEVER given her this kind of relief from a burn
before, she still didn't feel entirely comfortable
attributing her speedy recovery to EFT. She did remark,
however, that based on her initial physiological response
to touching the metal pan, she thought it was one of the
most severe burns she had ever gotten while cooking.
While a finger burn in the kitchen isn't very serious
compared to other injuries, this case demonstrates EFT's
efficiency with pain control. Sara said that despite her
continued skepticism, she will continue to experiment with
EFT.
