Posted by ClearSkies on February 4, 2008, at 15:18:12
In reply to Feeling pretty crappy :-((((, posted by Kath on February 4, 2008, at 14:50:04
Kath, so sorry that you're having a bad time at the moment. It is so hard to remember that, as good as we may be able to feel for some periods, that we'll probably inevitably get those really crummy times as well, that, for all our good inner and outer work, have to be endured.
I'd keep practicing your energy techniques and tapping, even though you're not feeling the full benefits of them right now. I find that I have to do this with my guided meditations that I've trained myself to do every night as I prepare to go to sleep. My worse busy-ness of my mind really wants to crank up the volume at night, and go over the day's events, and tell myself what I did "wrong" or "should have done" some other way. I've come to believe that this monkey-brain of mine just needs to be perpetually tricked into another activity. For me, that's doing mindfulness techniques, where I make myself think about my physical self and the sensations that I'm experiencing, to the exclusion of those other, busy-making thoughts that try so very hard to intrude.
In part the success of the mindfulness exercises has come from making them a daily ritual, and something that I make myself do whether I feel that I need to or not. Making it a habit has created its own soothing ritual, and now bedtime has once again a time of day that I actually can look forward to, rather than a time that I had grown to despair over, as I used to worry about how I was ever going to be able to relax myself enough to ever fall asleep. Now I spritz a little bit of essential oil - and water mixed linen spray to freshen my pillow, close my eyes, and think about what I'm feeling and hearing, NOTHING ELSE is allowed. If some busy-ness type of thought intrudes on this, then I allow myself to start the process all over again. This little game I play with my brain makes a lovely ending to the day for me - which had always been the absolute worst time of day for me in the past. It can be done!
I've read elsewhere where you've found so much benefit from EFT - and so I would recommend that you not abandon it now when it doesn't seem to be giving you what you feel you need. I think that if you continue its regular practice, you'll find that the very habit and ritual of it will bring its own reward, and in that you'll be able to find some solace.... just my hunch on this one!
In the meantime, I'm sending you some of my own warm and healing thoughts to tide you over until you're able to find those within yourself. And you will.
CS
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