Tapping 101 - History and Science of EFT
Summary
TLDRThis video script explores the journey of truth through ridicule, opposition, and eventual acceptance, using Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) as an example. Originating from Roger Callahan's accidental discovery treating a water phobia with acupressure, EFT, developed by Gary Craig, simplifies the process for emotional healing. The script discusses the scientific backing of EFT, including its ability to reduce cortisol levels and normalize brain activity, ultimately promoting emotional balance and openness to positive life changes.
Takeaways
- π Schopenhauer's stages of truth acceptance: ridicule, opposition, and eventual acceptance as self-evident.
- π₯ The video aims to shift people's views on a topic from ridicule or opposition to acceptance and understanding.
- π§ The history of Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) began with psychologist Roger Callahan treating a woman's water phobia in the 1980s.
- π Callahan combined conventional therapy with new insights from acupuncture and acupressure to address energy flow disruptions.
- π©ββοΈ Mary's phobia was alleviated after tapping under her eye, which is related to the stomach meridian in Chinese medicine.
- π§ Dr. Callahan's discovery led to Thought Field Therapy (TFT), which was simplified by Gary Craig to create EFT for emotional freedom.
- π οΈ Gary Craig, an engineer, streamlined the process by tapping eight major points in a specific sequence for various emotional issues.
- π EFT is said to clear emotional discomfort by addressing disruptions in the body's energy system, similar to acupuncture.
- 𧬠Recent research supports EFT's effectiveness, showing normalization of brain activity and reduced cortisol levels during tapping.
- π The human mind and body resist change, but EFT can help reduce stress and make positive changes more attainable.
- π The video provides links to research for those interested in the scientific evidence behind EFT's benefits.
Q & A
What are the three stages that Schopenhauer described for the acceptance of truth?
-According to Schopenhauer, all truth goes through three stages: first, it is ridiculed; second, it is violently opposed; and third, it is accepted as having always been self-evident.
What is the history of Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) as described in the script?
-The history of EFT begins around 1980 with psychologist Roger Callahan, who discovered the effectiveness of tapping on acupuncture points to treat a woman's fear of water. This led to the development of Thought Field Therapy (TFT), which was later simplified by Gary Craig into EFT, focusing on tapping eight major points.
What was the significant breakthrough in treating Mary's fear of water?
-The breakthrough was when Dr. Callahan tapped under Mary's eye, which is an endpoint of the stomach meridian in acupuncture. After the tap, Mary reported that her fear was gone, and she was able to approach water without distress.
How did Gary Craig simplify the process of Thought Field Therapy to create EFT?
-Gary Craig, an engineer by training, simplified TFT by eliminating the need for diagnostics to determine which points and sequences to use. Instead, he proposed tapping eight major points in a set order, which he found to be effective for various issues.
What is the foundational belief of EFT regarding negative emotions?
-EFT is based on the belief that negative emotions are caused by disruptions in the body's energy system, and by tapping on specific acupuncture points, these disruptions can be cleared, alleviating the negative emotions.
How does EFT relate to the concept of a 'happy childhood'?
-EFT suggests that discomfort from childhood can be held in the energy system in the present. By tapping on specific points, this discomfort can be cleared, allowing for a 'happy childhood' experience in retrospect.
What recent research findings support the effectiveness of EFT?
-Recent research has shown that tapping can normalize brain activity, as evidenced by brain scans, and lower cortisol levels, which indicates a reduction in stress.
How does the reduction of cortisol levels during tapping impact our stress response?
-The reduction of cortisol levels during tapping helps to calm the body's stress response, allowing the frontal cortex to take over from the amygdala, promoting a more rational and open-minded state.
What role does the parasympathetic nervous system play in the context of EFT?
-The parasympathetic nervous system helps to calm the body down after a stress response, and EFT can facilitate this process by reducing cortisol levels and promoting a sense of safety and well-being.
How can EFT be used to facilitate change in one's life?
-EFT can be used to reduce the stress and discomfort associated with change, allowing individuals to feel more open to new experiences and capable of taking actions they might have previously avoided.
What is the significance of the statement 'it's never too late to have a happy childhood' in the context of EFT?
-This statement emphasizes that EFT can help clear emotional discomfort from past experiences, allowing individuals to feel better in the present and improve their overall emotional well-being.
Outlines
π§ Emotional Freedom Through Tapping
This paragraph introduces the concept of Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), a psychological acupressure technique for emotional healing. It discusses the journey of truth acceptance through ridicule, opposition, and eventual self-evidence. The history of EFT is traced back to psychologist Roger Callahan's work with a woman named Mary, who suffered from a severe water phobia. Callahan's unconventional approach of tapping under the eye, based on Chinese medicine principles, led to a dramatic reduction in her fear. The paragraph also explains how EFT evolved from Callahan's Thought Field Therapy, with Gary Craig simplifying the process to tap eight major points for emotional relief.
π¬ Science Behind Tapping and Change
The second paragraph delves into the scientific research supporting the effectiveness of tapping for reducing anxiety and stress. It mentions studies that show normalization of brain activity post-acupressure point stimulation and a reduction in cortisol levels during tapping. The explanation connects the physiological response to stress with the calming effect of tapping, which aids in transitioning from a fight-or-flight response to a more rational, open-minded state. The paragraph concludes by discussing how tapping can facilitate positive life changes by reducing the perceived threat of change and allowing individuals to feel more capable and open to new experiences.
Mindmap
Keywords
π‘Schopenhauer's stages of truth
π‘EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique)
π‘Phobia
π‘Acupuncture and Acupressure
π‘Energy system
π‘Thought Field Therapy (TFT)
π‘Gary Craig
π‘Stress hormone
π‘Amydala and Lyic system
π‘Parasympathetic nervous system
π‘Homeostasis
Highlights
Schopenhauer's three stages of truth acceptance: ridicule, opposition, and eventual self-evident acceptance.
The potential of EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) to move people from ridicule and opposition to acceptance.
History of tapping therapy, originating from Roger Callahan's work in the 1980s.
Case study of 'Mary' with a lifelong water phobia, treated with a novel tapping method.
Integration of acupuncture and acupressure knowledge into psychological treatment.
Dr. Callahan's discovery that tapping specific points under the eye alleviated Mary's fear of water.
The rapid resolution of Mary's phobia after tapping, leading to her running towards a swimming pool.
Dr. Callahan's development of Thought Field Therapy (TFT) following Mary's case.
Gary Craig's simplification of TFT into EFT, tapping eight major points in a specific sequence.
EFT's premise that negative emotions stem from disruptions in the body's energy system.
EFT's effectiveness in clearing emotional discomfort by tapping acupuncture points.
Gary Craig's encouragement to use EFT on a variety of issues.
The concept of using EFT to resolve past discomforts and achieve a 'happy childhood'.
Recent research linking EFT with reduced anxiety and normalized brain activity.
Dawson Church's study showing EFT's ability to lower cortisol levels, a stress hormone.
The role of the nervous system in EFT, particularly the transition from fight-or-flight to a calm state.
EFT's potential to facilitate positive life changes by reducing the perception of change as a threat.
Encouragement to explore research and share EFT's benefits with others.
Transcripts
schopenhauer said that all truth goes
through three stages first it's
ridiculed second it's violently opposed
third it's accepted as having always
been self-evident so I know there's a
lot of people out there that in those
first two stages of ridiculing it or
violently opposing it and hopefully this
video will help move folks to the uh the
next stage of saying oh okay makes sense
and whether you like it or not you know
you can use it for yourself or choose
not to but uh see that it can make a
difference for a lot of other people
so the history of tapping uh still some
confusion out there and so this is the
uh the history as I learned it from Gary
Craig the founder of
EFT uh around 1980 a psychologist named
Roger Callahan was working with a woman
who we call Mary uh who had a lifelong
fear of water an intense phobia she had
nightmares all kinds of issues she could
only bathe in an inch of water just all
her life had been traumatized by water
and she had seen different therapists
and even working with Dr Callahan for
some
time the best he could do was have her
sitting near the swimming pool looking
away from it and even that was very
difficult for and he'd been using
conventional therapy
methods and around this time he was
learning about some new things learning
about acupuncture and acupressure and
Chinese medicine that for thousands of
of years had said that there's this flow
of energy through the body and we
experiened physical discomfort when that
energy is out of whack so Mary had said
that one of the symptoms of her water
fear was uh not in her stomach so Dr
Callahan had learned that one of the uh
end points for the stomach Meridian was
right under the eye and he thought well
let's see if we can do something about
that and tapped under her
eye and she said it's gone and he said
what's gone thinking you know maybe it'
relieve some of the stomach pressure she
said the fear is gone and starts running
towards a swimming pool and he starts
running after her saying wait and she
cuz he knew she didn't know how to swim
she said it's okay I know I don't know
how to swim she didn't jump in but she
started splashing water in her
face no upsetting feelings uh nightmares
never came back and naturally Dr
Callahan said wow isn't that
interesting so he started trying this
with different clients and found that
with different issues he needed to tap
different points and different
sequences and within a short amount of
time he had put himself out of business
because all of his clients who were
coming to him on a regular basis were
now free from their upsetting issues so
Dr Callahan started teaching this
program called Thought Field Therapy
TFT also known as the Callahan technique
and one of his early students in around
1991 uh was Gary Craig
and Gary had trained as an engineer at
Stanford that's where he had his degree
from so thinking like an engineer he
started throwing out what didn't seem to
work and found that instead of doing a
lot of Diagnostics to figure out which
points in which sequence to tap for
which issue he said well what if we just
tap these eight major points and just go
from top to bottom rather than leaving
any out you know if if we tap a point
that wasn't necessary it doesn't hurt
anything it only takes a few moments so
let's just go through this one uh one
protocol and found that he was getting
the same great results with clients and
so he called this new uh this way of
doing the work emotional Freedom
technique which is a very apt name
because it's a technique that gives us
emotional freedom freedom from those
uncomfortable
emotions so the discovery statement that
Dr Callahan had come up with was that
negative emotions are caused by this
disruption in the energy system and so
by Tapp in these same points that are
often used in
acupuncture we clear out that imbalance
in the Energy System clear out that
experience of discomfort and we return
ourselves to our natural state of
feeling
good now and and we found that we've
been able to use this for all kinds of
issues uh Gary's fond of saying try it
on everything it's like new issue I
don't know let's try tapping on it we
don't know what's going to happen but
let's see if we can clear that stuff out
and allow ourselves to feel good in
terms of of both feelings that we're
experiencing in the present and also
looking back at things that have
happened in the
past another of Gary's great statement
says it's never too late to have a happy
childhood because you can go back and
the discomfort you might carry from your
childhood is in your energy system in
the present and so by tapping on these
points we clear out that discomfort so
it's no longer held in the energy system
and you get to feel a whole lot better
that's what we want is to feel good now
more research uh more recent research
has also shown that during this tapping
it clears out
anxiety and uh you know don't take my
word for down in the information box uh
I have links to research so you know if
anotal evidence doesn't do it for you
you know and you're a man of science and
want to hear the you know want the
research there are links to that down
there and there's a study uh done
showing the showing brain scans showing
the normalization of brain activity
after stimulating acupressure points
there's also a study done more recently
by Dawson Church showing that during the
tapping it's lowering the levels of
cortisol cortisol is a stress hormone
you know when our brain is designed so
that when we get into a threatening
situation the amydala in the lyic system
is stimulated and we go into fight or
flight and it start pumping cortisol
this stress hormone that gets us ready
to deal with whatever the threat is now
our brain was developed you know over
100,000 years ago when we were in more
life-threatening situations on a more
regular basis so you know this is the
sympathetic nervous system that gets us
into that fight ORF
flight and often times most of the time
the the threat that we're responding to
in this physically uncomfortable way is
not a real threat to us now we also have
the parasympathetic nervous system where
the frontal cortex then calms that down
and we start to become more rational
more open-minded you know because when
we're in that stress situation we're
very close-minded we don't you know we
can't be so- minded if we're being
attacked by a saber-tooth tiger we don't
have time to consider all of the things
we need to deal with the threat that's
clear and present and
immediate so
you know once we realize that there
isn't the same threat that we had first
responded to then we start to calm down
so what this research that uh we now
have showing that the cortisol level is
being reduced is that this is
manipulating our nervous system it's
speeding up that process of the frontal
cortex taking over from the lyic system
and allowing us to once again calm down
and feel good so what does this mean in
terms of using tapping for change
well the human body is designed to and
the human mind is designed to like
homeostasis we like to stay the same we
like to stay in our comfort zone so when
we start to think about making changes
in our Lives having more money being
healthier having better relationships
whatever it might be it looks good on
paper but to part of us it's a change
and change is threatening threat
stimulates the lyic system cortisol goes
in and everything inside of us are
saying danger stop don't go there so we
find that you know we make resolutions
and we give them up the next
day so by doing this we are calming that
down we allowing ourselves to see oh
wait there isn't a threat and we can
allow ourselves to be much more open to
change we can allow ourselves to take
actions that we didn't take before
because we're allowing ourselves to see
that we can handle what happen
we just allow ourselves to feel good and
in that good place we find that we have
the resources inside to make these
positive changes in our
lives and you know you don't have to
take my word for it you can check out
the research and the links down below
but I hope that makes it easier for you
to see that you know even if for some
reason you still choose not to tap you
can see that it is a valid process and
can be very beneficial and hopefully
you'll share this information with
others
thanks for doing so
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