Archive for January, 2010

Returning home from combat is not as easy as many expect. Thinking of home feels wonderful: a safe and comfortable place, where things will “sort themselves out”. Many veterans can’t wait to get on the plane and head home, and neither can their relatives. But in the weeks and months ahead, many soldiers face great and unexpected difficulties when they come back to their family and try to adjust to “normal life”.

In the days, weeks or months after returning home from combat, many veterans report that the world seems to stand still, as if in slow motion. They still have the adrenaline rush going and the very thing that often protected their lives, being able to always be alert and on guard, and ready to protect themselves and others, is now working against them. In the beginning, this might feel like a normal adjustment period that can be expected after such a high adrenaline life in theater, but after a while, it often becomes clearer and clearer that the inner pressure, the hyper vigilance, the inner arousal from combat stress doesn’t go away on its own. The high tempo in which the world seems to unfold for these men and women often causes conflicts with the rest of the family, who don’t understand or have difficulty coping with the changes they see in their soldier returning home from combat.

In combat, everybody is the same, going through the stress together, warriors fighting for each other. T Read the rest of this entry »

Thank you so much for working with me! I can’t believe the difference that 6 hours of EFT have made for me.

As a Vietnam Veteran I see that if we could get people who come right from the zone and teach them how to tap, they wouldn’t have to go through 40 years of shit like I had to.

Thank you for EFT4Vets!

R.

Thank you, Ingrid for the session yesterday.

We worked for 50 minutes on the phone and ended by getting me back to the little girl I left in the root celar oh so many years ago.

Today I feel quite good, as I am learning how to live with my new found part. She, now a mature person, brings smiles to my being both inside and out.

What a wonderful feeling that is. I try to get the feeling that was there before working yesterday and I can not find it. How great is that?

For that issues at this time and maybe for ever, I am done. Thank You for being there for me. See you at a work shop when I can.

Much Love, B.

This week we are having a tribute for the founder of EFT, Gary Craig.

Please join us! 3pm EST/8pm GMT

Call-in Number: (718) 664-6271

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/eft_world_magazine

Today on the life call:

Jacqui Crooks, Sophia Cayer, Maryam Webster, Ingrid Dinter

Part of the mission for this blog is to help practitioners understand the world of Veterans and their families. Only if we understand what Veterans and military families are going through can we find ways to reach out effectively.

I have said many times that, no matter how good we might be in our field, connecting with a Veteran is always personal. Hardly ever is it possible to make an announcement and have many people show up and be interested.

Learning how to reach out, earning our access to the person and communicating in an appropriate way is important.

I just had the following communication with a military mother. She allowed for me to publish it with the hopes that she can help others understand.

I am very grateful for this, and pray that her son will reach out and get help whenever he is ready.

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*Mother: I have been researching PTSD for sometime. I believe my Army Veteran son-age 27-would benefit from EFT. What do we do next? I am grateful for the information provided by your website and newsletters.

Comfort and joy,  S. Read the rest of this entry »