We all have a baseline state, our day to day feeling or mood that influences our thoughts and behaviour. Maybe it’s a not such a good mood, unfortunately because it is so familiar it is sometimes difficult to detect the blend of feelings unless they are very intense. This EFT exercise allows you to try out a variety of negative emotions to see which ones fit and then use EFT to shift the underlying tone of your emotions.
Every day go through each of the items saying out loud each feeling statement:
- I feel afraid
- I feel angry
- I feel empty
- etc.
Give each feeling a score, between 0 and 10 estimating the feeling’s intensity. When you have reached the end of the list start tapping out each of the feelings you have identified. Tap them down as close to zero as you can get. Repeat until all the negative emotions have been reduced.
Go through this process at least once a day, continuing over the weeks to reduce the levels of background negative emotion.
Note: You may find as you tap on a specific feeling that thoughts or memories come up, make a note of them and return to neutralise them when it’s convenient.
For example:
I feel angry [8]
Even though I feel angry, I accept myself and how I feel. Etc.
Exercise
I feel … [0 - 10]
- afraid [ ]
- deprived [ ]
- tired [ ]
- angry [ ]
- disappointed [ ]
- grief [ ]
- annoyed [ ]
- empty [ ]
- helpless [ ]
- ashamed [ ]
- envy [ ]
- hurt [ ]
- bitter [ ]
- frightened [ ]
- irritated [ ]
- confused [ ]
- frustrated [ ]
- jealous [ ]
- lonely [ ]
- overwhelmed[ ]
- resentment [ ]
- sad [ ]
- guilty [ ]
- vulnerable [ ]
