Hi Angi,

Great to hear from you!

The mind-walking technique is so effective and is a tremendous boost to
confidence though I did find to start with I had to finish with a round
of

Even though this is not going to work

And that's such an important point you made, to keep tapping, and to
make sure each round ends in zero, absolutely vital to prevent
recurrence.

Good news, you are doing splendidly, well done!

Nicola


On 1 Jan 2005, at 11:44, Angi Andrews wrote:

>
> Hi Nicola,
>
> A very happy New Year to you, too!! I had a good New Year's Eve with
> all my English relatives who had come to see us here in Germany.
> Although I had some sad moments last night, too, because of my
> husband's death in March 2004. But EFT helps with all these grief
> feelings, too.
>
> I haven't been able to properly start working with your new e-book
> yet, but I definitely will soon, too. But I've made some progress
> relating my panic attacks nonetheless, because I had some situations,
> where I knew I'd have a panic attack (and therefore had avoided such a
> situation so far). But I worked through the situation in my mind, like
> you said in your article, applying EFT, and then did the situation
> without any problems!! This happened with two situations (or rather
> places I had to go to). Also, I found out now that one situation I had
> wanted to tackle with EFT nearly two years ago, but where my panic
> actually grew worse, probably got worse, because I didn't continue to
> tap... I had stopped tapping too soon (and it might have been a too
> big step anyway - I'm doing much better with slowly "working" my way
> up, doing one step after another).
>
> Happy New Year to everyone on this list!!
> Love, Angi
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Nicola
> To: Anxiety-Help-With-Nicola@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 9:56 AM
> Subject: [Anxiety-Help-With-Nicola]
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>
> Greetings to everyone on this fine new day of 2005!
>
> I woke this morning for the sunrise, thought it would be a good way
> to
> start the new year and although I didn't actually see the sun because
> of the cloud cover there were some beautiful colours on the horizon
> and
> patches of extraordinary lightness and I knew the sun was there,
> doing
> its thing, even though I couldn't see it and that made me think of
> how
> it was when I was recovering from panic attacks.
>
> Seeing glimpses of hope and using those, knowing the sun really was
> shining there behind those fragile wispy clouds that looked so solid
> and grey, I just couldn't see it quite yet.
>
> I hope everyone coped well through what can be a stressful time even
> for people who don't consider themselves especially anxious.
>
> I know I would have got myself tied up in knots without EFT in the
> last
> week. Trying to keep everyone happy is not easy and I ended up paying
> the price for not being able to speak up for myself, something I have
> definitely promised myself to work on this year, that and learning to
> create very firm boundaries.
>
> I'm not sure quite how I am going to achieve this yet but small
> steps,
> one at a time, seems to be a good idea. I have already tapped for
>
> Even though I can't say what I want to say for fear of upsetting
> people...
>
> Has anyone else made any resolutions?
>
> Best wishes and bright clear sea breezes to all,
>
> Nicola
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