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icon3.gif EFT (Emotinal Freedom Technique or Therapy)  [message #40207] Tue, 02 January 2007 04:20 Go to next message
jacmar is currently offline  jacmar

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I know this has been raised before but I think it need a re airing.

I also am aware this was shot down by some people who think its BS and just a way of making money but not all therapy’s cost money and if an individual get help /comfort what the problem?

Yes I’m aware that there are some people who claim to do or be therapists and do some harm but that’s like saying all gay men are paedophiles this is not the case. or all black men are criminals this is also not true

I guess I was lucky to be brought up being told it's ok men cry men love and men laugh so I guess if you need help or need to let off steam TALK DONT BOTTLE up inside.stress can kill people at any age. i know

The thing with this is its not expensive and you can download their 87 page book to try for yourself all free what could be fairer than that
(www.emofree.com/default.htm?WT.mc_id=N_Jan01_Home) (****added url link***)
if u know some one who is hurting or is close to suicide then please help them insted of maybe typing in here one day poor so and so he was so nice and i wish i could have done some thing blah de blah now's your chance it might be the differnce to one of us

(rant over)

[Updated on: Tue, 02 January 2007 08:53] by Moderator




Jay, I love u. You are my heart and my soul.
You are my other half. The final piece to my puzzle. I am complete when I am with you.
You turn a dark day into a bright sunny day.
You make me giddy with joy.Just from hearing your voice.
It's a bit difficult for me .....  [message #40209 is a reply to message #40207] Tue, 02 January 2007 04:45 Go to previous messageGo to next message
cossie is currently offline  cossie

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..... because, academically, I'm a mathematician - and I know from my own researches that there are dozens of medico-con merchants around.

Still, I realise that if someone believes that a particular course of therapy will help, then it just might do that - even if there's no scientific proof that the therapy is valid. There's a shed-load of evidence that cancer sufferers can derive real benefits from therapies which are not medically approved, and I don't see why victims of depressive conditions should be any different.

The only advice that I'd presume to give is that no-one should invest more than they can easily afford; there are still plenty of bad guys among the good guys!



For a' that an' a' that,
It's comin' yet for a' that,
That man tae man, the worrld o'er
Shall brithers be, for a' that.
Re: It's a bit difficult for me .....  [message #40211 is a reply to message #40209] Tue, 02 January 2007 05:20 Go to previous messageGo to next message
jacmar is currently offline  jacmar

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even any one to one therapies im sure will help like bereavment counselling or rape counselling

like isaid a lot of these r free and open to all if youwant help but if u can talk to some one you feel safe in confiding in then please feel free to do so



Jay, I love u. You are my heart and my soul.
You are my other half. The final piece to my puzzle. I am complete when I am with you.
You turn a dark day into a bright sunny day.
You make me giddy with joy.Just from hearing your voice.
Re: EFT (Emotinal Freedom Technique or Therapy)  [message #40213 is a reply to message #40207] Tue, 02 January 2007 08:53 Go to previous messageGo to next message
timmy

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Sorry, mate. Any website that uses so much bold type to highlight the junk it peddles is a scam site. We are talking snake oil, emperor's new clothes, plain old dishonest trash. I'm going to edit your link so people may see it, but I'm not giving it the benefit of a link

Of course you can get a free manual. Then you have to shell out for course stuff.



Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
Re: EFT (Emotinal Freedom Technique or Therapy)  [message #40214 is a reply to message #40213] Tue, 02 January 2007 09:37 Go to previous messageGo to next message
marc is currently offline  marc

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This is sooooooooooo much a scam it rings like a police siren.



Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
Re: EFT (Emotinal Freedom Technique or Therapy)  [message #40216 is a reply to message #40214] Tue, 02 January 2007 10:57 Go to previous messageGo to next message
timmy

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Exactly.

It does not take a genius to understand that talking about one's issues brings some freedom. It does not take a genius to understand that a gentle touch can often unlock the misery of years. It does not take a genius to realise that there is nothing here worth $60 per DVD.

These things tend to arrive as spam email.



Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
Re: ok i know where your Coming from  [message #40226 is a reply to message #40216] Tue, 02 January 2007 17:33 Go to previous messageGo to next message
jacmar is currently offline  jacmar

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but i also think that other kind of or therapies not just online centre courses there are also other places alvailable such as doctors, medical centres, hospitals & charities for example that are free YES there are free services out there

that why if people read my second post i have STATED THAT POINT it WAS not meAnt to be and advert or a sale on comission basis but i think any possible help is important im sorry that it may seemed i was selling a product i wasn't nor was it my intention for it to sound like it

ok the reason for the post

I have personal experience of losing someone in my family/friends because they didnt feel they could talk and that person took their own life
so i think im reaching out to try prevent some other person\\s taking a final course of action that causes more pain than cures where a simple chat could prevent a lost life

(ps) (i expected to be shot down in flames but i still posted and no doubt will be shot down again)



Jay, I love u. You are my heart and my soul.
You are my other half. The final piece to my puzzle. I am complete when I am with you.
You turn a dark day into a bright sunny day.
You make me giddy with joy.Just from hearing your voice.
Re: ok i know where your Coming from  [message #40228 is a reply to message #40226] Tue, 02 January 2007 18:13 Go to previous messageGo to next message
timmy

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I never thought you were selling a product. I simply thought you had been taken in by the trash on the site.

Nothing in this site makes me see any lifeline for anyone except the snake oil merchants who are set to make a cracking profit. Far better to make sure everyone in the family knows they can talk about anything, without fear of judgement.

I'm not shooting you down, so hackles down, please.



Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
Re: EFT (Emotinal Freedom Technique or Therapy)  [message #40229 is a reply to message #40213] Tue, 02 January 2007 19:04 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Aussie is currently offline  Aussie

Really getting into it

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Hey Timmy don't be like that. What's wrong with snake oil salesmen? We have goanna oil salesmen here. Bloody good stuff too for aches and pains as long as you don't get it on the sensitive bits.

Aussie

[Updated on: Tue, 02 January 2007 19:05]

Re: EFT (Emotinal Freedom Technique or Therapy)  [message #40287 is a reply to message #40207] Sat, 06 January 2007 02:04 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Aussie is currently offline  Aussie

Really getting into it

Registered: August 2006
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I feel a little bit obliged to have another say on this subject.
Originally when I put up the link to this site I said I could not vouch for the effectiveness of this therapy having never tried it myself. However I thought that with the problem some of you carry with you on a day to day basis it could be a worthwhile option as long as it didn't cost much.

That being said after being shot down as Jac has just been I decided to leave you all to your own beliefs even if they are ostrich like(your choice).

I didn't really think I had any need for this therapy, feeling reasonably happy with my lot at the time. However around Christmas I seemed to be laid low with a fairly deep depression and sadness and had one of my worst Christmasses ever but kept it to myself. This week I decided to take the oppotunity to have a consultation with an EFT therapist.
This took place yesterday. The consultation took 1 hour and cost me $55
In that hour I was able find the reason for my sadness, deal with it,
turn it around and release the emotions that were causing it. I cant tell you how good that was but now feel a renewed person. It is like someone just opened the curtains. The consultation would have been a bargain at $1000 and no I don't have to buy anything.
So I please ask you knockers to find out properly about these things before you shoot them down. You are the ones who need it most but obviously you are not ready for it yet.

Hugs to all

Aussie
I can quite understand Aussie's point of view ...  [message #40288 is a reply to message #40287] Sat, 06 January 2007 04:59 Go to previous message
cossie is currently offline  cossie

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... after all, being Australian is obviously very depressing!

Seriously, though, I agree with his plea. You don't have to believe in alternative therapies, you don't have to indulge in alternative therapies - and you certainly don't have to knock alternative therapies.

If it helps, and doesn't cost too much, then you have every right to go ahead without being attacked by those who think differently.



For a' that an' a' that,
It's comin' yet for a' that,
That man tae man, the worrld o'er
Shall brithers be, for a' that.
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