Page 45 - Yes, YOU Can

particular. When I arrived, there was an extensive

line of people, 6-feet apart, waiting to enter the
store. Flashback! Pretty severe. I was back,
shackled, underground, in a long line of inmates

shackled to each other, a hundred maybe, haggard
looks, going to and from cells to courthouse.

I had to park the car to do some Tapping right
away. I drove back home and spent more time

Tapping. Although I still did not like to see these
lines of masked people waiting 6-feet apart outside
in the cold (I was living in Colorado at the time), I

was able to function and tend to my grocery
shopping.

Not that long ago, a flashback was triggered when

I saw somebody abusing animals. My body reacted
violently afterwards. I was shaking, and it took
several hours for my heart to return to its normal
rhythm. The Tapping and other techniques helped

to diminish the intensity, yet it took 12 days of
“focused work” to not get triggered again when I

saw the individual in question. The panicky feeling
turned into disgust, which is where it stays at this
point.

PTS(D) can happen when we feel helpless in a
situation, and I felt helpless. There was nothing I

37