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HOW TO MANAGE ANXIETY & END PANIC ATTACKS
the face of old triggers. You may find that once you have used this technique many times over, your body responds quicker and quicker, and sometimes the initial Karate Chop point is sufficient to regulate down to an acceptable level of cortisol.
How often should you practice this technique?
Often. You now know how key Repetition is to mastering and integrating any skill into your life. During initial treatment, I suggest you practice this technique dozens of times a day. I know that sounds like a lot, but it is simple cause and effect: The more you practice (Repetition), the more experiences your mind and body will have of lowering your cortisol levels. And, after all, this is your endgame: to get really good at lowering, and maintaining low levels of the stress hormones.
Now that you understand a bit about how the brain works and you know how to create and change your wiring, you can understand how and why this Tapping technique works. If you apply the necessary elements of neuroplastic change, you will find that the body and brain will get better at giving you results quicker and more effectively. It is not uncommon, and can even be expected, that if you apply these techniques with Intention, Repetition and Reward long enough and frequently enough, your body will begin to respond when you simply hold the Intention.
There is many a Toronto Bay Street executive who in a meeting appears to have a simple nervous tick of tapping on a particular point of their body, often the Karate Chop point! You may even see folks riding the subway doing the same tap. Many of these people are former clients of mine who learned this technique through individual sessions or at one of my workshops, or from one of the hundreds of therapists I have trained.
Although I kicked panic attacks decades ago, I still use this technique on a very regular basis. Whenever I notice my anxiety rising—even just a little bit—I tap. If I know I am about to experience a situation or be in close proximity to a person that can or used to ramp me up, I tap. It’s as good a preventative measure as it is as a cure!
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