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How TIR Addresses Traumatic Stress...
Basic TIR is a form of the TIR technique aimed specifically at addressing the painful and persistent effects of known traumatic incidents (directly Involved or witness to). These are events that the viewer is aware of before s/he goes into viewing. e.g: Violent Assault, Car Accident, 'Broke my leg on Holiday'
Thematic TIR another form of the TIR technique, addresses themes that recur in people's lives : Unwanted Feelings, Emotions, Sensations, Attitudes and Pains (FESAP's). Such themes are usually tied to more than one specific incident, sometimes a large number of them. e.g 'My intense emptiness', 'Fear of Flying', 'Burning ache in my heart', 'All men are evil'.
Unblocking can be applied successfully to a great many emotionally charged areas in a viewer's life where TIR would be less workable or appropriate, and is particularly good when addressing specific people, places or situations on which a viewers attention is fixed. e.g 'My lack of confidence', 'My low self-esteem', 'The realtionship with my Mum', 'Avoid busy supermarkets'
Past traumas retain their emotional charge and continue their adverse affect because they have never been fully examined. Like physical pain, emotional pain actually serves a useful purpose: It tells us there is something that we need to pay attention to and do something about. TIR is simply a method of enabling people to examine such traumas systematically and completely. When the viewer has throughly completed an examination of past traumas, incidents examined no longer have the power to cause pain and suffering.