Jennie Baker Writes: During our coffee break at work I noticed that M was tearful and was trying to hide her stress. As she is a friend of mine I felt safe to enquire if she was alright and M proceeded to relate what happened.
M is a recovery nurse and was having a bad day. She was on a late shift and had a lot on her mind as she was having an operation, as a patient herself, the following day. Many years before she had a bad experience after surgery when she had many nightmares and flashbacks and was afraid it would happen again. She really wanted this surgery to correct her squint for which she had waited 30 years.
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As we both had 15 minutes to spare I
asked her if
she would be willing to try a calming called EFT. She has had
acupuncture in the past so she was open to the treatment. She is
really terrified of going under anaesthetic (sud scale 10). After a
brief explanation of EFT I proceeded to tap on her as she was tearful
and was happy for me to do so.
Even though Iโm terrified of going
under the anaesthetic, I deeply love and accept myself (sud scale 9).
Even though Iโm absolutely scared
of anaesthetic, I deeply trust and have faith in myself / Iโm in charge
of my body / Iโm in control (scale 3).
Even though I hate / fear having to
have anaesthetic for my operation, I choose to allow my body to flow
with ease and peace into the anaesthetic.
I choose to allow my whole being to
accept the care and love that my colleagues and doctors are giving me,
they are my friends.
I choose to remember all the care
and love that I share and give to my patients during anaesthesia and
how calm they were and that gave me a wonderful feeling. I asked M to
take a deep breath and breathe away a couple of times. She looked
really relaxed and calm.
I choose to take this lovely
wonderful feeling with me when Iโm having my anaesthetic.
I choose to replace my fears with
peace and calm. I will allow myself to flow with comfort, ease and
peace into the anaesthesia and will awake feeling the same (scale 0).
Mโs feedback:
โJennie began talking to me
in her calming and reassuring voice and began gentle tapping on me as
I was very tearful. Under her instruction I closed my eyes and
trusted what she was saying and doing, she repeated certain
statements and words for me to repeat and focus on. Quickly I felt
all the negative feelings leaking away. I was so relaxed I was
unaware of other people coming into the room.
I felt like I had been in a deep,
refreshing sleep
and it had only been a short time. When I was going back to my work
area I felt so relaxed, all of my worries and concerns had vanished,
in fact I felt quite giddy and cheerful. This feeling remained with
me.
The next morning I felt a little
anxious but mainly
because I was hungry from being starved, I felt quietly confident.
Jennie made some time to visit me on the ward prior to my surgery and
did more relaxation techniques, using the key words and statements
and the tapping. When it came for my operation I felt great, so
relaxed and calm, I found myself laughing and joking with the staff.
I even woke up smiling after my
operation with no
complications and no anxiety at all. I am sure that is why I
recovered so rapidly. Within an hour I was sipping tea with a
chocolate biscuit.
I have never told Jennie that after her
attentions I
have actually never had a nightmare about my past operation
experience.
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