Curb Your Cravings with EFT
Imagine owning a simple tool to quickly curb cravings and manage stress-related eating. The Emotional Freedom Technique, or EFT, offers just that. A psychological acupuncture process, EFT provides immediate relief that is, quite literally, right at your fingertips.
A recent study reveals promising results using EFT to reduce food cravings in overweight individuals. Cravings diminished after only four, two-hour EFT sessions and participants maintained positive results at a six month follow-up. Applied to many behavioral and emotional issues, EFT is an exciting, cutting edge energy psychology tool to assist you in your weight loss journey.
History of EFT
EFT is considered a cousin to the traditional Chinese medicine practice of acupuncture. Acupuncture uses needles placed in the body to stimulate the body’s meridian system, or subtle energy pathways, for healing. In the 1980’s a clinical psychologist, Dr. Roger Callahan, PhD, discovered that simply tapping with one’s fingertips on the body’s energy points relieved psychological distress. He developed an acupressure process called Thought Field Therapy, or TFT, which uses various patterns of tapping sequences to alleviate physical and psychological problems. From Dr. Callahan’s pioneering work, Gary Craig, a performance coach, discovered that one basic tapping pattern produced similar profound results. He subsequently developed EFT, a simplified version of TFT.
How EFT Works
Similar to Eastern medicine, EFT is based on the premise that unresolved emotional issues disrupt the body’s subtle energy system. Instead of flowing freely, energy in the body becomes blocked resulting in emotional distress or physical symptoms. For example, if you’re experiencing frustration that triggers a food craving, it is believed there is an underlying energy disruption in your body. By using EFT to clear the energy block, your frustration is relieved and the craving diminished or eliminated.
The EFT Process
The basic EFT procedure involves tapping lightly but firmly with your index and middle finger on seven points of the body: the beginning of the eyebrow (by your nose), side of the eye, under the eye, under the nose, the chin, collarbone, and under the arm.
As you tap on the seven points you repeat out loud a statement and affirmation related to your problem. For example, with a food craving you could say, “Even though I feel frustrated and crave potato chips right now, I totally and completely love and accept myself.” A positive affirmation for self-love and acceptance neutralizes the often underlying negative beliefs and judgments associated with the problem.
You begin the entire procedure with a “set-up” process by tapping on the “karate chop” point on the outside of your hand, below your little finger, and reciting the statement and affirmation chosen for your problem. This first step orients your energy system to allow the rest of the process to work correctly.
Sound Strange? Try it Anyway
When I introduce EFT to my clients, I say up front that I know what I’m about to teach them looks and sounds really strange. But didn’t it once seem strange to think that putting a needle on your ear, as with acupuncture, would relieve pain?
You can use EFT for weight loss to help reduce and eliminate food cravings, manage emotional eating triggers, and eliminate limiting beliefs that sabotage your progress. It’s best to learn EFT with a trained practitioner to ensure you’re doing it correctly and to help tailor the statements and affirmations to your particular needs. After initial instruction, it’s easy to do on your own.
Learn more about EFT by visiting www.eftuniverse.com or reading EFT for Weight Loss, by Gary Craig. Even though it may be out of the comfort zone of mainstream weight loss approaches, and even though more research is needed, EFT is a promising energy psychology practice offering a safe, economical and portable tool to help you overcome obstacles in your weight loss journey.
Your thoughts…
Will you try EFT?
Diane Petrella, MSW is a psychotherapist and life coach. She offers her clients a spiritual approach to weight release and helps them develop a loving, respectful relationship with their bodies. Receive a free copy of Diane’s Seven Easy & Effortless Weight Loss Secrets by signing up for her monthly e-newsletter, Living Lightly, for spiritual insights and tips to release weight with confidence and love. To contact Diane visit www.dianepetrella.com.
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Wow, you guys are harsh. I would not pay money for this, but I might try it by myself. Affirmations by themselves work for me, so why not tap my eyebrows while doing it? May keep my hands out of the cookie bowl.
Good point Susanne. While you are tapping your key points, you can't be eating. Maybe if you tap long enough the craving will go away. (I remember reading this some where that if you can keep yourself busy for 20 minutes, this can help you over come cravings.) So IF (and that's a big skeptical IF) it works, it could be for this reason and no other.
I'm not sure if picking those particular spots or chants is important, but I do not underestimate the the strength of the placebo effect. If people think something is going to work, it often does, particularly when it comes to changing thought patterns.
If this ritual makes the practitioner mindful of food then it is useful and will do the trick.
Oh brother:
"While the study did not show any significant impact on body weight or body mass index (BMI) after six months, the results of a 12-month follow-up are still being analysed."
Enjoy your snake oil. Yummy, yummy snake oil.
Totally agree Katier. Particularly for those with an ED, it's all about changing your thought patterns, and this could be another tool in the toolbox for achieving that change. I'll give it a whirl, why not?
Great article, Diane!
I am so quick to dismiss EFT or even call it a placebo because EFT is used to manage others psychological problems, such as post traumatic stress disorder, phobias, and addictions as shown by clinical studies - and the effects are dramatic and FREE! As a dietitian who works with emotional eaters, I am seriously thinking about getting formal training in EFT to help my patients.
I find it peculiar that the public is so quickly attracted to odd diets and devices seen on TV and equally quick to dismiss unusual non-Western techniques that come from legitimate scholars. Having been in the medical field for 35 years, I am painfully aware of how little we know.
If I walked into a dietitian office and they told me about this I would stand up and walk out. Sorry I agree with most of the readers it is snake oil.
Wow, what a bunch of nonsense. CC has gone completely down the rabbit hole on this one.
Shame on you CC.
Original Post by: Mary_RD
Great article, Diane!
I am so quick to dismiss EFT or even call it a placebo because EFT is used to manage others psychological problems, such as post traumatic stress disorder, phobias, and addictions as shown by clinical studies - and the effects are dramatic and FREE! As a dietitian who works with emotional eaters, I am seriously thinking about getting formal training in EFT to help my patients.
I find it peculiar that the public is so quickly attracted to odd diets and devices seen on TV and equally quick to dismiss unusual non-Western techniques that come from legitimate scholars. Having been in the medical field for 35 years, I am painfully aware of how little we know.
Don't bother, there's no actual therapeutic value to EFT:
Psychotherapy (Chic). 2009 Jun;46(2):249-56.A review of efficacy claims in energy psychology.
McCaslin DL. SourceSchool of Human Service Specializations, Capella University.
You'd serve your clients far better by studying Cognitive Behavioral Therapy which is clinically validated rather than the far-fetched claims from EFT and TFT "therapists".
I am NOT an EFT practitioner, but I did take the Gary Craig DVD course several years ago, and I USE EFT. I use it ad hoc, and nearly daily, rather like one might weed a garden....there are always new things to discover about ourselves - notions and memories from the past upon which we based our NOW and shape our future.
When I saw it help folks with PTSD - folks who'd been outpatients at the VA for decades - I became open to EFT's healing and enhancing capabilities. The few friends I've shared what I know about using EFT with, use it personally too...it IS helping us, each in our own way, weed out some of the thoughts/ideas by which we have prevented ourselves from eating better, losing generalized depression, letting go of anger, and enjoying more moments of NOW.
Some of this DOES sound like snake-oil IF...IF...other 'strange' notions like acupuncture, meditation, and new information from brain science puts you off (Drs. Amen, Hymen, Mercola, Fuhrman, Bowden, Pert, Lipton). Much of what is being scientifically bona fide, has been in practice for centuries...EFT is an evolving derivative of these ancient practices, now supported by real results and science. ....AND, personally, I don't need to 'understand' how It All Works, if I SEE and EXPERIENCE that it DOES.
My experience/perspective only...
Hi Melkor,
Please see this from the American Psychological Association (APA):
The current status of EFT as an "evidence-based" practice is summarized in this statement published in the APA journal Review of General Psychology:
"A literature search identified 50 peer-reviewed papers that report or investigate clinical outcomes following the tapping of acupuncture points to address psychological issues. The 17 randomized controlled trials in this sample were critically evaluated for design quality, leading to the conclusion that they consistently demonstrated strong effect sizes and other positive statistical results that far exceed chance after relatively few treatment sessions. Criteria for evidence-based treatments proposed by Division 12 of the American Psychological Association were also applied and found to be met for a number of conditions, including PTSD." (Feinstein, in press)
BTW: Thanks for the recommendation, but I am well versed in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
I agree with you. Using positive affirmations while keeping the hands busy is a GREAT way to relieve emotional stress, and that calms my cravings. 
Speaking as a long-term patient suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and anxiety, I can confidently state that there is no therapeutic value whatsoever from practicing EFT/TFT in an effort to treat or mitigate the symptoms that lasts beyond that of any diversionary tactic designed to take your attention away from the emotion you're currently experiencing, and the long-term effects of the feelings of personal failure when the promised therapeutic results from EFT fails to materialize leads to intense feelings of resentment and bitterness towards anyone who claims to be able to cure, treat, or even mitigate symptoms using such techniques in return for exorbitant sums of money.
Snap a rubber band on your wrist when you have a craving. Ouch! This works too.
I say sure why not try it. It makes me sad to see so many skeptics, but maybe that narrow-mindedness keeps them stuck in old patterns. I mean isn't weight loss about changing bad or unhealthy patterns in your life. It sounds a little silly, I'll admit, but I'm gonna try it (after my husband and kids have gone out of the house and I'm alone ;)
why not? I've utilized acupressure to relieve headaches and tendinitis pain before. I helped cure hubby of shoulder pain after a bad fall. I wouldn't be caught dead paying for any of it, & I do appreciate the Skeptic's Dictionary link (with its predictable if apt reminder re 'placebo effect') but I see no benefit in being so close minded so as to avoid looking/feeling foolish to myself or others, if doing EFT in any given moment provided the necessary distraction to avoid a binge, bad thought, whatever it was.
Original Post by: kevinatthebrookMy cousin's brother's nephew's sister in law got herpes from EFT.
lol
I have been interested in this for a while. One of my friends has had success with EFT, and I've learned some about it through her. Maybe this would be something I should try... if nothing else, it seems like keeping a positive attitude and concentrating on doing something to overcome cravings and negative self-thought is helpful for anyone attempting to make changes.
The snapping of a rubber band can easily become abusive, just what you want to avoid. I have had clients bruise themselves with that technique. I work with women with PTSD, addiction and other co-occuring disorders. What works for some does not work for others, but keeping an open mind and being forgiving towards self and others is part of the healing.
Now if you need a distraction to get you back into the moment, into the now, there is a whole tool box you can chose from. I am going to put this into it. There is prayer, meditation, exercise, CBT, DBT an other methods in there already, but having more tools certainly wont hurt.
In a society that is gung ho on spending money on fad diets and medication it is no wonder that people are going to be influenced by the advertising we get bombarded with. How closed minded to not give alternative methods a try.
I will definitely try this. I had a phobia of spiders and tried the TFT method. I don't like them now, but do not freak out like I once did. It helped. Maybe this will also. There is so much we don't know or understand about how our minds and bodies store information and work together. If this is just snake oil I have just wasted a couple of minutes - if it works, so much the better and it didn't cost me anything.
I'm not sure that physicians associated with the AMA give proper respect to that which they believe to undermine their own therapy business. Because EFT is based on quantium physics, and most people don't recognize this. Watch the documentary movie "What the 'bleep' Do We Know" and I think you will be suprized.
Yes instead of being open to trying something different that might work-that you can do by yourself OR with someone else, let's follow Western medicine--take a pill or have our problem cut away or use a diet plan that mails our processed food to us because those methods all work so well...NOT...no wonder these areas are billion dollar industries...now there's some snake oil.
Thank you everyone for your comments! Constructive skepticism is important and I appreciate all areas of debate.
For those interested in learning more about EFT a good resource is this book: The Promise of Energy Psychology: Revolutionary Tools for Dramatic Personal Change, by David Feinstein, Ph.D, Donna Eden, and Gary Craig.
And this article in the Huffington Post: Breakthroughs in Energy Psychology: A New Way to Heal the Body and Mind. by Nick Ortner.
As dnrothx noted above, the study referenced in my article did not show a significant reduction in body weight with participants after six months. Understand that this study focused on food cravings and not weight loss overall and "the impact on food cravings was almost immediate and long-lasting."
Weight loss is multi-determined and the result of an overall lifestyle change rather than any one particular method, exercise or food. I don't believe this study is claiming that EFT is the one and only answer and that is not my intention in writing this article. EFT is an additional resource that many find beneficial and I want to share this with those who may be unfamiliar with less traditional approaches.
Best wishes to all.
Warmly,
Diane
Thank you Diane! I use EFT regularly and I have found it very beneficial to me. I actually haven't used it too much for weight loss yet.
I saw an article on PTSD the other day where a veteran had an 80% improvement in his symptoms - it was quite moving, especially since we are a military family and my husband does suffer from PTSD. Would he try this technique - probably not - he is like melkor and dnrothx and deals more in the concrete world than the mysterious one that requires a certain level of faith. Perhaps one day when he (my husband) gets tired of exhausting everything else that doesn't offer relief either. I would much rather see these alternative methods tried BEFORE we drug them up to shut them up personally, but that's just me.
I say it's worth trying - to be snake oil, I think, you have to have the element of suckering in people to pay for something - you can learn EFT for free on the internet and use it for free. The money making ability of this technique is actually pretty low - once someone learns it - they are pretty much good to go.
Original Post by: Mary_RDHi Melkor,
Please see this from the American Psychological Association (APA):
The current status of EFT as an "evidence-based" practice is summarized in this statement published in the APA journal Review of General Psychology:
"A literature search identified 50 peer-reviewed papers that report or investigate clinical outcomes following the tapping of acupuncture points to address psychological issues. The 17 randomized controlled trials in this sample were critically evaluated for design quality, leading to the conclusion that they consistently demonstrated strong effect sizes and other positive statistical results that far exceed chance after relatively few treatment sessions. Criteria for evidence-based treatments proposed by Division 12 of the American Psychological Association were also applied and found to be met for a number of conditions, including PTSD." (Feinstein, in press)BTW: Thanks for the recommendation, but I am well versed in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
This statement is a warping of what is actually happening at the APA.
The APA has not and does not accept EFT as an "evidence-based" approach.
The conclusions are Feinstein's alone in a paper that has yet to be published.
I have been using EFT in my Practice for several years now. I am quite excited to have seen someone who has an addiction to gambling find it to be "working". Pathological Gambling is such a devastating addiction. He taps every morning with is morning coffee. So, I myself now have a daily reminder to "tap" in the morning. Like any skill, I have to practice it regularly in good times and in bad or else when I really need it I won't remember it if I am in a state of crisis- I'm not there yet. I don't think to use EFT when negative thoughts pop up and disturb me, but I will get there with a regular morning practice of tapping.
Ann
I find it funny how many people, without trying the technique immediately say it's bogus.
I was totally addicted to Reeses PB cups. I began studying this tool and became a certified practitioner. Not only do I no longer jones for PB cups, I've been able to address a lot of other issues in my life.
I applaud CC for introducing the members here to another tool to add to our weight loss toolbox. Weigh to go! :)
Original Post by: dnrothxOriginal Post by: Mary_RDHi Melkor,
Please see this from the American Psychological Association (APA):
The current status of EFT as an "evidence-based" practice is summarized in this statement published in the APA journal Review of General Psychology:
"A literature search identified 50 peer-reviewed papers that report or investigate clinical outcomes following the tapping of acupuncture points to address psychological issues. The 17 randomized controlled trials in this sample were critically evaluated for design quality, leading to the conclusion that they consistently demonstrated strong effect sizes and other positive statistical results that far exceed chance after relatively few treatment sessions. Criteria for evidence-based treatments proposed by Division 12 of the American Psychological Association were also applied and found to be met for a number of conditions, including PTSD." (Feinstein, in press)BTW: Thanks for the recommendation, but I am well versed in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
This statement is a warping of what is actually happening at the APA.
The APA has not and does not accept EFT as an "evidence-based" approach.
The conclusions are Feinstein's alone in a paper that has yet to be published.
David Feinstein's paper, entitled Acupoint Stimulation in Treating Psychological Disorders: Evidence of Efficacy has been accepted for publication in Review of General Psychology a flagship journal of the American Psychology Association.
Everyone has their own opinion on what works and what doesnt. I have dropped 100 lbs in the past 8 years....with ups and downs through my journey. Whats worked for me lately, is just being picky and not giving in....just being conscious and thinking about my goal when I want to eat something my diet says I shouldn't..and maybe reward myself for good behaviour at the end of the week....but still not going over my calorie limit. Get yourself on a schedule and stick with it...My fav quote "Obsessed is the word the lazy call the dedicated.." so get obsessed with your goal. Don't let people bring your progress down because they arent willing to work as hard as you.
Original Post by: diane_petrellaOriginal Post by: dnrothxOriginal Post by: Mary_RDHi Melkor,
Please see this from the American Psychological Association (APA):
The current status of EFT as an "evidence-based" practice is summarized in this statement published in the APA journal Review of General Psychology:
"A literature search identified 50 peer-reviewed papers that report or investigate clinical outcomes following the tapping of acupuncture points to address psychological issues. The 17 randomized controlled trials in this sample were critically evaluated for design quality, leading to the conclusion that they consistently demonstrated strong effect sizes and other positive statistical results that far exceed chance after relatively few treatment sessions. Criteria for evidence-based treatments proposed by Division 12 of the American Psychological Association were also applied and found to be met for a number of conditions, including PTSD." (Feinstein, in press)BTW: Thanks for the recommendation, but I am well versed in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
This statement is a warping of what is actually happening at the APA.
The APA has not and does not accept EFT as an "evidence-based" approach.
The conclusions are Feinstein's alone in a paper that has yet to be published.
David Feinstein's paper, entitled Acupoint Stimulation in Treating Psychological Disorders: Evidence of Efficacy has been accepted for publication in Review of General Psychology a flagship journal of the American Psychology Association.
Like I said, it has yet to be published and simply because it is published in an APA journal does not mean that the APA endorses the technique.
LOL.. Go Melkor. What is this psychobable anyway?
Here's an idea to reduce cravings.
1) limit yourself to 3 regular meals a day. No snacking.
2) Stick to mainly natural, whole foods low in sugar.
3) Try to go longer without eating. Get your body used to tapping into its fat stores for energy. Overnight fasting is great for this. Stop eating at 7:30 PM, don't eat again till 7:30 AM. Slowly push the fast out to 14-16 hours for more daily fat burning.
EFT worked amazingly for me when i had severe depression and aniexty.
my therapist actually recommended it. once i knew what i was doing, and got over the sillyness of it, i used it frequently, often and daily.
i think if you are open minded you may have better chances with any thing that is put infront of you.
EFT is a good tool and should not be discounted as tomfoolorey by ppl that it may not have worked for... or have not even triied it...
just sayin...
Those are the energy points that are tapped. They get activated while the affirmations, and the affirmations deeproot in the mind.
This therapy is true.
Good grief! If you can't find the info free on line the book costs $10+/-. What is the problem with trying something that won't hurt??!! Most of us have spent waaaayyy more than than on fad diets and quirkey ideas that may or may not have harmed us.
I am glad CC includes articles on a wide range of weight loss techniques. While I may not embrace some of them, I enjoy reading about them and I especially enjoy the comments that so passionately support or oppose those techniques.
Original Post by: melkorOriginal Post by: Mary_RD
Great article, Diane!
I am so quick to dismiss EFT or even call it a placebo because EFT is used to manage others psychological problems, such as post traumatic stress disorder, phobias, and addictions as shown by clinical studies - and the effects are dramatic and FREE! As a dietitian who works with emotional eaters, I am seriously thinking about getting formal training in EFT to help my patients.
I find it peculiar that the public is so quickly attracted to odd diets and devices seen on TV and equally quick to dismiss unusual non-Western techniques that come from legitimate scholars. Having been in the medical field for 35 years, I am painfully aware of how little we know.
Don't bother, there's no actual therapeutic value to EFT:
Psychotherapy (Chic). 2009 Jun;46(2):249-56.A review of efficacy claims in energy psychology.
McCaslin DL. SourceSchool of Human Service Specializations, Capella University.
You'd serve your clients far better by studying Cognitive Behavioral Therapy which is clinically validated rather than the far-fetched claims from EFT and TFT "therapists".
What I find very ironic, is that the individuals who claim that skeptics should be more open minded, are themselves closed minded to evidence.
I don't doubt that this may work for some people, perhaps through a placebo effect that mimics cognitive behavioural therapies (see McCaslin review article). But rather than being side tracked by promises of eastern woo, and 'unmeasurable energies', doesn't it make more sense to investigate techniques that have shown actual evidence of value and improve upon those? Why trust your health to a throw of the dice that you might benefit from some vague placebo effect?
I'm thoroughly disappointed and disgusted in the ignorance of the majority of the comments posted! EFT is a true established form of therapy. It really does work! All of you skeptics out there need to try it or at least do some research before dismissing it.
I've been exposed to EFT to help manage stress levels and test anxiety and it actually has helped. It amazes me how people are so quick to judge an approach that has years of research yet are so willing to down some pills because some celebrity said s/he lost weight taking them.
If you know anything about how the body and mind are connected, you should know that this type of technique can have benefits. Plus, it's free to try! There are NO negative side effects other then losing a couple minutes of your life that you'd probably be spending eating potato chips.
The placebo effect is well documented in medicine.
from wikipedia: "The tendency of any medication or treatment, even an inert or ineffective one, to exhibit results simply because the recipient believes that it will work."
ds1973,
This should work better than a placebo.
1) The practitioners believe in it, so it's stronger than a placebo where you get no additional positive information.
2) By giving you a multi-tiered ritual which includes speech, thought and action, you have totally distracted yourself from your problem, so the recurring, reinforcing thoughts about eating have been interrupted, and for more than a few seconds. (You may even have recurring, reinforcing thoughts about dieting success!)
3) By changing your focus from external (finding food) to an internal locus of control (your fingertips, speech patterns, goals, "energy"), you focus your mind better, and you control your impulses better.
Having said that it would work better than a placebo, and that it could be an effective tool, I do wonder whether it would be more effective than standing on your right leg for 10 seconds, then your left leg for ten seconds, repeat 3 times, while trying to say "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" as quickly as you can. My guess is that nobody will do that study...
Original Post by: izzzmeisterds1973,
This should work better than a placebo.
1) The practitioners believe in it, so it's stronger than a placebo where you get no additional positive information.
2) By giving you a multi-tiered ritual which includes speech, thought and action, you have totally distracted yourself from your problem, so the recurring, reinforcing thoughts about eating have been interrupted, and for more than a few seconds. (You may even have recurring, reinforcing thoughts about dieting success!)
3) By changing your focus from external (finding food) to an internal locus of control (your fingertips, speech patterns, goals, "energy"), you focus your mind better, and you control your impulses better.
Having said that it would work better than a placebo, and that it could be an effective tool, I do wonder whether it would be more effective than standing on your right leg for 10 seconds, then your left leg for ten seconds, repeat 3 times, while trying to say "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" as quickly as you can. My guess is that nobody will do that study...
That is an awesome comment and really reinforces what I was trying to articulate. Its not that it can't work: perhaps as a distraction, or as a way of applying cognitive behavioural approaches. The point being made by skeptics, is that it that most likely does not work by "stimulating the body’s meridian system, or subtle energy pathways", which have never been shown to exist.
And to jgreen39 - I have trained in EFT, Reiki and have a strong familiarity with other alt med methodss, and am also a scientist - so I have 'done my research'.
At this point, Im desperate to try anything to cure my over-eating. Heres how I feel after reading every one elses comments though:
Positive thought is everything, and if your so negative as to dismiss it without trying it, maybe that same negativity is why your here on CC in the first place.
Chew on that for a while ;)
Original Post by: melkorNo.
It has long been established in psychology and psychiatry that EFT is a fraudulent approach to therapy that has no meaningful clinical application outside of transferring money from the victim to the person posing as a therapist's wallet.
Perception is reality and Melkor's reality is different from mine.
My story: After injuring my back in 1966 leading to surgery in 1984 I continued having severe back pain. In 2005 I was totally bed-ridden for 12 weeks and being treated by 3 MDs, physical therapist, and chiropractor I eventually got enough relief to function with continued pain.
In 2006 I was trained in EFT and treated myself daily for 2 or 3 months; sometimes up to 30 minutes before I got relief. Since that time I have not spent a day in bed and am completely pain free. I still have the same physical structure in my spine as before.
Since then I have helped hundreds of people with both physical and emotional pain of all kinds. Various forms of energy therapy are meridian based (Google meridians) and EFT is one of them. The Chinese have used it for 4,000 years which might belong in the Guinnes book of world records for the world's longest hoax if Melkor is correct.
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It has long been established in psychology and psychiatry that EFT is a fraudulent approach to therapy that has no meaningful clinical application outside of transferring money from the victim to the person posing as a therapist's wallet.