Hi everyone,
Once again it has been rather a long time since the last post. We were away on holiday in Scotland for a couple of weeks at the beginning of September, but now I finally seem to have settled back down into the old routine.
There has been one change though. I used to visit some aromatherapy clients in their home this side of Stafford, but just before we went away on holiday they moved to new accommodation the other side of Stafford.
This means that instead of the familiar journey I have made since the end of 2001, a fairly quick hop up the A449, I now have little option other then to use the M6 motorway, although there is a choice between getting on it for just one junction, or getting on and staying on for 3 junctions.
So what? The problem is that I don't like motorway driving, especially when we are talking about the M6, which around this neck of the woods is probably the busiest stretch of motorway in the country.
I passed my driving test back in 1984. Despite the fact that the motorway runs literally just a few minutes away from where we live, I have only driven on it myself a total of 3 times in all the years I've been driving.
Two of those journeys I was totally petrified; all the more reason for avoiding the motorway like the plague. The third time was very much better as I was now using EFT. You can find an article about this, EFT for Motorway Driving Anxiety on my website.
That was back in 2009 and now I have to use the motorway unless I want to take a really circuitous and time-consuming route to avoid it - hardly practical.
Last week was my first visit to the new place. My husband had kindly taken me on a dummy run the night before so I could check timings and also know exactly where I was going.
About an hour before I was due to set off on the Wednesday I checked in with myself and found an anxiety level of about 7/10 and started tapping.
Tapping phrases included worry and anxiety about going on the motorway, getting lost despite the dummy run the night before (I am terrible at navigation; if I was a homing pigeon, I'd never make it home!), a concern for the new setup and routine. A couple of rounds saw the SUDS zeroed.
I had no anxiety once I got in the car, although I did choose to ease my way in by taking the usual route and just hopping on the motorway for one junction. I got on quite easily and stress-free and made it to my clients well on time. A success!
Going home I decided to stay on the motorway all the way back. It was slightly hairy getting on again as there is a much shorter slip road on at Junction 14, but the driver behind kindly flashed me on. It didn't help that I had brilliant sunshine right in my face as I turned to see how things were just prior to getting on, partially blinding me. But I just tapped a few times with my left hand on the Collar Bone point and felt fine almost immediately.
I was very pleased when I got back home and still felt quite relaxed.
Today was the second jaunt. I decided to go the same way, mostly because there are roadworks on the other route I could take and came off after one junction on the way home as well to check timings.
This time, however, I didn't feel the need to do any tapping at all. What's more, I even managed to overtake a much slower driver. Not much of a thing for seasoned motorway drivers, but a big thing for me, changing lanes.
Next week, road works permitting, I'll try motorway all the way both ways and see how that goes. I doubt I'll ever really enjoy driving on the motorways, and suspect I'll only change lanes if stuck behind a real slow coach, but that is only a belief I hold at the moment, and that too can be changed with EFT.
It is one of the great things about EFT - it is such a practical tool, and can be applied in so many different circumstances.
You might like to try it out on a similar issue you have. If you do, perhaps you would like to get in touch to share the results.
Bright Blessings,
Karen
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Once again it has been rather a long time since the last post. We were away on holiday in Scotland for a couple of weeks at the beginning of September, but now I finally seem to have settled back down into the old routine.
There has been one change though. I used to visit some aromatherapy clients in their home this side of Stafford, but just before we went away on holiday they moved to new accommodation the other side of Stafford.
This means that instead of the familiar journey I have made since the end of 2001, a fairly quick hop up the A449, I now have little option other then to use the M6 motorway, although there is a choice between getting on it for just one junction, or getting on and staying on for 3 junctions.
So what? The problem is that I don't like motorway driving, especially when we are talking about the M6, which around this neck of the woods is probably the busiest stretch of motorway in the country.
I passed my driving test back in 1984. Despite the fact that the motorway runs literally just a few minutes away from where we live, I have only driven on it myself a total of 3 times in all the years I've been driving.
Two of those journeys I was totally petrified; all the more reason for avoiding the motorway like the plague. The third time was very much better as I was now using EFT. You can find an article about this, EFT for Motorway Driving Anxiety on my website.
That was back in 2009 and now I have to use the motorway unless I want to take a really circuitous and time-consuming route to avoid it - hardly practical.
Last week was my first visit to the new place. My husband had kindly taken me on a dummy run the night before so I could check timings and also know exactly where I was going.
About an hour before I was due to set off on the Wednesday I checked in with myself and found an anxiety level of about 7/10 and started tapping.
Tapping phrases included worry and anxiety about going on the motorway, getting lost despite the dummy run the night before (I am terrible at navigation; if I was a homing pigeon, I'd never make it home!), a concern for the new setup and routine. A couple of rounds saw the SUDS zeroed.
I had no anxiety once I got in the car, although I did choose to ease my way in by taking the usual route and just hopping on the motorway for one junction. I got on quite easily and stress-free and made it to my clients well on time. A success!
Going home I decided to stay on the motorway all the way back. It was slightly hairy getting on again as there is a much shorter slip road on at Junction 14, but the driver behind kindly flashed me on. It didn't help that I had brilliant sunshine right in my face as I turned to see how things were just prior to getting on, partially blinding me. But I just tapped a few times with my left hand on the Collar Bone point and felt fine almost immediately.
I was very pleased when I got back home and still felt quite relaxed.
Today was the second jaunt. I decided to go the same way, mostly because there are roadworks on the other route I could take and came off after one junction on the way home as well to check timings.
This time, however, I didn't feel the need to do any tapping at all. What's more, I even managed to overtake a much slower driver. Not much of a thing for seasoned motorway drivers, but a big thing for me, changing lanes.
Next week, road works permitting, I'll try motorway all the way both ways and see how that goes. I doubt I'll ever really enjoy driving on the motorways, and suspect I'll only change lanes if stuck behind a real slow coach, but that is only a belief I hold at the moment, and that too can be changed with EFT.
It is one of the great things about EFT - it is such a practical tool, and can be applied in so many different circumstances.
You might like to try it out on a similar issue you have. If you do, perhaps you would like to get in touch to share the results.
Bright Blessings,
Karen
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