Stress, whether regarding academics or with personal issues, can very quickly get to the point of shutting us down. Most of the ways we are told to deal with stress usually come into play when we are already stressed. At that point, it is much more difficult. Even using such effective techniques as EFT, Emotional Freedom Technique, there has to be a wise use of it.
One aspect I have come to realize, in working with clients, as well as myself, is there is often an overlooked trigger that gets the stress train moving. That is, the internal voice, asking the crippling questions that start with, "What if....?"
"What if something happens and I can't handle it?" "What if there is something on this test that I dont know? "What if I fail this test again?" And so it goes. The problem with such internal questions is, the mind is wired to find an answer to the question. Usually, the answer is to start the stress program running. Before you know it, there is an abundance of worst case scenario answers poring into mind.
A great solution, then, is to use EFT to tap on those very questions. By doing so, many times the root cause of the questioning comes to mind. It may have been a time a student was embarrassed about failing a test, or severely disciplined at home for doing so. Maybe it was a time when something happened that the person wasn't prepared for, and the result wasn't the best. Whatever it may be, by tapping on the "what if..?" questions will more often than not start to bring these unconscious connections to the light of consciousness. Of course, once the aspects DO come to mind, then you will need to tap on those as well.
The next time there is an upcoming event that is stressing you out, try to listen in to that internal voice, and listen for which "what if...?" question you are asking yourself, and start tapping!
Until next time....
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