MRI Fear Resolved With EFT

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Many people hate enclosed spaces and avoid elevators, walk-in closets and MRI scans. There is something about having to get an MRI that triggers claustrophobia in a large segment of the population. This is a real problem for nurses and technicians who struggle with frantic patients. Emotional Freedom Technique, EFT, is an energy healing tool that can help patients have a positive MRI experience.

In December 2010, "Magnolia" a spunky seventy year MRI Scan woman in great health scheduled a session to work on a specific fear: she had been having migraines and her doctor suggested an MRI to rule out a brain tumor. She was terrified of being inside the machine and having to lie very still.

She said she didn't like to be in tight, closed spaces and didn't want to do it!

We had been working together for some time with EFT, Emotional Freedom Techniques, and we had already worked on her fear of illness and of brain cancer. We worked through a childhood episode of accidentally being locked up in a closet for two hours; we also worked on her fear of heights and on a spider phobia. This session was specific to the claustrophobia and anxiety she felt about having an MRI scan.

Interestingly enough, as soon as I asked her to imagine herself inside the MRI machine, she couldn't do it. We tapped on her fear of having to do the test; she wanted to be ready and relaxed for the scan and was having a hard time "imagining being in that situation."

I retrieved a big cardboard box from the garage, put a pillow for her head inside it and invited her to get into the box. As soon as she was lying down inside the box she was flooded with emotions and sensations! Magnolia was very agitated and was sure "they" would not let her have a pillow and be comfortable.