I’ve never heard of it but I think it is an admirable quality.. Ethical in a sense.

I heard of it but never looked into it. And don't remember what little I knew about it.

In my case, I believe it is also instinctive. The therapist who gave me a name for ^it^ noticed my non-stop fidgeting had distinct rhythms to it and encouraged me to train ^it^ rather than trying to cure ^it^. Another example of valid coping techniques over developed to psychotic extremes?

I recently tied up with a mute autistic child (7?) who taps compulsively. Tapping along with him feels a bit like unlocking a primal language. It's too soon to be sure, but methinks we are in danger of understanding one another.

that is so great Arfie!! Way to reach out to him!

My brother and I used the tapping to make music. Or more actually, the rhythm or beat. Sometimes, it was fast and strong, other times, gentle and soft.

A friend told me that their dance instructor put on a pair of tap shoes to an individual that was 'mute', and the dance that individual did through tapping was 'out of this world'.

Sometimes, our world does not help those who see, think, hear, smell, or feel different be able to express themselves 'as is'.

I think your rhythm has healing taps within, and that you're helping this mute individual find their way into the world.

Best wishes! You rock, and you're a star with tapping!

At the start of my time with this particular therapist, my tapping had become a defensive technique I was hiding behind. I was effectively drowning out the chaos surrounding me and self-soothing with more predictable rhythms. ^It^ was quite solidly OCD. I was seldom aware I was doing it until someone complained.

Awareness and permission to treat ^it^ like a good thing opened doors I still have no words to describe. "Emotional Freedom Tapping" could easily be my own words for the randomly acquired acronym.

I'm glad you have it! I found myself tapping and laughing!

I love the description. It fits! Thank you for sharing! I think you've helped a lot of people today.

For me, I tap and when someone complains, I say would you rather say something ... they usually walk away (or more like slink away).

I actually have the App. For The Tapping Solution on my phone. It has mediations that lead you through EFT. It is quite calming.

The research behind EFT tapping is pretty interesting. The studies have shown that it actually in many cases has a custom relief rate grater then CBT. The technique I've been using utilises the meridian points. Side of hand, eyebrow, side of eye, under nose, under mouth, collarbone, under arm, Like a lot of you I think there is likely a more intrinsic language happening here. But I just rolled with what was apparently working (PTSD is one of the biggest success). Now there guided apps, etc....

The aim apparently, is to retrain the amygdala. You bring up the feelings, the anxiety about an issue. You tap in succession while then giving yourself permission to let that go, forgive yourself, whatever. The science believes, the tapping brakes up the loop to your amydala and the stimulus. The woo woo believes you free stuck energy. I'm not sure where I fall on that, honestly not sure it matters. What I've found is I drop into my autonomic nervous system. Something I've never been able to do well.

Now like everything it's been commodized, there is prosperity tapping now, whatever... I'll leave that to y'all to judge

lol forgive the typos etc... I always know when I'm posting from my iPad, Apples spell check, still gets me after all these years

Hm-m-m-m. . . I've never done so deliberately, but now that you mention it, I tap the complaint rhythms, too, though usually soft enough that it can't be heard over the complaint bluster. I think. Maybe. Observation in progress. Sounds like there might even be reason to be a little less polite with it.

For sure, with kids, I mostly drop the words and match their rhythms and tones when the complaining starts. I'm bigger than them.

The Tapping app made me think of the many I have known who use metronomes to set their meditation rhythm. Several also use them as sleep aids. Of course there's an app for that. . .

Personally, I have yet to respond well to live guided meditation. My discomforts there have dissuaded me from even trying the recorded meditations I can do the motions of guided meditation for the spirit of certain events, but I gotta go with my own flow for maximum benefit.

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Yea, my Iphone autocorrect bites my proverbial backhind at least as often as it saves it. The autocorrect gets especially colorful when I am texting in other languages.

You seem to be describing the "Emotionally Focused Therapy" which was the most popular candidate when I searched, "EFT" It has allot of technical components that remind me allot of other therapies I never quite got the hang of and don't remember the names of. Reflexology?