What is PR? 

Written by Angels Whisper Softly

Have you ever wondered why you just can't get over a certain habit or issue, or why some people heal and others have all the potential, resources and abilities but don't. They might go to doctors and try numerous therapies never getting anywhere. It used to be thought that it was all about willpower/resolve, don't want to really get better or the person wasn't trying hard enough / was lazy.

However, psychological reversals imply that the problem actually exists at the level of the energy flow or polarity and the energy is "reversed", flowing the wrong direction through the meridian system and causing effects that are not in our best interest or well-being. Healing is then impeded because the body /mind will actually fight against its own healing forces.

Psychological Reversal is estimated to affect 40% of the population. It is predominant in those with depressive or addictive disorders. What Gary Craig (founded EFT) and Dr. Callahan (discoverer of Thought Field Therapy) have to say of PR (psychological reversal):

"When Psychological Reversal is present, it literally blocks progress."
~ Gary Craig

"There is not a therapist practicing who has not encountered a patient who simply cannot be cured no matter how effective the therapy normally is or how diligently the patient and therapist apply themselves to the task. This resistance to treatment is a frustration to the therapist and a trial to their patients. It has been called by many names, such as: death instinct, the loser syndrome, self-defeating behavior or negativity. These troubled patients are called by many names: recalcitrant patients, negative personalities, self destructive individual - but their situation is always much the same, they seem to resist all help - no matter what approach is used. They claim they want to be cured - but they do not respond to treatment."
~ Dr. Callahan

The first thing to test with an EFT client or with yourself if you have an issue (testing is performed with using muscle testing techniques) you want to get over is...

"I want to get over {this problem}"
"I want to be successful at {acting, music, school, relationships etc}"
"I live for life"

Then try testing the opposite and see if you get the opposite response.

"I don't want to get over {the problem}."
"I don't want to be successful at {acting. music, school, relationships, etc}."
"I live for death."

If you test psychologically reversed for any of these issues, the next step is to find out why? and where is the reversal? Some people have more than one. I know I did. Here are some reversals to test for:

Deserving: "I deserve to get over this problem"
Safety: "It is safe for me to get over this problem"
Safety for others: "It is safe for (or will not threaten) others for me to get over this problem"
Motivation/Willingness: "I am willing/will do what it takes to get over this problem."
Permission: "I will allow myself to get over this problem"
Possibility: "It is possible for me to overcome this problem."
Benefit: "It is good for me to get over this problem."
Resource: "I have what it takes to make life work without this problem."
Deprivation: "I will feel deprived if I get over this problem."
Identity: "I will lose my identity if I get over this problem"
Never: "I will never get over this problem"
Readiness: "I am ready to get over this problem."
Permanency: "If I get over this problem it will come back"

Once identifying a reversal, then EFT or other Though Field Therapy techniques can be used to correct it. You just use the reversal in your "set up statement" (see prior blog for how to do EFT) and perform the tapping sequence. Example: "Even though I will lose my identity if I get over {the problem), I deeply and completely love and accept myself." The two body points for treating PR are the Karate Chop point on the fleshy side of the hand (just tap on that while repeating the set up statement), or the Sore Spot which there is a diagram on my previous blog for where those points are... intend of tapping this point, it is rubbed instead while repeating the set up statement. Then you pick a reminder phrase, tap all the other EFT points and then retest the reversal. Most times, the reversal is cleared in 1 round of tapping. If its deeper it might take 3 but rarely more. If it does not correct there is another issue or deeper reversal in the way. After reversals are out of the way, the main problem can be tapped on.