🌿 EFT for Phobias — Simple Tapping Script
🧠The core idea
In EFT, we don’t start by trying to “talk ourselves out of fear.”
We start by meeting the nervous system exactly where it is:
- what you see
- what you feel in your body
- and how intense it is in the moment
We work with that, gently, using tapping.
âś‹ Step 1: Setup Round (3 times)
👉 Tap continuously on the Side of Hand point (karate chop point)
You can use either hand side.
đź“Ť Location:
- outer edge of the hand
- halfway between wrist and pinky side
🗣️ What you say (repeat 3 times while tapping)
Use this structure:
“Even though I can see ___, and I’m feeling ___ in my body, right here, right now, I’m OK.”
👉 The key is:
- include what you SEE (trigger)
- include what you FEEL in the BODY (sensation)
- stay present (“right here, right now”)
✨ Example:
“Even though I can see the dog running towards me, and I have this racing feeling in my heart that feels like green shooting lines moving through my chest, right here, right now, I’m OK.”
âś‹ Step 2: Tapping Through the Points
After the setup, move through the EFT points while continuing to focus on:
- what you see
- what you feel in your body
- and describing it vividly (colour / shape / movement helps)
You do NOT have to be perfect. Just stay with the experience.
đź“Ť EFT Tapping Points (in order)
- Eyebrow (start of eyebrow)
- Side of eye
- Under eye
- Under nose
- Chin
- Collarbone
- Under arm
- Top of head
🗣️ What to say on each point
Keep it simple. You repeat a version of your setup statement, but stay with the body sensation as it shifts.
Core formula:
“This racing feeling in my chest…”
“This tight, hot, shaking feeling…”
“This green shooting energy moving through me…”
You are describing:
- intensity
- sensation
- movement
- colour/shape if it helps
✨ Example round:
Eyebrow:
“This racing feeling in my heart…”
Side of eye:
“Still feeling this tight wave in my chest…”
Under eye:
“This green shooting movement in my body…”
Under nose:
“This strong fear feeling…”
Chin:
“All of this energy in my chest…”
Collarbone:
“Still here, still strong…”
Under arm:
“This body fear response…”
Top of head:
“All of this sensation…”
🌿 Important EFT principle (this is the magic)
You are not trying to say the “right sentence.”
You are doing something more powerful:
👉 You are tracking the nervous system in real time
So instead of:
- “I am safe now”
You are saying:
- “This is what my body is doing right now”
And that’s what allows it to shift.
🧡 One more gentle reminder
If you’re doing this and a phobia comes up strongly:
You are not doing it wrong.
You are simply meeting a learned fear response in the body.
And very often, when we stay with it gently, it begins to reduce.
The next step in a session is we would be tracing that body feeling to where it began – wherever you first felt it. And that would bring us to the root of the phoba and we will tap through it and ‘unlearn’ that fear connection.
