The Story Page for Prejudice contains a story by TAT Trainer Velma Alford about using TAT with her 11-year-old daughter to heal a traumatic event. To hear Velma tell her story (or read the transcript), just click here.

Dear Tapas:

I have just recently reacquainted myself with TAT. I heard about TAT about 5 or 6 years ago but didn't do much with it. An EFT Master reintroduced me to TAT in one of her EFT circles to address global issues, and I was intrigued at how peaceful I felt after a brief TAT work that we did in that circle. That was about 6 months ago or so and since then, I have begun to explore TAT for helping me with creating more peace in my personal life.

Recently, my 11-year old daughter watched a TV program that simulated what could happen all around the world if the solar storm hit Earth in 2011.

Years before, when my daughter was about 5 or 6 years old, she had an episode once where she was so upset about the story she heard in her Kindergarten about the sun exploding. At the time, she was inconsolable for a good 20-30 minutes and she was feeling so anxious about the end of everything she loved. She did calm down eventually after repeated explanations that the solar explosion probably won't happen in this lifetime.

So, no surprise that after she watched that TV news, she started having the episodes of "What would happen if the solar storm hit us?" and her active imagination ran wild ahead of her, and I could see her anxiety level started to rise.

She voiced her concern as "I don't want to die when I am 15." over and over again.

So, I asked her if she would like to do a TAT on it. She agreed.

Here's what we did:
Step 1: Everything that led me to feeling afraid of dying when I am 15.
Step 2: It all happened, it's over, and I choose to live a long, fulfilling and healthy life.
and the rest of the steps.

When we were doing the healing on the Origins, she reported that she has had a history of dying young (past life recall?). And after we finished our TAT session, she reported seeing an old lady and a young child crying for her when she died young once.

I checked in with her how she's feeling about the solar storm, and she said "Hm, nothing anymore." I asked her about how she feels about dying young. And, with a shrug and a smile, she said confidently, "It's not going to happen anymore."

And, my daughter hasn't been anxious or worked up over the solar storm since. Our dinner conversations have moved on to other subjects!

Best regards,
Christine