Reduce Stress and Worry About the Future: EFT Script

Maintain a Positive Attitude about the Future with EFT

When it comes to thinking about the future (especially during these times of uncertainty) it's challenging to maintain a positive attitude and a hopeful outlook.

T.V., radio, magazines and newspapers do a wonderful job at boosting negativity by featuring bad news. The media is well practiced at drawing us into the fear drama. This makes staying positive, an even more difficult task!

Percentage wise, there is a lot more positive news in the world -- But the uplifting topics and stories do not make as much in advertising dollars. So for the sake of profit, we're fed fearful, negative news more often than not!

Also, many of us come from a long line of 'doom and gloom' types. Relatives and loved ones who focus(ed) on what’s wrong -- What's wrong now, what went wrong in the past and what might go wrong in the future! A trilogy of negativity we heard again and again, especially during our younger/childhood years.

We've inherited the habit of dwelling on the bad stuff. We’ve learned from the best how to stress out. We worry and get anxious about finances, world politics, the economy, the environment, terrorism, wide spread disease, our jobs, material possessions, investments, taxes, relationships, our health, other people etc.

Fretting, worrying and having anxiety directly impacts our stress levels. This increased stress adversely affects our physical, mental and emotional well-being!

The good news is, instead of getting lost in negative and stressful thoughts and emotions, we can tine in and become more aware. We can learn to shift destructive patterns of thinking and feeling. We can avoid the pitfalls of hanging out in our own negative vibes!

One of the best tools to help us become more positive and hopeful is the Emotional Freedom Techniques. Here is an EFT 'tap-a-long' script that can really help improve your mood and vibration!

Maintaining a Positive Outlook 'Tap-a-Long' EFT Script

IMPORTANT: This EFT script assumes that you know the basics of EFT. If you do not, read this information first: New to EFT
Please read: Terms of Use before using this tapping example.

NOTE: Use this script as written, or make up your own EFT ‘truth’, setup and sequence statements to better suit your own situation.

Truth Statement

Get a 0 - 10 'truth level' on this statement: "It’s hard to maintain a positive attitude about the future”, with '0' being not true at all and '10' being very true.

Round 1: The Problem

EFT Setup Statements

KC - Even though its REALLY hard to be positive about the future... I deeply and completely accept myself

KC - Even though maintaining a positive outlook is a challenge these days… I accept who I am and how I am feeling

KC - Even though having a positive attitude does *not* run in my family... I've decided to be open to change, anyway

EFT Sequence

TH - I have MAJOR challenges in the positive attitude department

EB - The 'doom and gloom' in the news makes it hard to stay positive

SE - Thinking about these things REALLY brings me down

UE - I’m worried that I’ll stay negative... FOR EVER!

UN - I don't know how to be more positive…

CH - I am always getting stuck in stressful and negative thoughts

CB - I really struggle with maintaining a positive attitude

UA - I don’t think I’ll ever be able to change my ways

Take a deep breath... roll your shoulders, stretch, wiggle your toes. Check your 0 - 10 'truth' statement level.

There is no right or wrong answer here. The level may have gone down, stayed the same or maybe it even went up. It is not unusual for the intensity or level of truth to go up at this point.

Make note of how true the statement *feels* to you after the first EFT tapping round. I emphasize the word 'feels' because the intensity level of the truth statement will be more accurate if we plug into how it feels in our body, instead of what we 'think' it is in our head.

Round 2: The Turn Around - Reframe

EFT Setup Statements

KC - Even though having a positive outlook about the future is hard... I accept my feelings and who I am

KC - Even though thinking about the future REALLY brings me down... maybe I'll find a way?

KC - Even though I've got such negative thoughts about the future… I am open to changing my ways

EFT Sequence

TH - I find it REALLY hard to be positive about the future

EB - Especially with all the bad news

SE - Being so fearful is very depressing

UE - I wonder if I can find another way?

UN - It’s hard to imagine... *me* learning new ways to think and feel?

CH - Maybe bit by bit, I can shift away from this 'doom and gloom'?

CB - But I have been thinking this way for sooooo long

UA - Maybe I can become more positive? Maybe there is a new and different way?

Take a deep breath... roll your shoulders, gently stretch your neck, wiggle your toes. Check your 0 -10 'truth' statement level.

Round 3: Turn Around/Reframe (no setup)

EFT Sequence

TH - It seems really hard have a positive outlook…

EB - I'm positive I want a change. I am tired of feeling down

SE - Maybe I could think about what could go right in the future? This might help me shift

UE - If negative stuff comes up... then, I'll focus back to the here and the now

UN - When I think about 'now', the present moment… things don't seem so bad, and it makes me feel a bit better

CH - I wonder if it’s not about trying to maintain a positive outlook about the future?

CB - Maybe it’s more about where I put my focus and attention?

UA - So, to help me become more positive... I'll focus on the present moment more often!

Take a deep breath... roll your shoulders, gently stretch your neck, wiggle your toes. Check your 0 -10 'truth' statement level.

Round 4: Affirm and Appreciate (no setup)

EFT Sequence

TH - I appreciate knowing that I am in charge of my thoughts

EB - Detaching from the “doom and gloom” will be a challenge for me

SE - I am grateful that I am more aware of this now

UE - I know that change can take a lot of time and effort

UN - Maybe this will be surprisingly easy? If I begin to pay more attention to how I feel

CH - And when I become negative or depressed about the future

CB - I’ll shift my attention back to the present moment

UA - I appreciate knowing...
that I have the freedom and the power to choose!

Take a deep breath... roll your shoulders, stretch, wiggle your toes.

Check your 0 -10 'truth' statement level; "It’s hard to maintain a positive attitude about the future”. How true does it feel now? (0 = not true at all and 10 = very true). Compare this to your initial level.

Once again, make sure you ask yourself what you 'feel' instead of 'think'. It's much harder to 'plug' into the issue when we are in our head. Feelings bring us into our body and connect us to our intuition.

Even if the level of your truth statement only went down a little, be assured that change *will* still happen. Shifts in thinking and perception, no matter how subtle, can create big changes in our life!

You may even be getting some new insights such as;

♦ "If I can’t be positive about the future, I’ve decided to put my focus on the present moment."

♦ "Maybe I am more in control of how I feel than I thought."

♦ "My emotions help me realize where I am putting my attention."

♦ "The future *is* out of my hands, but I can decide how I feel right now!"

♦ "If thinking about the future makes me feel bad, then I will put my attention elsewhere!"

♦ "It's way more important how I feel right now, then fretting and worrying about something I can not control!"

Find the 'Gold' in General or Global Tapping

IMPORTANT NOTE: This script is very general or as Gary Craig says, 'global', and has been designed to offer *some* relief. However, when dealing with ongoing or chronic negative thinking, worrying, mild forms of anxiety, depression, OCD etc., this just a starting point!

Here's how you can take this to a deeper level. As you are tapping or immediately after, notice anything that comes up i.e. 'tail enders'. Pay close attention to memories, physical feelings (i.e. pain), emotions, someone's voice from the past or more clarity about the issue.

You can either be creative and change the EFT phrases and affirmations to begin tapping on what's coming up for you, or make note and tap on them later. Be especially aware of the feelings and physical reactions that happen in the body.

These 'tail enders', memories and sensations are the 'Golden Nuggets' that can be magically unearthed when taking a general or global approach to EFT tapping.

For long lasting relief, it is usually necessary to discover and tap on *all* of the associated aspects i.e. specific events, limiting beliefs, unresolved emotions, trauma (even little 't' traumas), core issues etc., that drive or support the problem in the first place.

I hope this script has been helpful. If you know anyone who might benefit from this tapping guide, please pass it on to them.

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