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people often try in vain to make more money and fall
Callahan but originally brought to the public by Dr.
short in countless other pursuits even though they know
John Diamond). This is a fascinating discovery on its
they have the ability to achieve them. It is also a
own and deserves special treatment in this course.
contributor to psychological blocks (like "writer's
block") and learning limitations (like dyslexia).
Did you ever wonder why...
Before this discovery, people's seeming inability to
make progress in areas that are obviously important to
....athletes get into slumps? This
them was blamed on such things as "lack of will
defies normal logic. There is no
power", "poor motivation", "spacing out" or other forms
physical reason for them to perform
of supposed character defects. But this isn't so. There
so far below par. The athlete is the
is another cause....and it is correctable.
same highly trained person before,
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Psychological Reversal (PR for short) is that cause. what approach is used. They claim they want to be
It is an immensely important and practical discovery cured -- but they do not respond to treatment.
that is finding its way into several disciplines. While I was working with an overweight woman who
It is vital in psychology, medicine, addictions, professed to want to be thin, I encountered this negative
weight loss, and countless fields of endeavor including block. She had been dieting with little success for
sports and business performance. Where PR is present, years. Yet, in spite of her failure to cut down on eating,
little or no headway will be made. It...literally blocks she insisted that she wanted to lose weight.
Using the muscle test, I asked her to picture herself
progress.
What is Psychological Reversal? Everyone thin, the way she said she wished to be. The result
experiences it. It occurs when the energy system in the startled me. When she succeeded in picturing herself
body changes polarity and it usually happens outside minus her extra weight, her arm tested weak.
your awareness. You don't ordinarily "feel" it We were both surprised. Yet, in spite of the negative
happening. It is a literal polarity reversal in your body's results, she insisted that she did want to lose weight.
energy system and is like having your "batteries in So I tried a different approach. I asked her to
backwards" as explained in EFT Part I. picture herself 30 pounds heavier than she was. Now
Interestingly, it often takes the form of what she tested strong.
psychologists call secondary gain or loss. For I restated the question even more directly. I had her
example, the person who consciously believes that they say aloud, 'I want to lose weight.' The test suggested
want to lost weight will often have an unconscious that her statement was not true.
stopper such as, If I lose weight I will only gain it Now I had her say, 'I want to gain weight.' This time
back again and that will cost me a lot of money in she tested strong. Obviously, there was a discrepancy
changing my wardrobe. This person is between what she said she wanted and what the test
psychologically reversed against losing weight. indicated she wanted.
How was PR discovered? Psychological Reversal Curious, I tried this same test on six other clients
has its roots in a field known as Applied Kinesiology. who had been dieting for months or years without
One of the tools of this discipline is known as muscle as success. They all showed the same pattern. What they
muscle testing . Here the patient rigidly extends an arm said they wanted was the reverse of what they were
straight out from the side of his or her body while the shown to want when I tested them using the same
doctor pushes down on it to assess the patient's strength. muscle test.
The doctor then has a dialogue with the patient and This was, certainly, not the first time I had
pushes down on the arm as the patient makes encountered resistance to treatment. But now I had a
statements. If there is a subconscious disagreement tool with which to identify it and possibly overcome it.
with the statement then the muscles go weak and the To have the name of this condition also be a description
arm is easily pushed down. Otherwise, the arm remains of it, I called it Psychological Reversal.
strong. This allows the doctor to "talk to the body" and ....Now I began to test all my other clients with
thus help diagnose where problems might reside. reference to their major problems (ie: 'I want to get
Dr. Roger Callahan was using this procedure with a over my anxiety attacks,' 'I want to get a better
lady who wanted to lose weight. For perspective, here relationship with my wife/husband/lover,' 'I want to
is how he tells it in his book, "How Executives overcome my frigidity/impotence/premature
Overcome the Fear of Public Speaking and Other ejaculation,' or 'I want to be a successful and/or fine
Phobias." actor/singer/musician/composer,' etc.). In each case, I
"There is not a therapist practicing who has not also had the patient make a reverse statement (ie: 'I do
encountered a patient who simply cannot be cured, no not want to get over my anxiety attacks,' etc.). And
matter how effective the therapy ordinarily is or how each time I tested, using the arm test.
diligently the patient and therapist apply themselves to I was flabbergasted at the results of these tests. I
the task. This resistance to treatment is a frustration to found to my chagrin that a large number of my clients
therapists and a trial to their patients. It has been got weak when they thought of getting better and
called by many names, such as: death instinct, the loser stronger when they thought of getting worse.
syndrome, self -defeating behavior or negativity. These No wonder psychotherapy is so difficult...."
troubled patients are called by many names:
recalcitrant patients, negative personalities, self What causes PR? The principle cause is negative
destructive individuals -- but their situation is always thinking. Even the most positive thinkers among us
much the same, they seem to resist all help -- no matter carry around subconscious negative, self defeating
thoughts. PR is the usual result. As a general rule, the
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more pervasive this type of thinking, the more prone we Students don't know they are psychologically
are to becoming psychologically reversed. reversed because, until now, they didn't even know the
With some people it is an all pervasive phenomenon. phenomenon existed.
It stops them just about everywhere they go. You can But they do tend to give reasons for their
usually tell who these people are because nothing ever "inadequacy." They may say,
seems to work for them. They complain a lot and "I' m just not cut out for
consider themselves a victim of the world. People with chemistry," or "I can't seem to
this "across the board" form of reversal are called concentrate on it," or "I hate
massively reversed. it."
PR is also a chronic companion of those who suffer These reasons are usually
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