BBC Report - EFT Cures M.E. (Transcript) |
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Now we've seen it help one woman pass her driving test, now a different form of tapping has helped another woman by curing her of M.E. The illness kept Susie Shelmerdine from Kidderminster housebound for almost a year. Out of desperation she tried EFT, a form of tapping, and it worked. The system which it's claimed was used to help Vietnam veterans suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in the mid-90's is also being piloted by the Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Trust. Liz Silver went to meet Susie to find out how it worked.
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Susie Shelmerdine danced her way through childhood, became a dance teacher and owned her own agency but after completing the Great North Run three years ago she realised something was wrong.
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"I progressively got worse to the point where I was just sleeping for twenty-two hours a day, I couldn't wake up. My joints hurt, my legs hurt and I was unable to walk or remember."
Susie Shelmerdine
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Susie spent the next eleven months housebound with M.E. - an illness without a known cure. Then she discovered tapping - a sort of acupuncture without needles. It's called Emotional Freedom Technique, or EFT. Susie's convinced of its effectiveness she says it cured her of M.E.
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"Within two months of discovering EFT I was 80% better, I was up, living life, able to walk without pain and awake for twelve to fourteen hours a day, which was fantastic, and able to function."
Susie Shelmerdine
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EFT uses the energy meridians mapped out in ancient Chinese Medicine for acupuncture. EFT was invented by an American in the mid-90's to help with a range of physical and psychological problems.
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"Different techniques work for different people. We've had various therapies that people have tried and have successfully regained their former abilities through".
Julie Heptinstall, ME Association
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It worked for Susie, so she trained as a therapist and now helps others.
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"It is a fantastic tool. It does take the stress off the body. It allows the body to heal itself and I can now function, I can work as I choose, play as I choose and if I only have four or five hours sleep it's not an issue."
Susie Shelmerdine
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Liz Silver, BBC Midlands Today in Stourport.
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