PTSD….
Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an emotional illness that develops as a result of a terribly frightening, life-threatening, or otherwise highly unsafe experience. PTSD sufferers re-experience the traumatic event or events in some way, tend to avoid places, people, or other things that remind them of the event, and are sensitive to normal life experiences. Although this condition has existed since human beings have endured trauma, PTSD has only been recognized as a formal diagnosis since 1980
Approximately 7%-8% of people in the United Kingdom will likely develop PTSD in their lifetime, with the lifetime occurrence in combat veterans, emergency personnel and rape victims ranging from 10% to as high as 30%. Women are twice as likely to develop PTSD as men, PTSD statistics in children and teens reveal that up to more than 40% have endured at least one traumatic event, resulting in the development of PTSD in up to 15% of girls and 6% of boys. On average as many as 30%-60% of children who have survived specific disasters have PTSD. Up to 100% of children who have seen a parent killed or endured sexual assault or abuse tend to develop PTSD, and more than one-third of youths who are exposed to community violence will suffer from the  disorder.
Virtually any event that is life-threatening or that severely compromises the emotional well-being of an individual may cause PTSD. Such events often include either experiencing or witnessing a severe accident or physical injury, receiving a life-threatening medical diagnosis, being the victim of kidnapping or torture, exposure to combat or to a natural disaster, other disaster (for example, plane crash) or terrorist attack, being the victim of rape, mugging, robbery or assault; enduring physical, sexual, emotional or other forms of abuse, as well as involvement in civil conflict.
Untreated PTSD can have devastating, far-reaching consequences for sufferers' functioning and relationships, their families, and for society. In children and teens, PTSD can have significantly negative effects on their social and emotional development, as well as on their ability to learn.
General symptoms are recurrent re-experiencing of the trauma (for example, troublesome memories, flashbacks that are usually caused by reminders of the traumatic events, recurring nightmares about the trauma. Avoidance to the point of having a phobia of places, people, and experiences that remind the sufferer of the trauma and a general numbing of emotional responsiveness, and chronic physical signs of including sleep problems, trouble concentrating, irritability, anger, poor concentration, blackouts or difficulty remembering things, increased tendency and reaction to being startled, and hyper-vigilance to threat.

PTSD and EFT.

EFT therapy has proved to be highly successful in reducing and even eliminating the symptoms of PTSD. This is achieved not by removing the memories but by stopping the disruption in the body's energy system thereby reducing the negative emotions triggered by such memories.

" Joanna " is a non-combat veteran with severe PTSD who has been on medical disability since 1993. In addition to her PTSD,   Joanna suffered from severe Military Sexual Trauma (MST) and childhood sexual trauma. When Joanna agreed to try EFT, she did so out of a sense of desperation...I am doing well. I went to bed after using EFT again on my sleep and slept well without any prescription medication to sleep. I also didn't wake up at any time during the night. I felt safer and more at peace when I went to bed than ever before. Using EFT before I went to bed last night, I reminded myself that I have choices and that there are no rules about sleeping. I also tapped on releasing my old beliefs about sleeping and let my body be the gauge of how much sleep I get every night. I felt lighter and more at peace after tapping and went to bed. Slept soundly. Still tired and sleepy, yet somewhat refreshed. I think this EFT is working."

"The memories are still there, but the triggers are gone. There are no charges on any of it anymore. I am at peace with my childhood. I am at peace with myself. And it's about time considering I am now a senior citizen. I am free. I feel calm and joyful. I am so grateful and thankful for EFT."

"EFT is a phenomenal healing method and is an important centerpiece of my practice. It has helped cure many of my patients with chronic problems." Eric Robins, MD