The names of people and Agencies in this study have been changed to protect their identities.

Case Study #1002 on PTSD - The aftermath of the accident.

 Michael a 27 year old truck driver was sent to see me because he had not been able to get any help for the after-accident symptoms he was suffering.  Michael had been involved in a fatal road crash a year ago, where the driver of the other vehicle had committed suicide by driving into the Michael’s truck head-on.

Michael remembered vividly the aftermath of the accident.  He described the carnage in detail and rated his SUDS at 10 +.    Michael was plagued by flashbacks, up to 50 per day.  These had not diminished over time.  He also had intrusive thought which he couldn’t get control over.  By the time he came to see me, he had given up hope of every getting his life on track again.

 Michael was very willing to try anything to help him.  So we did one session of tapping.  He was highly amused and quite skeptical.  I asked him to make a movie of the incident and then go over it as we tapped.  I asked him to recall the visual, what he heard and how he felt during the incident/movie.

 My observations were that the body language shifted during the process, however when I asked Michael to rate the SUDS he was not sure.  We muscle tested, but he was not sure about what had changed, even though he said something had changed about how he felt regarding the accident.  I asked Michael to keep a diary/journal and record how much flashback he had on a daily basis.

 A week later Michael came in for his second session.  We went through his journal and Michael informed me with a huge smile that he had had no flashbacks or intrusive thoughts about the accident/carnage since the first session.  He was simply amazed that after all the sessions using traditional psychological interventions and medication; this painless, simple and quick treatment had worked wonders.   I asked him what had changed and his reply was “it all seems far away somehow.  I can see the accident clearly in my minds eye if I want to, but it doesn’t intrude upon my consciousness and it just seems far away ….is how I can explain it”.