I want to say that I am a big believer/practiioner of eft. My daughter, who was about 10 at the time, (now 21) developed emetophobia. She had a terrible virus/bug that was going around and you would just vomit so suddenly that there wasn't really any way to get to the bathroom or a bush. She threw up right outside the restaurant on the patio. I started to notice that she was very anxious about it and started carrying a plastic zip lock bag all the time. After reading up on emetophobia online, I talked to our pediatrician who recommended we see a child therapist. We did, and this therapist didn't even know what emetophobia was wanted to put her on drugs, perhaps for life and wanted us to come in for family counseling every week. I said forget that. Started to search the web and was quite depressed that I couldn't find any positive news/cures. Hypnosis, drugs and therapy didn't seem to work. Saw this thing on EFT and figured I had to try it. Went to an EFT practitioner in our town and after one session, my daughter was functional again. She had been having anxiety because she is a very intelligent child and she knew there was no way she really needed to throw up 24/7. She was actually begging me to put her on drugs or something. But your subconscious is stronger than your logical self. I liken it to someone telling you that you are fat when you are 5 and fast forward to 20. Someone tells you you are fat, but you are actually the hottest thing on 2 legs these days, but for some reason, you still feel like the fat 5 year old. I was so impressed with the results that I took an eft course and everyone at the course was either a medical professional/therapist. Only 2 layman. You can get Continuing Education Units for taking eft and it is a legitimate therapy that some therapists use these days. We've had great success with many other issues. I guess the best explanation for how it works is that it takes the power out of negative thoughts/words. For us, we tapped on phrases like I'm going to throw up, I hate throwing up, people make me sick (fear of getting germs that would then make you sick.....) whatever thoughts that get you going, plus we tapped on the time that she threw up in public that started it all. So after tapping, those thoughts no longer cause you anxiety. It was a lifesaver for us. It's much more mainstream these days and used more often now. Hope this helps someone. Don't knock it till you've tried it.:-)