Recently a new member joined my cardio dance classes, she was explaining to the instructor that she suffers with vertigo, overhearing this, I butted myself into the end of the conversation, keen to ask if she takes prochlorperazine and recommend it if not. The woman just looked down at me as if I was a crazy person, telling me no no, its her head, she has medication. I tried asking more and noted that the medication she spoke of, I recognised, though don’t remember now, knowing that it was not a treatment for Vertigo. Well I left her with the drug name and my recommendation based on my life experience. I refrained from telling her that I never do the turning moves and just skip out all that exacerbate my condition. Fuck you, I thought crossly to myself.
So what is it that blocks us, that stops us from hearing helpful advice, this woman should have replied, thank you I will look into that, or something similar, instead she acted like I was trying to recruit her into a cult. Now I realise her reaction was probably nerves and discomfort at speaking to a new unknown person, but it got me thinking.
Why is it that we listen to advice but then don’t actually take the advice offered. Is it that we don’t trust other people? Or that we secretly like having our problem and are not looking to solve it? I am as guilty of this as anyone. A long time ago now my supportive and caring long distance friend told me all about how Tapping’ had changed her life for the better and she recommended her favourite and trusted online practitioner. What did I do with this information? Nothing, I filed it in a corner of my mind thinking it is not for me. In the past my mother had been a fan of tapping and was a little obsessional about it, was it this that put me off? I watched a short clip of her favourite guy, and felt immediately repulsed and that was that. Now it may be that its not for me, the movement itself using your fingers is hard for me and with the feeling of electrical current and pulsing I experience, the idea of tapping myself alarms me. Sometimes in life we must look again at these reactions, I clearly have an intense reaction to this practice and so I must look into it properly and fairly.
Well finally I have asked for the recommended name again and now I realise it is time to look again, open my mind and try it. I must trust in my friend and do it simply because she thinks it could be good for me, for everyone. So I write this for my lovely friend V, I will be watching Brad Yates very soon and I thank you for the advice.
I urge everyone who is offered advice at any time to make a mental note and look into it. We should all be helping each other and we have nothing to loose in learning something new, even if it turns out to be not for us.
Chris. x
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