RET Works

A good friend in Seattle was always worried about her physical safety when driving, especially on I-405.  Several years ago, while driving on 405, she sat in helpless terror as she saw a piece of sheet metal fly off a truck in front of her and hit the underside of her car.  She barely made it off the freeway and to a station, the metal had sheared off her oil pan and ruined her engine.

Her fear continued to grow when the insurance agent explained in detail how dangerous 405 is, how she could have been killed.  That summer, driving on 405 every day, she had another near accident.  By this time she was in constant fear of driving the freeway. Always tense, she didn’t even want to be a passenger on the freeway, much less drive.

During a session of Rapid Eye Therapy, her therapist used RET on this fear.  Afterwards she has commented to me several times that she can’t get over how comfortable she feels driving on 405, even with trucks on both sides of her.  She still knows 405 is a dangerous road — however she is no longer tense or anxious — just alert.

Rapid Eye Technology works by relieving the stress on the neural pathway that can be built up over time through repeated experiences, as my friend’s example demonstrates.  Through the natural process of eye blinking and eye movement (which occurs nightly in our REM sleep state) and other techniques, one is able to access the experience consciously, and release the fear, stress or anxiety around the event.