Word blindness – Dyslexia – is a developmental state that interferes with the acquisition of written language. Dyslexics also show distinct brain differences to those who do not have Word blindness. EFT can be very useful in the management of Dyslexia.
Tricia (not her real name), arrived with Dyslexia, which was interfering with her full enjoyment of life and had been ever since she could remember – in class, during her work and in the family. Tricia wa ready to try anything – including EFT!
Word blindness affects both reading and processing, so we decided on a course of EFT sessions, each dealing with different aspects of the condition.This article, Part 1, and the next one, Part 2, are shortened descriptions of the way we approached Tricia’s Dyslexia.
Tricia selected some events she recalled from school, in Maths and English classes.
We have all been there in the maths class: marks are gained from the working out, rather than ending up with the right answer.The sequencing of the working out is a real challenge for people with word blindness, who are likely to know the answer instinctively and, since the working out is intuitive, they dont really realize how they got there. Although teachers understand about Dyslexia being about reading, they don’t understand the intuitive leap portion of it. Children become more and more anxious the more they experience these situations they cannot explain to their teachers.
The first part of the session, therefore, dealt with the difficulty of breaking the process up into steps and the teachers attitude to her difficulty:
Even though miss said Tricia, youre making this too complicated and I have to agree with her because even one step is too complicated!
The maths teacher had apparently been quite sympathetic to Tricias difficulties, unlike the English teacher, who had been, from Tricias point of view, thoroughly unpleasant.
Even though sir took my work, screwed it up into a ball and threw it across the room .
Even though that English descriptive piece was not complicated enough for sir
The dyslexic intuitive jump can be really fantastically helpful in adult life – who would not aspire to tally their cheque book so easily? Tricia had by now begun to understand how much she appreciated and relied on her subliminal dyslexic talents, so we did some thankfulness tapping:
Even though my teachers didnt understand my intuitive leaps – and neither did I I do now
I really appreciate my subconscious for doing all the work for me
Im so grateful that my subconscious is so clever
When I asked Tricia to tell me in what order she put her clothes on in the morning (a sequence generally difficult for dyslexics, she was able to do so easily).
She explained to me soon after that, not only was she able to work out the steps involved in quite complex activities, but also as a side product, her bond with her brother had improved dramatically.