KC: Even though I have all this lower back pain---I remember being really ticked off at my sister for being so spineless and always depending on me to fix things for her
KC: Even though I’m sick and tired of always being there for her ---I’m open to seeing what this resentment has done to me
KC: Even though I’m really angry and I can feel it in my lower back---I’m open to letting it go
EB: It always bothered me that she was so helpless
SE: At first it was easy to fix things
UE: Then it became a burden
UN: Then I hurt my back and now there is all this pain
CH: Red hot searing pain
CB: Like my resentment when I think about it
UA: Now I can’t fix her messes because of my back pain
TH: She has to help herself
EB: If I get better she’ll expect me to bail her out again
SE: It’s bad enough she still expects me to tell her HOW to fix her messes on the phone
UE: I’m sick of it
UN: I’m tired of carrying all this tension
CH: The emotional load is too heavy
CB: If I get better it will go back to the way things were
UA: I don’t want that
TH: I try to let her deal with the consequences of her actions
EB: But she’s such a mess
SE: I hate to see her mess up her life
UE: I HATE to be in this much pain
UN: I have to make a choice
CH: MY pain
CB: Or, letting her grow up
UA: Letting go of my need to fix her
TH: A little bit at a time
Breathe in through the nose and out through the mouth- ahhhh
CB: Body, thank you for holding onto this pain until I was ready to face what I need to do
When the limiting thoughts come back tap on the UE and say or think: “I will keep tapping on the feelings that arise and let the back pain go a little at a time”