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I thought I had prepared - turns out sickness whacked my perfect world

 
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Good tip - used to use them on the road in nasty weather and when "convoying" during a major run, and when the other rigs didn't have a CB.


Donna Lynn wrote:Kelly, add to your communication category: usb rechargeable two way radios.  and have a small solar charger for them (and your cell, rechargeable batteries etc.)

I just got a set inexpensively that are good up to 16 miles.  

 
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Hi Kaarina,

There's all kinds of different ways of being prepared, we all have different levels of comfort here.    A big one is community.  As I read through the replies from other folk, I noticed not much mention of community.  

This I think is your weakest link here.  When your down and out,  to have a group that will come and help out while your recovering, this would have made a world of difference.  

I broke my wrist last winter and just moved into my new place, in a brand new community.   I had only a couple connections one was the medic that I met when he took me to the hospital, and the other a old friend.  Because I moved in late fall start of winter I didnt have time to put up any wood.  But between these 2 wonderful beings they kept my house warm all winter.  As I recovered and sat by the fire.  

I always leaned on the side of being a lone wolf.  I can look after myself, always had and always got by.  Then finally I was taken down by something I thought would never happen.   I just got lucky I had two connections that stepped up and got me through the winter.  

There's no way of preparing for every possible situation.  But having a strong community around you is number one.   One person has certain skills, that you need.  Another has time to stop in help with firewood, deliver chocolate.  Another has equipment, tools, that you can rent, borrow, and such.   You in return give back when there in need with what you got to offer.

After my experiance last winter Ive decided to get into my community, to build a more resistant community.  Im stepping out of my comfort zone next week.  I'll be going to the local Juijutsu club.  Get off my little piece of heaven head out in to the world meet people I would have never met before.  Learn to defend myself, get in shape, have fun, but most importantly network with people I've never met before.  Maybe there not permies, but that dont matter after meeting me hopefully they get inspired to grow a garden, rain water harvest, heat with wood, turn there lawns into food!  Worse case I gain customers for my surplus.   I'll have friends to stop in while im down and out, I'll be sure to do the same when they or.  

The lone wolf way of thinking never works.  You can stock pile chocolate, wood, and what ever you think you might need.  But sooner or later it'll run out.  Im not saying not to have a buffer, a little insurance, year or two ahead on wood, groceries for 3 days, a month or a year, thats just smart.  But also dont forget to stock pile and build community, the neighbours or the ones that will really get you through, and be there for you!
 
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Your biggest problem and mistake was living alone. Especially in a place like Scandinavia. I run a small farm and am the main worker. I took in some former friends turned into squatters that then tried to take over my farm last year. They broke into my house, and threatened my 76-year-old mother after beating me bloody in my backyard. They did it and dared to because they had 5 people vs. me and my old mother. Never again will I make the mistake of being too few. You need like-minded friends or family with you. Something can and will always happen. It could be covid or could get robbed or could be something as simple as no power and water and far from help and heat. You need another person who can be a trusted helping hand, especially in these dangerous times. I am telling you my personal experience because it is too easy to get killed now doing something stupid. I'm 41 and healthy, and people still thought they could try to kill me and take over. Be careful for god's sake. If not for real friends and fellow neighbors, I would have died on my own place.
 
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That’s a crazy story!   I’m glad you made it through!  All the reason to join Jijitsu.   I would hate to have someone grab me with my two livestock dogs around they would quickly become Maremma sandwiches.  Sorry you had to go through with that!
 
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M Smythe wrote:Your biggest problem and mistake was living alone. Especially in a place like Scandinavia. I run a small farm and am the main worker. I took in some former friends turned into squatters that then tried to take over my farm last year. They broke into my house, and threatened my 76-year-old mother after beating me bloody in my backyard. They did it and dared to because they had 5 people vs. me and my old mother. Never again will I make the mistake of being too few. You need like-minded friends or family with you. Something can and will always happen. It could be covid or could get robbed or could be something as simple as no power and water and far from help and heat. You need another person who can be a trusted helping hand, especially in these dangerous times. I am telling you my personal experience because it is too easy to get killed now doing something stupid. I'm 41 and healthy, and people still thought they could try to kill me and take over. Be careful for god's sake. If not for real friends and fellow neighbors, I would have died on my own place.



I'm sorry you went through that, but the OP made it perfectly clear that she is very lonely and would like someone to share her life with, so I don't think it's fair to say that her "biggest problem and mistake was living alone".  Not everything is a choice, sometimes we live in the circumstances we are stuck with and do our best.
 
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M Smythe wrote:Your biggest problem and mistake was living alone. Especially in a place like Scandinavia. I run a small farm and am the main worker. I took in some former friends turned into squatters that then tried to take over my farm last year. They broke into my house, and threatened my 76-year-old mother after beating me bloody in my backyard. They did it and dared to because they had 5 people vs. me and my old mother. Never again will I make the mistake of being too few. You need like-minded friends or family with you. Something can and will always happen. It could be covid or could get robbed or could be something as simple as no power and water and far from help and heat. You need another person who can be a trusted helping hand, especially in these dangerous times. I am telling you my personal experience because it is too easy to get killed now doing something stupid. I'm 41 and healthy, and people still thought they could try to kill me and take over. Be careful for god's sake. If not for real friends and fellow neighbors, I would have died on my own place.



I'm sorry you went through that, but the OP made it perfectly clear that she is very lonely and would like someone to share her life with, so I don't think it's fair to say that her "biggest problem and mistake was living alone".  Not everything is a choice, sometimes we live in the circumstances we are stuck with and do our best.



Find someone to accompany. It can be a trusted, trusted friend, family, but have numbers and have help. That's all I am saying. I hope others who hear my story will avoid the mistakes I made. Be careful who comes and who you let in. In a world of covid and vagrants, there are too many dangers to count.
 
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Byron Gagne wrote:That’s a crazy story!   I’m glad you made it through!  All the reason to join Jijitsu.   I would hate to have someone grab me with my two livestock dogs around they would quickly become Maremma sandwiches.  Sorry you had to go through with that!



It was hard. They took over my shop, destroyed my house, I lost control of half my fields after they blocked access with aggressive dogs. They had a whole squatter encampment set up and walls and fence to keep me out. The worst is the law of this state make it hard to get rid of criminal scum. Imagine being told by law enforcement that said squatters got rights and you don't.
 
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M Smythe wrote:It was hard. They took over my shop, destroyed my house, I lost control of half my fields after they blocked access with aggressive dogs. They had a whole squatter encampment set up and walls and fence to keep me out. The worst is the law of this state make it hard to get rid of criminal scum. Imagine being told by law enforcement that said squatters got rights and you don't.


That sounds pretty ugly. And yes, having good and trusted neighbours and family is of great value, wherever you are. These give law enforcement a 3D picture of the situation, and attest to your character, which guides their response.
 
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I'm on sites where some individuals cry out to abolish ALL government. I am not bashful about telling them they are fools for it. The real issue is, moderation and control.

As you pointed out, one person can only rarely stand against an army of just a few, but by joining with others, those few can be held off and, if need be, beaten down.  

In reality, the only reason most of us have an ax / vehicle / house / stove / electric and so on is, people came together.  And, the only reason many of us are/were able to keep our things was because people came together, created rules, and enforced them.

Our roads that allow producers to move goods to market and us to get to them got built by people coming together, not because someone built them by themselves.


M Smythe wrote:. . . .You need like-minded friends or family with you. Something can and will always happen. It could be covid or could get robbed or could be something as simple as no power and water and far from help and heat. You need another person who can be a trusted helping hand, especially in these dangerous times. I am telling you my personal experience because it is too easy to get killed now doing something stupid. I'm 41 and healthy, and people still thought they could try to kill me and take over. Be careful for god's sake. If not for real friends and fellow neighbors, I would have died on my own place.

 
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M Smythe wrote:It was hard. They took over my shop, destroyed my house, I lost control of half my fields after they blocked access with aggressive dogs. They had a whole squatter encampment set up and walls and fence to keep me out. The worst is the law of this state make it hard to get rid of criminal scum. Imagine being told by law enforcement that said squatters got rights and you don't.


That sounds pretty ugly. And yes, having good and trusted neighbours and family is of great value, wherever you are. These give law enforcement a 3D picture of the situation, and attest to your character, which guides their response.



It got bad. We had tense stand offs, and they tried to bottle me up in my own home while they circled round and round and controlled my movements outside. It only ended when they got raided by the sheriff, and the crazy lady and her boyfriend realized they got into some deep s***.
 
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Kelly Craig wrote:I'm on sites where some individuals cry out to abolish ALL government. I am not bashful about telling them they are fools for it. The real issue is, moderation and control.

As you pointed out, one person can only rarely stand against an army of just a few, but by joining with others, those few can be held off and, if need be, beaten down.  

In reality, the only reason most of us have an ax / vehicle / house / stove / electric and so on is, people came together.  And, the only reason many of us are/were able to keep our things was because people came together, created rules, and enforced them.

Our roads that allow producers to move goods to market and us to get to them got built by people coming together, not because someone built them by themselves.


M Smythe wrote:. . . .You need like-minded friends or family with you. Something can and will always happen. It could be covid or could get robbed or could be something as simple as no power and water and far from help and heat. You need another person who can be a trusted helping hand, especially in these dangerous times. I am telling you my personal experience because it is too easy to get killed now doing something stupid. I'm 41 and healthy, and people still thought they could try to kill me and take over. Be careful for god's sake. If not for real friends and fellow neighbors, I would have died on my own place.



Society and laws exist for the common good. I have been alone most my life. Good people need other good people, and they need to band together to survive. It's too easy to be picked off otherwise.
 
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Hey Kaarina, I'm glad to see you're back and getting healthy again.

Byron, I had exactly the same thing happen to me this year, minus the firewood and subzero temps-- broke my wrist, and my husband had just done surgery on his knee, also the kid smashed up my car, so we're down a vehicle, let's just say that this growing season (it's summer here) has mostly been a wash, except for plant-and-forget crops like beans. I can just barely squeak by doing my paid work, thank goodness I'm not raising/butchering rabbits intensively like I planned to this year....

We're generally strong, healthy people and this situation really knocked us for a loop, so I really feel for Kaarina. Everything is great, until suddenly it's not. We live and learn.


M Smyth, you've also had a heck of an experience and I think it's an important topic that others may find very useful. Would you consider making a thread about squatters (and avoidance thereof)? You could put it in the homesteading or community forums and resume the conversation.
 
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Tereza Okava wrote: M Smyth, you've also had a heck of an experience and I think it's an important topic that others may find very useful. Would you consider making a thread about squatters (and avoidance thereof)? You could put it in the homesteading or community forums and resume the conversation.



I agree! It was obviously a hugely traumatic, terrible thing to happen and maybe there are some lessons learned, red flags in the early behaviour of the "friends" that M Smyth could share to help others avoid similar situations.

But it's a separate issue from what Kaarina's thread is about, preparing for unexpected illness or injury.
 
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Tereza Okava wrote:M Smyth, you've also had a heck of an experience and I think it's an important topic that others may find very useful. Would you consider making a thread about squatters (and avoidance thereof)? You could put it in the homesteading or community forums and resume the conversation.



Hi yes, I can do that later. It was a nightmare for me and my mother. I worry for other people who are small farmers and too trusting like I was, which some in the permies community might be.
 
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Hello Kaarina,

My heart goes to you and I am so glad that you made it through.  You are a very courageous woman, not only because of your ordeal but for admitting so openly of your arrogance and your loneliness.  Not easy to admit to oneself, let alone to others.  You are a bigger and better person for it.  Your posts really touched me.

You have had a lot of advice on this thread so I am not going to add anything else because I am darn certain that this is a mistake you will not repeat in a hurry.

The most important thing now, is that you do not give yourself a hard time, that you forgive your "self-righteous" patting on the back.  Be kind to yourself, it will make you healthier and stronger.   As for your preparedness, your situation is unique, and only you know how you can improve or change or add.  We learn best from our mistakes.

All the best, with virtual love and hugs!


 
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Kaarina Kreus wrote:I had some sweets but run out of them quickly. Warning to anyone planning to live without frequent visits to the shop: take the amount of chocolate you can maximally imagine consuming and multiply by ten.

No, actually twenty. Might as well add a buffer. OK, thirty.  



I thought I was the only person who hoarded chocolate...
 
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Anne Miller wrote:

Kaarina Kreus wrote:I had some sweets but run out of them quickly. Warning to anyone planning to live without frequent visits to the shop: take the amount of chocolate you can maximally imagine consuming and multiply by ten.

No, actually twenty. Might as well add a buffer. OK, thirty.  



I thought I was the only person who hoarded chocolate...



Nope, me too.  I consider it comfort food for the really hard times when comfort may be hard to find.
 
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Trace Oswald wrote:

Anne Miller wrote:

Kaarina Kreus wrote:I had some sweets but run out of them quickly. Warning to anyone planning to live without frequent visits to the shop: take the amount of chocolate you can maximally imagine consuming and multiply by ten.

No, actually twenty. Might as well add a buffer. OK, thirty.  



I thought I was the only person who hoarded chocolate...



Nope, me too.  I consider it comfort food for the really hard times when comfort may be hard to find.



I do, too! I try to always have a month or two worth of chocolate, and when I see good, organic chocolate on sale, I'll buy boxes of it. I have a cupboard full of mostly chocolate and cocoa powder, and even put baking chocolate in our emergency food bin that we have stored outside the house (in case of earthquake collapsing our house). Chocolate is a necessity for me!
 
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I just finished my last chocolate-covered cherry from Christmas 2021 so that I could start on the ones I got this Christmas.

 
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Nope, me too.  I consider it comfort food for the really hard times when comfort may be hard to find.



I do, too! I try to always have a month or two worth of chocolate, and when I see good, organic chocolate on sale, I'll buy boxes of it. I have a cupboard full of mostly chocolate and cocoa powder, and even put baking chocolate in our emergency food bin that we have stored outside the house (in case of earthquake collapsing our house). Chocolate is a necessity for me!

I might be the biggest chocolate hoarder here. I have a 7 gallon bucket full of dark chocolate plus some extra, since I couldn’t fit it all in there. Add a 5 gallon full of white chocolate, another with cocoa mix, and I think I am at 10 pounds of cacao powder. There is a reason though and a few actually. I make all of the candy we eat, and I buy expensive chocolate. So, when my favorite company had a really awesome deal on Black Friday, I bought it, even though I still had tons left. I did save 150$ by doing it, so I think I am okay. I do know, that I am not buying anymore until after thanksgiving LOL.
 
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Y'all know that chocolate is it's own food group, right? I once made a 30 piece tin of chocolate from Belgium last well over a month. To be completely transparent, I'm sure it was only possible because I had cheap American junk chocolate to tide me over, between my luxury chocolates, which were savored, and I'd take tiny nibbles of each tiny piece, and simply hold it in my mouth, so it would last me nearly an hour, lol.
 
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I am so glad you have recovered, in spite of all the challenges you faced. Unlike the commenters here, all are not so lucky. My 38 yo son died of COVID April 6, 2021. My younger son now suffers from COVID anxiety syndrome. I have worn a mask in public and private indoor situations since I had a valve replacement in 2018. I will wear a mask for as long as I live.  So many people are suffering in so many ways from the virus. I find it disrespectful to those who have died and the grieving families left behind when people don't take it seriously. Your experience and new awareness are valuable. Thank you for sharing them
 
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Honestly, I vouch for storing a ridiculous amoynt of 70% cocoa chocolate. It gives you the sweet lovely kick of a treat, without pumping you full of sugar.
Just a sweet lovely moment of bliss...
 
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Kaarina Kreus wrote:Honestly, I vouch for storing a ridiculous amoynt of 70% cocoa chocolate. It gives you the sweet lovely kick of a treat, without pumping you full of sugar.

Personally, I store most of mine in the form of quality dark chocolate covered almonds. I don't know what it is about that combination, but my blood sugar has a nasty habit of sliding a bit low, and the DCCA's don't cause a "spike and crash" reaction. Medicine that tastes good!
 
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I love having cocoa or cacao on hand. With that, and a few other ingredients, I can make pretty much anything I want, from a mug of cocoa, to a cake, to chocolate bars and even chocolate chips or chunks. I'm hypoglycemic, so even when I'm not trying to stick to keto, I'm still very carb-conscious, and prefer stevia or monkfruit, over sugar, so the powdered stuff gives me a lot of versatility, even within my low-carb lifestyle. But, I can't imagine the suffering without at least weekly access to chocolate... Oh, the torment!

Seriously, though, we (just the two of us, here) get stranded at home, often for a week or two at a time, between the (crazy-long, too steep, gravel) driveway washing out in heavy rain, or even just becoming whipped-potato-soft in the seasonal, days-long lighter rains, to the slickness of the ice covered times. And these are issues not only with our drive, but also the road to get to/from it. So, we keep jars and jars of fruits I've dehydrated, home made(low-carb) granolas, jams, pickles, homemade soups, broth, and more, in addition to the freezers & 2nd full-size fridge (I feed one of our dogs raw, so...) - just because it's so very commonplace for us. And yet, when we both got horribly sick, in January '22, and I was bedridden for about 2 1/2 weeks, with another month of recovery time (and John wasn't much better), we still ran out of so much more than we'd expected! It was eye-opening, and kinda scary. We're not *that* far from the closest little town, but you can't see our house or cars from the road at all, during the green seasons, and in winter, you can only see the house a little bit, if you know where to look, and from where, because we're in the woods. Not even our closest neighbors can tell if we're out and ok, or not. It's something we feel some very real concern about, because of our health realities.

So, we try to get into town, and see at least a handful of people regularly enough that if we disappear, at least maybe we will be found, before the house smells so bad it won't sell, for our kids - and hopefully, before any of our critters suffer for lack of care. We also both try to ensure that at least a few of our friends and family members have each other's contact info, and we try to keep in touch with several people on a daily basis, so they'll know to reach out, if they don't hear from us, and several of them count on us for the same thing.
 
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Kaarina Kreus wrote:Honestly, I vouch for storing a ridiculous amoynt of 70% cocoa chocolate. It gives you the sweet lovely kick of a treat, without pumping you full of sugar.
Just a sweet lovely moment of bliss...



Is this enough chocolate Kaarina??

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Oh Kaarina, you certainly come across as a very intelligent and knowledgeable woman to me who probably doesn't need any of the advice from this site but we sure need yours.  Life is so unpredictable and that's probably a good thing.  Some of the best things that ever happened to me were outside of my plans.  We learn to be flexible and go to plan B, or C, etc.  As for your being lonely, I can only imagine.  I've been married to my best friend and partner in homesteading for 49 years.  At this age, my biggest fear is going on without him.  I don't know how I would function alone but I realize lots of people do.  Just as you prepare for everything else, you'll have to work at finding a mate.  I'm guessing this and other homesteading sites are the perfect place to begin since you sound perfect for those men (or women if you prefer) I read about living this lifestyle and hoping to find a partner.  Like the other story on here, it's so scary trying to figure out who you can trust and who's out to hurt you.  Don't stop looking and trying though.  You must first believe it is possible before you can confidently move forward.  Heck, if I had a single son, I'd send him your way.    

As for covid, it makes no sense so don't try.  I've know young healthy people die from it and some old friends who eat everything wrong, barely even knew they had it.      
 
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Kaarina, I’m glad that you made it through your ordeal. I can sympathize, as I am also alone, and always attempting to handle more than is possible for one man. I fell ill last October.. full body chills, leg and back aches, and couldn’t think straight. I still had to get up everyday, and perform all of my necessary chores. It was a supreme struggle. Luckily, I live at a hot spring, and am surrounded by medicinal plants. I made strong Yerba Mansa tea, dosed massive amounts of garlic, and chewed on willow stems. The worst of this illness lasted 20 days, and I believe that if I had help that allowed for proper rest and relaxation, the healing would have been much faster. It had been at least a decade since I can recall being anywhere near this ill. I hope that we all find the help that we need..
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Hi Kaarina, glad you survived.
We should all remember that we make grand plans which makes God laugh as only He/She knows the true reality of where we are going and what we will be doing in the future.

Stay safe

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As Alan Watts says "you must not let the Devil know" when you're leaving [the rat race or any other attachement]. That is why people who go on the path of enlightenment get hit by karmic vengeance. You got off easy. ;)
 
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Kelly Craig wrote:

TOILET
Adding a 6" or 8" plastic pipe filled with regular charcoal, and emptying outside, can serve as a urinal. Of course, so will a tree.  



I use an old vinegar-type jug with a funnel (no charcoal.)  Capping it keeps the odor in.  Always have extra, so you can grab one once the old one springs a leak.  Or, if you get sick again, you can cap them and put them to the side, until you are well enough to dump them outside.

Also, separating the urine as much as possible, and using the bucket just for feces, will allow you to use the bucket for a longer period of time without needing to be emptied.  And when you do empty it, it's a lot lighter.  Reduces the smell almost to nothing, too, depending on your cover material.

You can use leaves, prunings, etc.  But smaller, finer pieces work better than bigger, chunkier ones.  You can use shredded newspaper, or junk mail, run through a shredder, too.
 
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Mary Cook wrote:... I found that any time I met a man I would instantly apply what I called the demographic screen: Is he male? Is he roughly my age? Is he single? Is he heterosexual? If the answer was yes to all four, he was possible...



This reminds me of how a friend once said she had two requirements of a potential mate:  1) is he single, and 2) is he alive?

Also reminds me of a friend, quoting her father in a retirement home (where the odds are in his favor!).  She said, "My father told me, 'All I know is, it doesn't matter how old they are.  They ALL have saggy boobs!'  And I said, 'Oh Dad, PLEASE, spare me the details!'"  

To which another (single, female, wry) friend responded:  "Turn off the lights and stay lying down."

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Coincidentally, there is an online event coming up soon on EFT, Emotional Freedom Technique, aka tapping.

webpagehttps://www.thetappingsolution.com/2023tws/vs6/af/MarkHyman.php?inf_contact_key=2911cb4dedf245bda6320a9e603666e9cc0558ed5d4c28cbfab114022b1ec50d

(You need to add your email, and they send you links to view the presentations for free every day.)

I had seen Nick Ortner before but never bothered to try this, until these past 3 years, when the stress was so overwhelming, I feared I'd end up with a nervous breakdown.

It was so airy-fairy, I thought, oh hell, just try it already, before you go crazy.  It might just help.

Surprise, surprise, I've been using it ever since!

A bit of warning--it will likely bring up emotions (for me, I end up crying).  But 1) it ends quickly, and 2) after you've covered a few of your "issues," you become calmer and fewer things bother you.  So please don't refuse to try it because you don't want to feel emotions.

Some theorize that we get upset only because we did not deal with emotions at some early age, and this helps to bring them to the surface.  Once we release them, they leave the body and don't bother us again.

At any rate, might be worth a try, both for recovering from trauma, such as the scariness of personal attack or  isolation and illness.  Also for the poster with the son with emotional trauma post-covid.  

This has been used for PTSD with veterans, too, with great effect.  It takes less than 5 minutes, even if I have to do several rounds, or for more than one issue.  And then I'm calm again and continue with what I was trying to do, before getting upset.

I hope people will be open to trying it, and that they find benefit from it, as I have.  Because I think this year is going to be even more stressful than the past few...with probably the next few pretty bad too, if not worse.

You can add it to your toolbelt of options, or your bug-out bag--easily accessible, and free!
 
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VERY GOOD LEAD.

I've known about EFT for several years.  I believe in it 100%. That is because I knew more than the average Joe about hypnosis and how powerful a tool it could be to its users.

NOTE:  The average person goes into a form of hypnosis about seven times a day. You'd recognize it as those times you are so engrossed in a book someone has to call your name three times to get your attention, or those times you drive down a familiar road and think you should be passing a spot you know, then realize you passed it some time ago.

Hypnosis has many forms. For example, about sixty years ago, I and a friend were talking with my dad when he noticed my friend had a lot of warts.  He told my dad his mom was treating them, individually, with a wart remover.  My dad told my friend it was possible to get rid of them by just rubbing a penny on them, because there was something in the copper that. . . .

The penny was used and discarded. The friend watched, like a hawk, for his warts to disappear. He finally gave up. A month or so latter, my friend was back over and my dad asked how the warts were doing. He said the treatment didn't work, held out his hand and was shocked to note they were all gone.

I thought that copper treatment thing an interesting thing to learn. Then another friend was over, and my dad noticed his wart problem. My dad responded, "[d]id you know that if you cut a potato and rub a piece on your warts, it will make them go away"?

That friend's warts went away too, and I came to understood the power of suggestion.

Years later, I used affirmation and, though I reacted like my friends, thinking it wasn't working, was surprised to see changes I sought actually happened.

SIDE NOTE: My dad had a well known friend who was a noted expert on hypnosis. That friend got my dad interested in hypnosis and he tried to interest us in it too.


Alina Green wrote:Coincidentally, there is an online event coming up soon on EFT, Emotional Freedom Technique, aka tapping.

webpagehttps://www.thetappingsolution.com/2023tws/vs6/af/MarkHyman.php?inf_contact_key=2911cb4dedf245bda6320a9e603666e9cc0558ed5d4c28cbfab114022b1ec50d

. . . .

It was so airy-fairy, I thought, oh hell, just try it already, before you go crazy.  It might just help.

Surprise, surprise, I've been using it ever since!

. . . .

 
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You are amazing Kaarina!!

glad you made it through. everything you are doing sounds amazing. it also sounds really busy. hoe you are able to make time for a hobby or an activity art that brings joy to your heart.
 
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Kelly Craig wrote:NOTE 1: If living in a fire, hurricane or tornado zone, consider the danger tall trees present. When possible, clear trees back from property they would endanger.


Use deciduous trees closer to the house, also improving solar gain.
Plus, consider mike oehler's designs as they are fireproof, completely windproof, and easier to heat.
 
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Sidejacking to ask if anyone has ever heard of getting rid of warts by cutting an apple in 4 pieces plus the core, rubbing all 5 on the wart, then you tie the apple back together with string and someone buries it in a place you will pass by every day but do not know where it is…

Not making this up, I think magic and suggestion and the mind and physics are all sides of the same sparkly diamond we can’t look at directly….everyone sees some of the facets though…

How are you doing Now Kaarina ? I hope you are well and hoarding mad chocolate…
 
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