Operation: Emotional Freedom - The Answer (DVD)

by Skywriter Communications Inc

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Operation: Emotional Freedom – The Answer. DVD. Skywriter Communications Inc. 2010. http://www.operation-emotionalfreedom.com/   $19.95  Widescreen  78 minutes  Includes bonus interview with Gary Craig, the founder of EFT.     

This is an extraordinary and very important film that anyone involved in dealing with wartime Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) will want to see. This DVD documents a pilot study of a 6-session intensive treatment with Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) for a small group of combat veterans.

There are Viet Nam War veterans who are still suffering sleeplessness, hyper-alertness, anxiety attacks, flashbacks, anger, depression and emotional lability, inability to concentrate, low self esteem, conflicts with family members, suicidal thoughts and other disabling symptoms. No treatments have been successful with these veterans, including: psychotherapy, trauma debriefing, numerous prescribed medications, marijuana and other self-prescribed drugs and alcohol, and other treatments. Veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are suffering similar problems, and have had similar difficulties in finding effective therapies.

Sadly, the US government has also made if very difficult for veterans to obtain disability benefits and treatment, such as available, through the Veterans Administration. Appalling numbers of veterans are suiciding – reaching the point that there are more suicides than battlefield deaths.

The improvements shown in this film are nothing short of revolutionary in the history of PTSD treatments. EFT enables these veterans to release most of their troublesome symptoms, to the point that they are able to function in much more normal ways. They can sleep, tolerate everyday stresses, relate in positive ways with their families, friends and employers – for the first time since returning from combat zones.

A caution bears mentioning: The film opens with combat scenes that may help civilian viewers appreciate the stressors which traumatized these veterans. These combat scenes could be retraumatizing for combat veterans who might also wish to view the film.

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