Psychological Reversals: Identify and Correct them with EFT

Have you ever worked hard to achieve healing, emotional balance, or personal growth—only to feel like you’re sabotaging yourself at every turn? You’re not alone. This inner resistance is often the result of what’s known as a psychological reversal.

Understanding and correcting this hidden energetic block is essential for real progress in emotional and energetic healing. The good news? It can be addressed simply and effectively through Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) and targeted affirmations.

What is a Psychological Reversal?

A psychological reversal occurs when your energy system elicits thoughts and behaviors that are the opposite of what one would normally believe about life situations. It is a subconscious self-sabotage mechanism. It happens when, deep down, part of you resists healing or success—even if, consciously, you want change. One example is the question, Do you want to be happy? Of course, we would expect the answer to always be yes, but when people are psychologically reversed, they are unconsciously choosing to be miserable.

It’s not that you’re lazy, broken, or undisciplined. Psychological reversals are often rooted in:

• Limiting beliefs (e.g., “I don’t deserve to heal”)
• Unconscious guilt or shame
• Secondary gains (like receiving sympathy or avoiding responsibility)
• Old trauma patterns that feel “safe” to the nervous system

This reversal causes an inner static that blocks energy flow, it may make healing techniques less effective until the reversal is corrected.

Many people simply lose faith in energy healing when it does not work the way they expected it to.  However, working with energy requires many layers of healing, and this fundamental layer is often missed.

Signs You May Have a Psychological Reversal

• You cannot get a clear baseline when muscle testing or using a pendulum
• You procrastinate or sabotage your healing practices
• You say affirmations or do healing work, but feel no shift
• You get temporary results that don’t last
• You feel “stuck” even when doing “all the right things”
• You can’t shake a deep sense of undeserving or hopelessness

Correcting Reversals with EFT and Affirmations

One of the most effective ways to correct psychological reversal is using EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique)—also known as tapping. When combined with clearing statements and affirmations, EFT works directly with the body’s energy system and subconscious beliefs.

Step-by-Step: EFT for Psychological Reversal

1. Start with a Psychological Reversal Correction Statement

Before any tapping round, use a setup statement that neutralizes the reversal. This is usually done while tapping the karate chop point (the fleshy edge of the hand). In “Energy Tapping” by Fred P. Gallo and Harry Vincenzi, for the most common reversals, they recommend rubbing the sore spot just under your collarbone clockwise while repeating the statement “I deeply love and accept myself.”

Say aloud (3 times):

“Even though I have this resistance to healing, I deeply and completely love and accept myself.”

Alternative versions:

• “Even though part of me doesn’t want to let this go…”
• “Even though I don’t feel safe healing…”

This statement acknowledges the subconscious block while activating self-acceptance—this alone begins the reversal.

2. Tap Through the EFT Points While Focusing on the Issue

Use simple reminder phrases as you tap each point (eyebrow, side of eye, under eye, under nose, chin, collarbone, under arm, top of head):

“This resistance to healing.”
“Part of me is afraid to change.”
“What if I don’t deserve this?”
“Letting go feels unsafe.”
“Acknowledging the fear.”
“I want to feel safe moving forward.”
“I’m ready to release this block.”
“I give myself permission to heal.”

Go at your own pace. One or two rounds are usually enough to soften the resistance. You may feel sighs, yawns, or emotional releases—signs that the energy is shifting.

3. Finish With a Positive Affirmation Round

Once the resistance or psychological reversal is cleared, reinforce your new belief and intention with a round of positive tapping:

“I deserve to heal.”
“It’s safe to feel free.”
“I choose emotional clarity.”
“I trust the healing process.”
“My energy flows freely now.”
“I welcome peace, healing, and growth.”

When to Use This Technique

Use reversal correction anytime healing feels blocked or stagnant. It’s especially helpful:

• Before tapping for trauma, anxiety, or chronic pain
• When affirmations don’t seem to “work”
• At the start of a new healing practice or coaching program
• When feeling stuck despite lots of inner work

Final Thoughts: Clearing the Path for Real Transformation

Psychological reversals don’t mean you’re doing something wrong—they’re just old defense mechanisms trying to keep you safe. But you’re not meant to stay stuck in survival mode.

Using EFT and affirmations to clear these psychological reversals or energetic blocks can reset your system, allowing deeper emotional work to take hold. When you correct the reversal, you align your conscious desire for healing with your subconscious permission, and that’s where true transformation begins.

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Source Consulted 

Gallo, F. P., & Vicenzi, H. (2008). Energy Tapping: How to Rapidly Eliminate Anxiety, Depression, Cravings, and More Using Energy Psychology (2nd ed.). New Harbinger Publications.