Clearing the Debris with EHPRA v5

[Shannon]

We appreciate your service, and we appreciate you taking us up on this offer.  Coming from a family of service members myself, I strongly believe that it is important that we (the United States) as a country and as a society do a better job than we are currently doing in taking care of all of those who serve as the backbone of our country and society. 

I'm also glad you understand that you only have to be consistent using it, be patient and don't give up.  I don't think you'll need to wait long for noticeable, results.   But I have tried to make it as easy and comfortable as possible to use, so it is possible that the results may not be what you expect or fear.

If this is the first time you have ever used a subliminal, then congratulations on making a very wise first choice.  E5 and Overcoming Fear are the two best first choices by far.  It would be very much appreciated if you kept a journal here to help us know how well the program works for vets, and especially combat vets, and see how to improve it in the future.  If you find that it is useful and helpful for you, please do share your discovery with others who can benefit from it as well.  Especially those who qualify for getting it for free. 

 

Thanks, @Shannon.

I can only be of partial help with my journal, because I was never in combat. It does bother me that I never faced that test, and I have a deep respect for those who have.

There is no judgement passed based on whether you have or have not seen combat.  I think there is a tendency for certain veterans to feel guilty for never having faced combat, which is ridiculous both because in almost all cases it wasn't their choice, and because combat is often very damaging to the one who experiences it, even if they escape physically unscathed.  I would rather that you hadn't seen combat for your emotional and physical health, but of course someone is going to experience that.  It frustrates me that the military is not considered more in terms of the human cost when it is deployed.  Rest assured, your feedback is just as valuable as if you had seen combat, just in a different direction.

My suggestion is, let go of any and all expectations.  Just let it do it's thing.  You don't need to look for results. But keeping a journal will be helpful for not only seeing all of what the program's effects are, it is also helpful as a sort of therapeutic contemplation sometimes as well.  It also helps others here help you.  Sometimes, we will have a person report things in their journal that others can see what's going on, but the person reporting them cannot.  Sometimes, we have people on the forum who have ideas, suggestions and advice that can be helpful as well.  We try to foster a community here, with everyone helping where and how they can.

Welcome aboard, ReconGunner.  I look forward to seeing how your journey goes!

To that end, first day observations:

I developed a mild headache, enough to notice but not enough to distract me from normal activities, about the time the second loop started. That headache faded away about an hour or so after the second loop finished. The headache returned, even milder, about four hours later, and lasted only 45 minutes or so.

I had a medical appointment for a minor issue shortly after I ran the 2 loops. My blood pressure was noticeably high. This has been an issue for me for a few years, and I have been off of any medication for it for over a year due to finances. I now have medical insurance from my new job, and will be seeing my MD about the blood pressure within a few weeks.

Overnight I was a bit restless in my sleep. I remember bits of a couple of dreams, involving people I once knew, but the events in the dreams did not occur when I knew them, or at any other time. This is not a new thing in my dreams, but one of the people in one of the dreams is someone I haven't thought about in a very long time - a girl that I once knew who, I believe, had a crush on me that I did not reciprocate. The other dream was about an old Army buddy, who stayed in after I was discharged until he retired. But the events in that dream also never occurred.

Day one, done.

Headaches like that are usually a sign that the subliminal is having an effect.  Typically they indicate that some part of you is not happy about doing what is being asked of it, and it's trying to communicate that fact - and sometimes, get you to stop using the program - through that pain.  Mild headaches are usually along the lines of communication.  Headaches usually stop happening as the program advances towards its goal, gains a foothold in working with the cooperative parts and turns the non-cooperative parts into cooperative parts.  So there's your first indication that something is going on under the hood.  Congratulations!  You're on your way!