<p>There's a scene in the Devil Wears Prada 2 where a character is so stressed she starts "tapping" to calm herself down.</p><p>What is this self-soothing technique, and should you try it out?</p><p>Norman and Tegan talk through what Emotional Freedom Techniques, or tapping is and whether there's any evidence it lowers anxiety.</p><p>References:</p><ul><li><a href="https://psychology.org.au/insights/how-%E2%80%98tapping%E2%80%99-is-dividing-opinion-in-therapy-circl">How ‘tapping’ is dividing opinion in therapy circles</a></li><li><a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6381429/">Clinical EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) Improves Multiple Physiological Markers of Health</a></li><li><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35933806/" target="_blank">Neural changes after Emotional Freedom Techniques treatment for chronic pain sufferers</a></li><li><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37637920/" target="_blank">Emotional freedom techniques for treating post traumatic stress disorder: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis</a> </li><li><a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1308687/full">Commentary: Emotional freedom techniques for treating post traumatic stress disorder: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis</a></li><li><a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1089/acm.2015.0316">A Randomized Controlled Comparison of Emotional Freedom Technique and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy to Reduce Adolescent Anxiety: A Pilot Study</a></li><li><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27140673/">Food for Thought: A Randomised Controlled Trial of Emotional Freedom Techniques and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in the Treatment of Food Cravings</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022399925000522" target="_blank">The impact of emotional freedom techniques on anxiety, depression, and anticipatory grief in people with cancer: A meta-analysis and systematic review</a> </li></ul><p>If you enjoyed this episode, check these out!</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/whats-that-rash/sleep-duration-quality-health/103870612">Can you train yourself to sleep less?</a></li><li><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/whats-that-rash/body-hurt-aches-age-30/103840572">Why everything hurts when you turn 30</a></li><li><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/whats-that-rash/msg-additive-myths/104447016">MSG's messy myths and racist tropes</a></li></ul>