A CASE STUDY FOR HYPER-ACTIVITY AND ADD
By Linda Compton

The child was eight years old. He was diagnosed ADD and would not sleep alone. He was so hyper that he couldn't go to sleep until very late at night and when he did he wanted to sleep with his grandmother. His household was chaotic and noisy and school was frightening to him.

Something interesting happened the day he was here with me. As we were talking, I noticed him looking at the flowers on the table. I asked him if he liked flowers, he said yes. I asked what did the flowers remind him of and he told me, quiet, calm and beautiful. The light bulb in me went off. I asked him if he had a secret code word that would cause him to be calm, quiet and beautiful, what would it be? He chose a code and I told him that when someone asked him what his code word was, he was to think about what the flower meant and become that. Of course we talked a bit about other things too. However, I told him we would practice, so I asked him to run about the house until I mentioned "code word" and as soon as I mentioned it he would become quiet, calm and beautiful. We continued to practice even outside and when I ask permission to tell his grandmother, whom he stayed with, he said yes. When she mentioned "code word" or "what is your code word?", each time he would respond quiet, calm and beautiful. We asked his permission to tell his teacher our new way and his counselor at school. He started practicing being quiet and calm.

I also requested from his grandmother that the rule in the house was for him to go to bed at 8:00 PM. (because he was eight years old - some logic, huh?) When she set the boundary, he followed it. He started sleeping in his own bed and sleeping all night. Once he could get some rest, he rested better at night. We did EFT, even though I am scared to sleep in my own bed, I really, really like myself. Even though I think I'm going to be scared. Even though I think I have to stay up late, Even though I want to jump around a lot and feel jittery a lot, I really, really like myself. His grandmother said she had never had as much rest for herself.

Over several sessions, he was able to sit still for up to fifteen minutes (the same as some adults) have a conversation with me and his overall manner was quiet, clam and beautiful. I also did some drawing with him to where the fear was in his body. After we did that, he chose a comic character that could eat up the fear and using the example of eating pizza, the comic monster ate up the fear. When it was all gone, I muscle tested him to see if it was gone. It was.

I don't know what all this sounds like to you, however, this child is quiet and calm now. His counselor at school called me to see what I had done with him because he was so different from when he had last been with him. I believe in using whatever the child uses to help heal. Making it fun and silly usual works. We even blew bubbles outside and whenever I said "what is your code word," he would stop in his tracks and tell me the code word, then I would ask him "what does it mean," and he would said "like a flower" and then start his process to still himself. This was so much fun working with this child. They make up things, so I made up stuff too. I hope this has been helpful. The boy now lives with his father and is still doing fine.

Just to finish the story and give you the depth part of the sessions - While doing the drawing of what the eight-year old's fear was, it was that his father would be killed "somehow" he said and his mother was actually in jail and he was afraid he would never see her again. This was a lot for an eight year old to have to hold and live with every day. Along with the grandmother changing some dietary things, (far less sugar and soda, more vegetables and juices and putting some flowers in the house to remind him of the work we had done here. And it didn't hurt that she started cooking and eating at the table with him rather than eating out at fast foods.

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Linda Compton, Personal Life Consultant, The EndlessDreamer Retreats
P.O. Box 71064, Point Richmond, California 94807; 510-233-6737;
www.EndlessDreamer.com

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