{"id":371,"date":"2012-08-10T08:49:46","date_gmt":"2012-08-10T12:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ericstechblog.com\/?p=371"},"modified":"2012-08-10T08:49:46","modified_gmt":"2012-08-10T12:49:46","slug":"exploring-my-hidden-reason-for-bells-palsy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ericstechblog.com\/index.php\/2012\/08\/10\/exploring-my-hidden-reason-for-bells-palsy\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring my hidden reason for Bells Palsy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My second visit to the acupuncturist didn&#8217;t begin with needles. My wife has been many times and explained this part, but I just didn&#8217;t believe it. Rather, I didn&#8217;t believe it would work on me. But, it did. In fact I was &#8220;easy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It starts with laying down on the table on my back. Just like the normal treatment. But, then the acupuncturist &#8211; we&#8217;ll call her Ellen &#8211; holds one wrist at your side. That&#8217;s to feel the change in your pulse and what organ is responding. Then I raise my other arm up straight and resist her light grip on that wrist. Then the questions begin. It&#8217;s to get my body to tell both of us what&#8217;s bothering me\u00a0subconsciously. If my arm stays stiff, that means to go on. If it stops resisting, then she&#8217;s right on the money. Ellen can even go back in time. She started asking about when the event occurred. It was for the emotion of resentment.<\/p>\n<p>We narrowed it down to an ex. That was surprising as I rarely think of her anymore &#8211; with resentment or otherwise. Then it turns out the event was in 1992. That&#8217;s a ways back. Turns out a lot happened that year. My eldest daughter was born. My son joined our family. We bought our first house. I started a business with a partner. I left my old job. So, we had to weed through all this. Ellen is an expert at this.<\/p>\n<p>Turns out I hold some resentment against my ex for not allowing me to go to a funeral of my best friend up in Ohio after he committed suicide. I&#8217;m not sure if that was 1992 and I had no idea I felt this way. Nor do I remember how the decision was made not to go. But, my body clearly told us this was an issue. This is some crazy stuff!<\/p>\n<p>Another issue remained to tell. It was nervousness. Or anxiety. It&#8217;s regarding the future. It&#8217;s about my eldest daughter and how I&#8217;m not part of her life and not sure I ever will be again. That&#8217;s understandable.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d also like to point out that when we hit these issues, the pain on my Bells Palsy side increased. I didn&#8217;t realize this until Ellen pointed out that I was holding that side of my face while we were discussing the results.<\/p>\n<p>Will all of this help with my Bells Palsy? I dunno. Too early to tell. But, I think it&#8217;s important to share for those of you out there that also get this affliction and want to explore possible remedies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My second visit to the acupuncturist didn&#8217;t begin with needles. My wife has been many times and explained this part, but I just didn&#8217;t believe it. Rather, I didn&#8217;t believe it would work on me. But, it did. 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