By Dr. Gary Danko
You’ve read the books. You’ve journaled until your hand cramped. You’ve meditated, visualized, affirmed, healed your inner child, and tried to “shift your mindset.” And yet — despite all that work — a familiar emotional heaviness still follows you into every new chapter of your life.
You’re wiser now, more self-aware, more intentional… and somehow still carrying patterns that should have dissolved years ago. You tell yourself you’ve made progress (because you have), but a deeper truth lingers beneath the surface:
“I know better. So why do I still feel this way?”
This article explores the real reason you remain stuck — even after extraordinary inner work — and how EFT Tapping reaches the layers that your conscious mind simply cannot touch. By the end, you’ll understand exactly why emotional patterns survive logic, insight, and even years of personal growth… and how EFT finally releases what the mind alone cannot.