Many people find it hard to recall past memories. The only way they know they have a problem is through what’s happening right now. Others have too many memories that seem interlinked—so choosing where to begin can feel overwhelming.
There is a simple, organized method for working with all the memories related to a current issue. When you use it, you often won’t need to address every single memory—because many will shift on their own before you ever get to them.
The Structure of a Problem
Whatever your current problem is, it’s just the visible tip of a deep, complex structure. Think of a house: the part we see can’t stand alone. It’s the foundation that supports everything above. Depending on the building, that foundation can be simple—or quite complex. It might have multiple levels—or only one.
It’s exactly the same with any problem you have. No matter the life area, it has a foundation below the threshold of awareness. That foundation has a specific structure. With problems, the structure varies for each individual. Because each of us is unique, each of us has a unique structure.
How Memories Build Problem Structures
The foundations of our problems are built from memories. The subconscious constructs them from various experiences. To the conscious mind, those combinations often don’t make logical sense. That’s why we say: logic doesn’t solve the problem.
The subconscious doesn’t reason logically. It links experiences by feelings, not by conscious logic. For example: although “rabbit” and “threat to survival” don’t logically go together, a subconscious mind can pair them because of an experience you no longer consciously remember.
Imagine Angela as a young child, in a dreamy, relaxed state, focused on a rabbit and unaware of the room around her. Suddenly, a door slams. Her body jolts with shock. Her brain triggers a cascade of stress chemistry and the body shifts into high alert.
Her subconscious instantly searches for the source of danger to link with that alarm. Since a small child can’t clearly identify where the threat came from—and because her attention was fixed on the rabbit—the subconscious may connect the stress response to the rabbit.
From then on, whenever she sees a rabbit, her body flips into a threat state and she cries. Her parents have no idea why their child is suddenly afraid of fluffy bunnies. As she grows, her conscious mind knows rabbits aren’t dangerous—yet the feeling remains.
Angela’s conscious mind forgets the original incident, but the memory is stored subconsciously as part of her safety system. Consciously, she believes she has a strange rabbit phobia and does everything she can to avoid them.
Another child might never make that rabbit–threat link—our minds don’t all wire the same way. It depends on emotional state, intensity, focus, and what happens next.
If later the child is startled by a rabbit, or by someone holding a rabbit, or by a person in a rabbit costume, the subconscious may add those moments to the “rabbit threat” structure.
Some events might look connected (they include rabbits); others may join the structure with no obvious rabbit link. This is where logic struggles. Maybe a school bully’s face vaguely resembles a rabbit’s features, so that memory gets filed under “rabbit threat” too—without conscious awareness.
As a teen, Angela has a painful breakup. While reading the text message in a store, her eyes briefly catch a magazine with furry ears on the cover. Consciously, she’s focused on the breakup; subconsciously, that moment also gets wired into the “rabbit threat” structure.
The possibilities are endless. Tracking every single memory logically is impossible. The effective way to dismantle the foundation is to address the earliest memory related to how you know you have this problem. With the rabbit phobia, Angela can’t recall the original incident or map all the indirect links, so she starts with the earliest rabbit-related fright she can remember.
That might be a high-school visit to a friend’s house—unaware the friend keeps a pet rabbit.
The friend surprises her, holding the bunny right up to Angela’s face as she steps out of the bathroom.
Angela’s body launches into extreme stress—based on all the subconscious “evidence” about rabbit danger—and she screams. Her friend is shocked and, sadly, not very understanding. The friendship suffers, and the subconscious records a new “fact”: rabbits ruin relationships. It’s not logical—but in that moment it’s instinct.
Angela begins using FasterEFT with that memory. She taps on the terror she felt, the sight of the rabbit, her friend’s facial expression, the friend’s reaction afterward, and anything else that comes up as she replays the scene.
Eventually the memory flips to positive. In the new version, the friend shows a stuffed rabbit from across the room. Angela stays calm, explains her fear, the friend puts the toy away and hugs her, and they enjoy the rest of the day.
Because this memory supported parts of the overall structure, other linked memories can soften or change too. Angela revisits the “rabbit problem,” imagines a rabbit, and notices fear—less than before, but still there.
Now more memories start surfacing—stressful rabbit encounters and even unrelated moments (like the breakup) that now seem connected. Which one should she start with?
How to Choose the First Memory
If you have many memories and feel stuck, start with the earliest one you can remember. It’s like removing a lower card in a house of cards—the ones above often collapse on their own. If you’re not sure which is earliest, choose the one with the strongest emotional charge.
After you clear it, return to the current problem and test again. Notice what changed. Are there still negative emotions—no matter how small? Make a quick list of every memory you can recall: one or two identifying words for each is enough. Sort them by intensity or by timeline—whichever is easier for you.
Work through the list memory by memory. As you clear them, you may find some have lost their emotional charge—still go ahead and flip (recode) them before moving on. Between memories, keep checking your main problem and note the differences each time.
Don’t stop until you’ve cleared all negativity related to your problem. In other words, don’t stop when it’s only smaller—continue until it’s transformed. From then on, whenever anything bothers you, use FasterEFT right in the moment to clear it and flip it to a positive state.
In Short
Begin with the earliest or the most emotionally intense memory. If you still can’t decide, make a list and start at the top. You probably won’t need to process them all; once you change a few key memories, others often shift by themselves and the whole problem collapses.
Final Thoughts
Now that you’ve seen how “illogical” the subconscious can be, it’s time to get to work. Learn the FasterEFT techniques from a basic manual, books, or an online seminar. The methods are straightforward—and they can help you reach inner peace and freedom far beyond what you currently believe is possible.