On this forum over the years, some made references to Catbox. Have a look at Anticult's post. Offers some ideas on how to search cached material--just in case something can still be salvaged.
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moongoddess: "CatBox"? What was that? Is it related to comments about LGATs, Landmark and.or est?
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R.I.P. Updated October 19, 2014 CatBox Memorial The CatBox crashed for good in October of 2014 and no amount of effort could restore this old database. Rest in peace beloved Box. Many thanks to all of you who made it the success it was, to all our Boxers and all those admins who made the Box a safe place.
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@Penelope, Conveniently ignoring their own teachings of personal responsibility is indeed a feature found in many of these bogus New Wage "teachers." It's also a symptom of something called malignant narcissism. Here's an excellent list of 20 traits of malignant narcissism I just found on Google (from ). How many of these traits can forum members spot in James Arthur Ray
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QuoteWMHi Hope, What you describe above definitely fits the catbox. How closely does that follow EST/Landmark? Very closely. After I thought about it and wrote it out, it is difficult to separate est/EL from Dr. I approach to running the box. It does seem very odd that someone would put est on their bio. Graduates have the option of attending seminars at a reduced cost, so it could be
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Hi Hope, What you describe above definitely fits the catbox. How closely does that follow EST/Landmark? Also.. Doctor Irene doesn't claim that she is currently part of Landmark. I know many people who were in EST, though, and none of those people would've listed it as a positive in a profile. The fact that she did cite it means that she believes it is an important part of her
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It seems the rebuilding thread was merely intended to stir up drama. If I was a newbie on that forum, I'd very afraid. But that is the thing - newbies are at their most vulnerable now when they find the cat box and are looking up to the person who has provided a supposedly safe haven for them to talk with others about their abuse. Some of the posts by admin on the thread are classic abu
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Perhaps to celebrate the anniversary of the blow-up on the therapist's forum that occurred last year, the admin team posted a description of what happened, "Rebuilding the Catbox" history that has been rewritten, of course. Many of the people involved are no longer at the site, and many newer members were not present when the meltdown occurred, so they're only getting one side
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QuoteThe AnticultHi D, just on a technical note on how to get back many of your posts from the CatoBox. You just need to search the Google "cache" and you can get most of them. One time another website went and censored hundreds of posts, and most were able to get back most of them, and copy and save them. This is how to do it. Go to Google's home page, then paste this phra
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I knew Dr. Irene, first as a patient and later as one of the administrators to her site. At one point, I was invited to her house for dinner with her husband and other admins from the site. What was amazing was how quickly and sharply she turned against me when I merely defended one former admin. Dr. Irene said she hacked into the site, but clearly she didn't. It is a long story why
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I am a former patient of Dr. Irene Matiatos (Russo). So I had her information to post on ratemds.com. They deleted my comment and my rating, however. I don't know if they allow negative ratings.
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Maybe not so much GAT (but I believe that's where she learned how to do what she's doing), but definitely manipulative, deceptive and potentially dangerous for people in a very vulnerable situations. An excerpt from above blog... Maybe not so much GAT (but I believe that's where she learned how to do what she's doing), but definitely manipulative, deceptive and
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She's now honoring posters' requests to have their posts deleted. Several were not able to access the Catbox even with the method you graciously provided. If members were banned, they could not access the Catbox and for a while, no one could read unless they were a registered member. Some could not access their own stuff because she had changed their usernames - one to Dingbat! Ma
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Hi D, just on a technical note on how to get back many of your posts from the CatoBox. You just need to search the Google "cache" and you can get most of them. One time another website went and censored hundreds of posts, and most were able to get back most of them, and copy and save them. This is how to do it. Go to Google's home page, then paste this phrase. site:www.d
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Righttofight, If I didn't mention this already, you might want to check out for references on emotional and verbal abuse, narcissism, codependency. There is a forum called The Catbox which might be of help. Most of the people who post have been in relationships with narcissists, have been on the receiving end of very covert manipulation, etc. There are several forums, but the one to r
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I agree with you that these groups need to be exposed. If you read the updated Landmark website, they sound so benign. Yet the actual programs are a different story. By posting here, Jennie, you are getting the word out. Please let as many people as you can know about this site and your experience. Check out the other posts in this thread, too. Landmark can be helpful if people are
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