Cosmo,
I think your post was well meant.
There are some parts that I find a little "out of sorts".
"be very careful of HOW you think of your past"
At LEC, this was one way in which we discounted the participants relationship with reality.
We could get you to question the reality you were experiencing and dismiss it as being "just your perception" and "well, if that's how you choose to see it". Using peer pressure and social value constructs, by look, tone and words, LEC is able to undermine how staff and grads view reality. Then supplanting ours with theirs.
How would you be careful of how you thought about your inmate experience inside Auschwitz or Birkenau or even if you were one of the guards, captains, or Eichmann.
I do have a question about why you posted:
"I have never been a "victim" of a cult."
Why the quote marks around victim?
They would appear inappropriate unless there was an inference regarding the term that would alter it's meaning or value.
Are you saying that there are no victims, only people that think they are victims?
I'm curious.
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Cosmophilospher
Also, be very careful of HOW you think of your past experiences.
For instance, if a person thinks,
"these HORRIBLE experiences i have received by those EVIL people has DESTROYED my entire life",
then those very Thoughts CREATE emotional and cognitive trouble. Its a self-fulfilling prophecy and vicious cycle.
Coz
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"... a GOOD therapist with specialized training in dealing with people who have been in a cultic group. Some therapists have ZERO training and knowledge about it."
Rarer than hen's teeth.
Thanks for posting those great links and the information regarding Tony Robbins. They are way off topic here as the thread is to discuss PLCS.
Have you undergone CBT?
Who was the practitioner that you worked with? Did you try others?
How long did the treatments go on for?
Or are they still in session?
Please post the responses in another thread or PM as this thread was started to describe the symptoms of PLCS, not to give therapeutic solutions to them.
Guy