@Sunshine Hey Sunshine, I had a few things I wanted to say to you. I don't want to discourage anyone from using a tool that could help them, that is certainly the last thing I want. So if EFT is something you find useful, I'd encourage you to continue to explore it. My problem with EFT lies much more in the way it is marketed, and the way it is explained (which is pure pseudoscien
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@Corboy Thanks for the links, especially the last one. Those are the most helpful things for me to read right now. I was heavily involved with the whole Emotional Freedom Technique craziness for a while, with a fully licensed therapist no less (watch out). I found an article by Monica Pignotti that I found similarly helpful. It seems like with specific cults you may find some people who
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@Brynhyld Nice to meet you too. I'm glad we both started to ask questions again! I don't know the answers, but at least I actually know that I don't know the answers now. Seems like a lot of people never get out of these harmful ways of thinking. @Stoic I agree about nature wholeheartedly. I feel like I lost a lot of who I was before I got involved in this stuff. I feel
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My boss is a Landmarker. He talks as if he is some kind of source of wisdom, as if he knows better than other people, as if he knows how to create his life as opposed to all the other people who don't know. He tries to invite everyone who he comes in contact with the attend an introduction to Landmark. He talks in strange manners. He uses the word create in strange ways. He buys into
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So I am what I would call a recovering new-ager. I have personally experienced being all caught up in much of the material that this site exposes. Thankfully, I have never been caught up on the inside of a cult (besides AA, which I know is not fashionable to call a cult here). Let me state my aims here. I want to stimulate discussion and insight. I am going to write what I wish I could have
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