--- sparaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In [email protected], Peter > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- shempmcgurk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > It is interesting to notice how the majority > of > > > people > > > > do fine with TM and the TM-siddhis program. > > > However > > > > there has always been a certain percentage of > > > people > > > > in the TMO who become psychologically unstable > > > either > > > > after starting TM or the TM-siddhis program. I > > > > personally know three who became psychotic > after > > > the > > > > siddhis program and one who became psychotic > after > > > > long rounding on his TTC in Fuggi. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > And what were those people like before they > started > > > TM? > > > > > > TM is a self-development technique. Naturally, > it > > > is going to > > > attract a demographic that is, > disproportionately, > > > made up of those > > > on the fringe; that is, unstables yearning to > > > improve their lives. > > > > > > So it is no wonder that you're going to get the > > > psychotics. > > > > Of course. This has always been a problem whenever > a > > large group of unscreened people take some type of > a > > self-development program. The majority are fine, > but > > there are always some with a predisposition to > > psychosis. > > > > > > And with TM, even most of them do jsut fine as long > as there is SOME level of supervision. > E.G, getting someone to take a few minutes extra > silence at the end of TM if they feel > anxioius or upset, rather than jumping up and > running around in circles screaming "I'm > having an anxiety attack!!!" > > [speaking from personal experience BTW, and not > concerning myself] I think you hit the nail on the head here. There is no supervision of people during long rounding or courses for psychological problems. First of all, nobody is trained to recognized decompensation of an ego and a breakdown of defense mechanisms. And if this is recognized the person is sent home from the course or institutionalized and the TMO washes there hands of them. Not good stuff at all. Decompensating people need professional treatment by trained people with clinical experience. Levi's death at MIU was contributed by the incompetance of a psychologist (I hope the Iowa Board of Psychology or whomever is responsible for licensure in Iowa brought appropriate sanctions against this fool) failing to understand and take appropriate measures with a floridly psychotic student. This is not hindsight, but simple clinical experience recognizing when a fellow psychologist does not understand what they are doing and totally out of their depth. What interferes here is not only lack of clinical experience with psychotics but also the unfortunate cult agenda that believes, a priori, that no ill can come about through any TM program-period. So people in need of psychological help (another TMO forbidden topic) are not recognized to be in need of help and by the time it becomes obvious, it's almost too late. > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
