I want to chime in with my own experience with Tom Brown Jr. because becoming involved with him and his organization had a severe impact on my life and led to me nearly fatally injuring myself.
Synopsis: Tom Brown Jr. preys upon vulnerable minds at his tracker school by creating and reinforcing fears and insecurities. He uses hypnosis/storytelling/NLP techniques to do this.
The short version:
My mind was ripe to be captured a story that appealed to my belief that humans were doing damage to the planet. I became obsessed with Tom Brown Jr's books and signed up for a class. Though the week left me feeling strange and off, but I was addicted to the idea of becoming like the characters in Tom Brown Jr.'s stories, getting his approval, and saving the world. I was hysterically and unrealistically concerned with my perception that society was on the verge of disintegrating into chaos, an idea Tom Brown Jr. strongly promotes. Family members told me I was being unreasonable and were concerned.
I attended more classes and became more obsessed and negative. I attempted to really force myself to see the "spiritual reality" outlined by Tom Brown Jr., I didn't get much sleep and friends and strangers asked me if I was on drugs. I felt myself losing normal control of my mind. This scared me and I stopped thinking about it for a while. At some point, a renewed interest and obsession with Tom Brown Jr. emerged and I forced myself again to see the "spiritual reality", and this time I actually forced myself to experience paranoid psychosis. I suffered serious injuries that I will deal with the rest of my life due to decisions I made while delusional. I was diagnosed as having schizoaffective and bipolar disorders. My delusions were totally based on ideas from my experience with Tom Brown Jr. and the tracker school.
I had never been psychotic before. I took medication for a couple years, then stopped. I have not had any symptoms of psychosis and my psychiatrist believes I do not have schizoaffective disorder or bipolar disorder. Tom Brown Jr. and his organization the tracker school had an incredible, terrifying effect on my thoughts and emotions.
Synopsis: Tom Brown Jr. preys upon vulnerable minds at his tracker school by creating and reinforcing fears and insecurities. He uses hypnosis/storytelling/NLP techniques to do this.
The short version:
My mind was ripe to be captured a story that appealed to my belief that humans were doing damage to the planet. I became obsessed with Tom Brown Jr's books and signed up for a class. Though the week left me feeling strange and off, but I was addicted to the idea of becoming like the characters in Tom Brown Jr.'s stories, getting his approval, and saving the world. I was hysterically and unrealistically concerned with my perception that society was on the verge of disintegrating into chaos, an idea Tom Brown Jr. strongly promotes. Family members told me I was being unreasonable and were concerned.
I attended more classes and became more obsessed and negative. I attempted to really force myself to see the "spiritual reality" outlined by Tom Brown Jr., I didn't get much sleep and friends and strangers asked me if I was on drugs. I felt myself losing normal control of my mind. This scared me and I stopped thinking about it for a while. At some point, a renewed interest and obsession with Tom Brown Jr. emerged and I forced myself again to see the "spiritual reality", and this time I actually forced myself to experience paranoid psychosis. I suffered serious injuries that I will deal with the rest of my life due to decisions I made while delusional. I was diagnosed as having schizoaffective and bipolar disorders. My delusions were totally based on ideas from my experience with Tom Brown Jr. and the tracker school.
I had never been psychotic before. I took medication for a couple years, then stopped. I have not had any symptoms of psychosis and my psychiatrist believes I do not have schizoaffective disorder or bipolar disorder. Tom Brown Jr. and his organization the tracker school had an incredible, terrifying effect on my thoughts and emotions.