Cass Oakdown/Panopticon Dump Thread

[lb_lee]

Okay, this has happened enough times that I feel like it might prove useful.

Since I finished the Cultiples series, ex-followers of Panopticon's groups have been coming forward to speak to me.  There's been a decent few of them, and I thought it might be best for them to have a centralized place to share their stories, link-dump, and otherwise talk with each other, if they so desire.  Anon comments are turned on, and also screened, so that none will appear unless I specifically say so; if you want your words unscreened, just say so, otherwise they will remain hidden.  I will keep the comments moderated.

Panopticon has my blog staked out, and they may retaliate.  Be aware.

I will also use this as a centralized post to note those folks who have already come forward and stated they're okay with being public:

• Pigeon, Panopticon's former roommate's testimony. (And here's the thread where they said they were okay with it being public.) (EDIT: tumblr purged the post, so here is the archived version.)

Comments

[lb_lee]

I hadn't noticed, because I didn't know age regression was a thing in that group. (Though it's a long-standing dysfunction in plural groups, just mostly I've seen it done in therapy.)

Also, your comment is currently screened so only I can see it. Would you like it unscreened?

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, please. Not certain why it was screened.

[lb_lee]

All the comments here are automatically screened, since some folks want to talk privately. Yours has been unscreened though, as has the one made after yours.

[(Anonymous)]

This is the poster of the comment below, not former AUK. I wanted to be certain and state that I replied to this by mistake and I recommend hiding former AUK’s comment until they can consent to it’s reveal.

[lb_lee]

Oh! Thank you for saying. Comment rescreened.

[(Anonymous)]

Former AUK here, and yes it's okay to unscreen what I commented. Should've said that to begin with, my bad.

[lb_lee]

Thanks for checking in again, AUK! Your comments have been unscreened.

[(Anonymous)]

Hey, this isn't AUK. But I was heavily involved within GT at its peak.

Age regression was absolutely a thing, and was heavily encouraged. There was a seperate server dedicated to system littles and age regressors. I don't remember much, but I do know Cassandra was at the helm of that server.

[lb_lee]

RE: age regression new anon (you didn't state whether you wanted your comment unscreened, so I'm leaving it as is)

Well, that's depressing. I guess with the younger plurals, they missed the Memory Wars so they don't realize that this is a repeat of something from the '80s.

For folks interested in learning more, I recommend Magaret Thaler Singer's book "Crazy Therapy." Margaret Singer was a cult authority who died in the '90s, and even THEN she managed to write a book about therapy used coercively, including age regression in hypnosis and the shitty fads in multi therapy at that time. It is well worth looking up, and libraries are decently likely to have it.