Peninsula Village Q/A thread

[nimdA]

Sounds all very confusing to me, but then again TBS programs aren't particularly very logical in the first place.

What is "calling time"?

[Hrt2hrtScandal]

Sounds all very confusing to me, but then again TBS programs aren't particularly very logical in the first place.

What is "calling time"?

Yes it was like everything I knew to be logical was exactly the opposite there. "Calling Time" is what you do to talk in group. As I said you can call time to talk (you might not always get to) or, someone can call time for you.

[nimdA]

And if someone called time for you and you didn't want to talk?

[Hrt2hrtScandal]

And if someone called time for you and you didn't want to talk?

In the words of my brother, they would get all up in your sh*t and stuff.

[nimdA]

Was this a verbal attack or physical? Who instigated it and lead it? The staff or residents?

[Hrt2hrtScandal]

During group it was both staff and patients. It was verbal but if you did something it could lead to physical. As I said before it was a lot of accusations of "not being real" and lying.

[nimdA]

Did staff try to discourage the residents from being verbally aggresive in their confrontations?

[Hrt2hrtScandal]

No, verbal aggression and confrontation are encouraged. That is considered part of working the program.

[nimdA]

Is it possible that you could advance faster in the program by being verbally and physically agressive during these therapy sessions?

[Hrt2hrtScandal]

Is it possible that you could advance faster in the program by being verbally and physically agressive during these therapy sessions?

There was not much room for physical aggression, but the sessions were very "confrontational" and yes the patients who were the most aggressive did advance more quickly.

[nimdA]

In your opinion what do you think they were attempting to accomplish in these therapy sessions with you as an individual?

I have my own, but I'll refrain from voicing it at this time out of my desire to not want to influence your reponse.

[Hrt2hrtScandal]

They said it was to take responsibility for myself and to not manipulate people, but I don't know what they were trying to accomplish by forcing people to admit things that they just did not do.

[psy]

They said it was to take responsibility for myself and to not manipulate people, but I don't know what they were trying to accomplish by forcing people to admit things that they just did not do.

Re-interpret your past, your memories, your identity... you.

I highly recommend reading this:
http://www.rickross.com/reference/brain ... ing19.html

It may seem complex at first, but read it a second time if you don't understand it the first.

The totalist confession takes on a number of special meanings. It is first a vehicle for the kind of personal purification which we have just discussed, a means of maintaining a perpetual inner emptying or psychological purge of impurity; this purging milieu enhances the totalists' hold upon existential guilt. Second, it is an act of symbolic self-surrender, the expression of the merging of individual and environment. Third, it is a means of maintaining an ethos of total exposure - a policy of making public (or at least known to the Organization) everything possible about the life experiences, thoughts, and passions of each individual, and especially those elements which might be regarded as derogatory.

[Hrt2hrtScandal]

Thanks I will look into it.

[psy]

Thanks I will look into it.

I have collected a lot of information about totalistic/cult structure that I found was relevant to understanding certain "Why"s of program.  Let me know if you'd like to read more.

PS:  pardon me if this has already been asked/answered, but, did PV have overnight seminars with games/exercises or anything like that?