I have heard from many that have been in programs that they suffer chronic insomnia. Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is often accompanied by the symptom of insomnia. Programs, in many cases, cause PTSD.
Personally, I have suffered from insomnia since leaving the program in which I was brainwashed (over 20 years ago). The type of sleep disorder that best describes what I have experienced is titled "Delayed sleep phase syndrome". I wondered how many others from programs have insomnia or this specific type of insomnia.
The reason I am bringing this issue to Fornits is an interesting excerpt from the page referenced below.
"A marked delay of sleep patterns is a normal feature of the development of adolescent humans. According to Mary Carskadon, both circadian phase and homeostasis, the accumulation of sleep pressure during the wake period, contribute to a DSPS-like condition in post-pubertal as compared to pre-pubertal adolescents."My initial thought is that delayed sleep type insomnia, which may be normal in some or most adolescents, may be permanently set in an adolescent's mind through the use of brainwashing techniques. The brainwashing may cause or contribute to an adult's mind never fully developing in some ways. One of these ways could result in a circadian rythm disorder.
This condition is recognized as a disorder as well as a disabling disorder by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV),group 327, The International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10), as well as the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
Here are some links:
http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/146390http://dspsinfo.tripod.com/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circadian_ ... p_disorder
