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cleveland:
Did anyone else suffer physical stress-related symptoms? Someone on this site posted that when they were in the Seed, they didn't know that it was strange to have a continuous lump in your throat, caused by fear of saying something wrong in the group. When I was a 'happy seedling,' my stress level was so high that I developed hypertension and digestive disorders, in addition to the lump in my throat. It took me years after leaving to learn how to be calm, to relax, and to accept myself.

Perhaps is was Post Traumatic Seed Disorder after all...

GregFL:
I had mild hallucinations (melting visuals, fuzziness)during the first month. I was told it was due to my body withdrawing from all the drugs.

Funny thing, I had no drugs in my system. None. For 30 days prior I had been at my mothers in Ft Lauderdale, and my drug usage was sporadic at best prior to going in anyway.

I have since learned that many people experienced this and that it is not unusual for cult inductees and others under extreme duress to experience this phenomena.

cleveland:
Yes, there were physical/mental symptoms that were the result of the intensity of the experience. Some were unpleasant, others were like what you might find with meditation - an altered mood and feeling. Weird stuff that increases susceptibility.

rjfro22:
I remember going in and out of euphoric trances, but for me it was definitly my mind recovering from some serious drug damage, I also felt a sense of meditation and a feeling of being safe in the group. It did take a month or so for all those things to take place, but each day that passed things began to become clearer to me. I began to see a light at the end of the tunnel, but I really came from a very dangerous head-space when I came in. I know things were drilled in our heads day in and day out, but remember we came out of some deadly times, drugs were  epidemic at that time, it destroyed almost every body I knew back then. Ever since I was in the Seed which was '73 to 74" and actually I discovered it back in 1970 or early '71 I never felt they had any kind of power over me,  other then some much needed  tools to help me get through my days. And yes there were some bad days and some big ego's that tried to make me less then, but over all , I will never forget people helping people. I have been away from the seed 29 years and I will never forget what Art & Staff did for me . I did hate saying " I love you" to people at work or in school, but I did it, and actually got over myself for a while. I did what they told me to do and not with out a battle, but I learned something from everything' ,But I used what worked for me and what didn't I deleted. Let hear some positive things the Seed did . The Seed certainly  impacted our lives, we are still talking about it.

TRUCKER:
I could not have said it better!

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