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The work of Willoughby Britton, David Treleaven, Daniel Ingram, and others have validated my experiences, which is healing in itself.

Without Willoughby Britton’s consultation and encouragement that it is possible to overcome depersonalisation I would have been at some darker place.

There is a quote I dwelled about today: “The worst moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank.” But there is somebody I want to thank. Dr. Britton and all the other people from the support group who showed me it is possible to recover from DP. That alone carried me a long way. I can’t thank God, since I don’t believe in a traditional sense of God, but I can thank Goodness.

I started developing very disturbing symptoms following a 9-day retreat in 2018. (Major weight loss, depression, fear, dissociation, cognitive issues, etc.) I was in the dark for two years, trying to understand what had happened to me. Finally, I discovered Cheetah House. They helped me understand that I had encountered meditation-related adverse effects, and why this happened. Learning this was the beginning of my recovery.

I came away from my years of meditation practice feeling destabilized and it was relieving to know an organization like Cheetah House existed. Scott Lippitt particularly helped, not only in his relatability but to help point me back to connecting with things that were important to me; an ability I felt I lost after my years of practice.