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Posted: 25-10-2006 09:50 Post subject:

What if(this is a purely rhetorical question)

It was made known by medical authorities that a condition exists- SP.
That it was fairly common.
That one would almost certainly seem to experience an alien abduction-and that this condition is as common as a cold-Would it still be reported or remarked upon?

Would fat,sweaty workers say to their workmates"Ey,I 'ad that bloody SP again last night,second time this week!""Oh,yeah,"says buddy"Did you get the hag or the aliens this time?"

Is SP just something we humans get?Like a runny nose?

As an aside,Yetifeet1975 wrote:

Posted: 26-10-2006 06:50 Post subject:

Posted: 26-10-2006 07:01 Post subject:

I wonder how the answers to the poll question would have differed (if at all) had the question been phrased as some mix-and-match version of "Have your ever been (abducted) (harrassed) (threatened) (pursued) by any (non-human) (ultraterrestrial) (demonic) (poltergeistic) agency?"

Posted: 26-10-2006 17:24 Post subject:

Posted: 27-10-2006 06:07 Post subject:

Posted: 12-12-2006 09:29 Post subject:

i came across these two abstracts by accident, and thought it best dropped in here as it seems to be the main 'abduction' thread... pity the full articles aren't available:

Posted: 12-12-2006 11:25 Post subject:

Here they are in .pdf format...

Dissociation : Vol. 7, No. 1, p. 044-050 : Dissociation in alleged extraterrestrial abductees
Dissociation in alleged extraterrestrial abductees
Powers, Susan Marie
Mar-1994

pdf file here.

Dissociation : Vol. 7, No. 1, p. 051-062 : Chronic claims of alien abduction and some other traumas as self-victimization syndromes
Chronic claims of alien abduction and some other traumas as self-victimization syndromes
Schnabel, Jim
Mar-1994

pdf file here.

Posted: 12-12-2006 20:35 Post subject:

*claps hands*

clever clever mr frobush Very Happy

i'll give those a read when my brain isn't totally pulp...

Posted: 14-12-2006 13:00 Post subject:

Ditto, very big thanks Fro!

Is that the same Jim S of 'round in circles' fame?

Posted: 14-12-2006 23:25 Post subject:

That's the chappie. His Dark White is one of the very best, level-headed and above all clear treatments on abductions I've ever read. Concludes that something's happening, definitely, but he seriously doubts ETs have anything to do with it.

An opinion with which I personally agree whole-heartedly. I was discussing this very subject with a friend a few weeks ago (she's a psychologist), and she mentioned that it's easier for humans to psychologically deal with something if they can surrender themselves to believing that they have no control over it, be it God, aliens, succubi, mundane adverse circumstances or whatever, rather than dealing with something that may be entirely from inside. Humans aren't good at dealing with blame, on the whole. Greys are just an deeper-ingrained, adult version of "Mr Nobody" if you look at it that way

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Posted: 14-06-2013 18:29 Post subject:

Surprised no one's mentioned this, but there was a documentary about British alien abductees on Channel 4 last night. You can watch it here:

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/confessions-of-an-alien-abductee/4od/player/3533745

Walked the fine line between sympathy and having a laugh with the idea, and left you to make up your own mind, which is the best way, I think. Some remarkable scenes, with that councillor who said his mum was an alien, a woman who undergoes a lie detector test to prove she's not lying (oops) and an apparent agoraphobic who puts her anxieties down to being abducted over and over.

It was kind of sad by the end, because they are obviously troubled people and the more you find out about them the more you fear for their sanity. I'd have liked to hear more of the stories they tell, but this was pretty good for a modern UFO doc.

Posted: 11-07-2013 06:27 Post subject:

Here's a bit more on "that councillor":

Posted: 11-07-2013 17:18 Post subject:

In the recent doc, the implication was the councillor's troubled relationship with his alcoholic mother spurred him onto flights of fancy as a coping mechanism. It just got out of hand.