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Affidavit of Martin Ottmann (19 April 1996): Nervous Breakdowns, Collapses, Etc.
My roommate at the Hacienda, Len Thomas, told me in
1991, that he had to watch a public
at the Sandcastle, who had gone "PTS Type III" after
auditing (PTS Type III = someone, who has gone crazy).
He said that the woman was put into a room, which she
couldn’t leave and that he had to watch her, without
saying anything to her until she would get better.
Few days later, when I asked him about that woman, he told me, that she was sent home, after she had calmed down. Affidavit of Jesse Prince (20 August 1999)
26. In 1973, Hubbard announced to the Scientology world
that he had solved the problem of how to handle a person
in a "psychotic break". Hubbard stated that this
was a "technical breakthrough" which possibly ranks
with the major discoveries of the twentieth century.
He further said his discovery means the last reason
to have psychiatry around is gone. He went on
to say the key is what caused the person to introspect
before the psychotic break.
During my tenure in Scientology
I have observed four instances of people having a psychotic
break. In each case the person was sleep deprived;
each had been told their job performance was inadequate;
and each person was subjected to Scientology ethics.
[...]
34. It is obvious from these files that Lisa McPherson complained that auditing and Scientology were not working for her in 1995 and that she wanted to leave and return to Texas. Her "stats" were down, i.e., her production and income at AMC Publishing. As a result, she was placed in Ethics at her work where the records revealed that she was constantly doing "amends" and writing "O/W's", overts and write-ups, which resulted in less time to obtain adequate sleep which further, in my own observations, leads to psychotic breaks. This is confirmed by L. Ron Hubbard in his own writings, "Introspection Rundown Additional Steps." Affidavit of Hana Eltringham Whitfield (8 March 1994)
138. Raymond Mithoff ("Mithoff"), Senior Case Supervisor
Int., writes in his February 16, 1994 declaration attached
herein, "I can ... state that there is no special terminology
in Scientology Church scripture for suicide. Suicide
is regarded, in church scripture, as an aberration,
and any person who has suicidal tendencies is a person
who needs help." Mithoff doesn't specify what help is
given to Scientologists with suicidal tendencies and
who are PTS Type III. Due to my
auditor training and experience, I was privy to information
about suicides and PTS Type 3s, as was Mithoff,
that most Scientologists aren't, so I understand his
reluctance in elaborating on these points. [...]
140. According to Hubbard, psychosis, insanity and PTS Type 3 are one and the same. [to be completed] |
Affidavit of Stacy Brooks Young (9 March 1994)
102. The subject of Type 3 PTS cases is one of the
dark secrets of Scientology. No one is supposed to
talk about it outside of Scientology, and it is
treated with utmost security when someone becomes
Type 3 PTS. The reason for this is obvious: people
are not supposed to be driven insane by Scientology,
so it would be a public relations nightmare to try
to explain it. But more importantly, the treatment
of people who have psychotic breaks in Scientology
is a clear abuse of the mental health laws, and if
such treatment were brought to the attention of
mental health officials there is little doubt that
Scientology would be subjected to public scrutiny
for its practices in this area.
Affidavit of Andre Tabayoyon (5 March 1994) - INSTRUCTIONS TO CAUSE SUICIDE
45. I received instructions directly from Ray Mithoff
to use the Hubbard Tech of thought reform to drive Tom
Ashworth to a psychotic break.
The express object of the exercise was to drive Tom
crazy and to commit suicide. Tom went PTS Type III and
attempted suicide. Later, Tom escaped from RPF
and was caught, brought back against his will, isolated
with 2 guards and more thought processes were used on
him to calm him down rather than have him kill himself.
46. I also saw and heard the Hubbard Tech of thought reform used to drive Gary Epstein to a PTS Type III psychotic break as punishment for his refusal to comply with orders he received from the Wayne Marple mission. 107. In 1988 I case supervised Tom Ashworth who had gone PTS type III, slashed his wrists and later tried to escape with some upper level materials he had somehow obtained. I ordered a C/S 53 FIN and a LCRE. Tom Ashworth's pre clear folder was sent up to Ray Mithoff who was then RTC Inspector General for Tech. I was CSI. The folder came back with everything regarding the psychotic break removed from the folder. The Independent (Jan. 1994): "The Prisoners of Saint Hill" by Tim Kelsey and Mike Ricks
The investigation was instigated because the woman put
in isolation was already suffering from an acute mental
disorder — in the terminology used by the investigating
officer, she was Type III, which
translates as "insane". She went insane, according
to the document, while she was working for the organisation
in Europe. In early 1993, she arrived in Saint Hill
and was put on a baby watch because she was thought
to be a "security risk".
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