I did a free trial of The Chrysalis Effect a couple of years ago. It took me about 20 minutes to realise how much of a con it was. I went in to the trial with low expectations because the language on the website had a sleazy marketing feel and the promises made were just unrealistic. It felt like they were missing the point of fluctuating health conditions in the first place! What annoyed me the most was their assertion that if you didn't believe you can recover, then you wont. It then went on to imply that not trying the program was a declaration that you weren't willing to recover. Talk about emotional blackmail toward people in a desperate situation.
I checked the website and it's not been updated in the years since I last visited: always a confidence booster.
It infuriates me that individuals can run these 'programs' and disseminate this information on blogs and other public platforms without some kind of accountability or quality control?
Two things came to my mind when I read this in the article:
24/7 culture takes its toll
The Health and Safety Executive’s report Work Related Stress, Anxiety and Depression Statistics in Great Britain 2014/15 concluded there are:“Over 440,000 people ill with stress-related conditions in UK (increase of 20,000 since 2011/2012), which amounts to 43% of all working days lost.”
1. It'd be great if 24/7 hour culture was the problem, all i'd have to do was slow my life down! Yet, here I am: too debilitated to actually participate in it in the first place.
2. "Stress-related condition"? Go to hell, lol.