—— Psychiatric Abuse, Medical Malpractice, Therapeutic Misconduct, Overmedication, Psychological Manipulation, Gaslighting, Suicidality, Psychological Destabilization, Delusions/Altered Beliefs of Reality, Ritual Abuse, Cult Abuse Allegations, Programming Mentions, Forced Impregnation Mentions, Child Custody Loss, CPS/Child Welfare Mentions, Emotional Abuse, Exploitation, Medical Pseudoscience, Institutional Neglect Mentions, and Family Loss/Separation.
If anyone is interested, these are the allegations against Laser-Eyes Ross:
— ; Overmedicated a patient to the point of a prolonged state of deranged confusion. (As someone whose psychiatrist overmedicated them to the point of causing involuntary hospitalization, this pissed me off.)
— ; Using this state, manipulated the patient into believing that her family was involved in an occult crime ring dedicated to a supernatural evil. (That sounds like how bigoted Christians tend to describe other religions ngl...)
— ; Also manipulated the patient into believing that she was forcibly impregnated by aliens and had birthed a hybrid during the course of the abduction.
— ; Had mistreated the patient so often that she had almost ended up on the precipice of death multiple times.
— ; Her mistreatment led to her even giving up her 10-year-old daughter to Child & Family services out of fear of the "satanic cult family", which led to her losing her entire family.
— ; Reinforced beliefs in satanic ritual abuse, cult abuse, and programming WITHOUT sufficient evidence.
— ; Contributed to worsening dissociation, suicidality, dependency, and psychological destabilization in some patients.
— ; Failed to properly warn patients that recovered-memory methods and diagnoses were scientifically controversial.
— ; Treated fantasy material, or symbolic material, as factual, autobiographical memory.
— ; Encouraged patients to sever ties with family members accused through recovered memories, which were mere assumptions and baseless claims.
— ; Claimed that human eyes emit measurable energy beams capable of affecting electronic devices. (Buddy forgot he was supposed to be a psychiatrist lol.)
— ; Various allegations of HIPAA/privacy violations and neglect at multiple of his "institutes."
Also, Pro/neu endos seem to love to bring up the False Memory Syndrome Foundation or Grey Faction whenever someone brings up how deplorable Ross is as a person, because they'd love to only focus on the people taking advantage of the situation, but they never bring up the actual points:
— ; "Did Colin Ross use suggestive therapeutic techniques that unintentionally shaped or implanted false beliefs in vulnerable patients?"
— ; "Were his patients encouraged to interpret intrusive thoughts, dreams, symbolic imagery, or emotional distress as genuine memories of satanic, ritual abuse or "programming'"'?"
— ; "Did Ross potentially overdiagnose MPD/DID in patients who may have had other psychiatric conditions or responses to trauma?"
— ; "Were recovered-memory practices used in ways that ended in contributing to confusion, altered states, or a disconnection from reality in certain patients?"
— ; "Did Ross reinforce extraordinary claims and beliefs, such as alien abduction, without sufficient evidence?"
— ; "Were some former patients genuinely traumatized individuals whose existing history became mixed together with therapy-induced narratives, or completely embellished?"
— ; "To what extent can trauma memories recovered during highly suggestive therapeutic sessions be considered reliable without external evidence?"
— ; "Did institutional enthusiasm regarding DID and recovered-memory models during the 1980s-1990s reduce clinicians' skepticism toward implausible claims?"
— ; "Were some of the medical malpractice allegations against Ross substantiated by individual medical professionals, or were they primarily disagreements over controversial theories?"
— ; "Did some patients lose family relationships, custody, employment, or stability after they came to believe narratives during treatment?"
— ; "Could some former patients simultaneously have had real trauma histories, and later adopted inaccurate explanatory frameworks in therapy sessions?"
— ; "Were critics of Ross dismissing all survivor accounts, or were they specifically challenging the more extreme and unproven elements?"
The "medical malpractice" is how he went about his treatments and how he lacked in informing his patients thoroughly and getting their consent AFTER they're thoroughly informed, not about his theories or whatever bullshit the FMSF spews.
But like, yeah, no one is saying that Colin Ross wasn't a staple in the research surrounding CDDs and Traumas. He's a horrible person, not a horrible researcher, but we also need to realize he's also discredited.
And since they don't seem to realize this, but being discredited doesn't mean he can never be cited ever again in other works. It's how psychology has progressed today. Do you think we're just supposed to start off from scratch?
We all hate Sigmund Freud, but he's still a staple in today's psychology! Doesn't negate the fact that he's a fucking weirdo and also believed in pseudoscience...
And, yes, the False Memory Syndrome Foundation is a bunch of hippy-dippy baloney, and I condemn them for their bullshit, especially taking advantage of the whole situation for their own benefit, but that still doesn't negate the fact that a medical professional can manipulate their patient into believing they have something or experienced something.
They forget mental health professionals are paid because you're "ill"! It's not unheard of for some doctors from various medical fields to have deliberately diagnosed their patients with something so they could profit from it. I'm a victim of that!
And they don't even realize how easy it is for therapists and whatnot to literally abuse their patients and get away with it, compared to how hard it is for a patient to prove their abuse that occurred in an isolated, confined environment. For a bunch of people who claim to be "Anti-Psych," there's not a lot of real and genuine criticism coming from them...
+ And no matter how many Pro/neu endos have tried to say it, none of the allegations were either proven or debunked. Yet, I will always stand by a potential victim before standing by a potential abuser. Especially when, more often than not, victims don't always come out or take things to court.
I see a lot of similarities between the Pro/neu endos and Laser-Eyes Ross allegations, and honestly, I'm sure others will too.
Oh my god thank you. I really think that pro-endos stand for absolutely nothing because all of their beliefs change whenever it’s convenient. They accuse anti endos of “dickriding psychiatry” (or something) but when they have a single email from a man who agrees with them all of their beliefs fly out the window.
