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CURE for PSYCHIC ADDICTION
dragonflyer:
Thanks for sharing!
Sorry a bit confused about #2 - is it to stop those platforms from charging you or to get all your money back? I hope it's the latter, LOL.
--- Quote from: th3awakened11 on February 08, 2025, 04:57:53 PM ---Respectfully, there are far other more effective ways to heal from psychic addiction that turning to religion or "god" to save you from it.
If you truly believe that you only need God to save you from it, then you might need more than just religion for your so-called "cure" psychic addiction.
I'm not trying to tell you what to do or what to believe. Rather I want to call out the reality and fact that religious persecution and extreme christian nationalist belief systems have plagued humans for millennia. They can be as unhealthy and toxic as new age spirituality can also be. YouTube is filled with ex-new age spiritualist types that share their testimonials on their "come to Jesus/God" moments. I'm sorry, but it's for the view right now more than anything. I could spend 10 minutes typing out the realities of massive misrepresentations of the Bible throughout history, but there is no point in convincing others. This is where I will just drop one of my favorite quote that really needs to sink in for everyone religion or not...
"Witches call it spells.
Christians call it prayer.
Spiritualists call it manifestation.
Atheist call it the placebo effect.
Scientists call it quantum physics.
Everyone is arguing over the same thing and what it's called.
Yet no one is denying its existence."
If you really want to know how to break the cycle of addiction to psychics, here are some other alternative ways without religious or trad undertones:
1. Get banned from psychic platforms (yes I have done this myself, on purpose).
2. Report charges as credit card fraud to your creditors (this can lead to #1 and forcibly breaking the cycle)
3. Join support groups or other online/IRL communities (like here) to help overcome this addiction.
4. Go to rehab or get addiction support. And yes, they have rehab groups for nearly everything.
5. Stop trying to feel the need to control situations and scenarios in your life through psychics. Let life start to surprise you. It's more fun that way anyway. Overt control tendencies can lead to you to actually lose your grip on reality and control of your life throwing you into a tailspin. Sometimes we are the reason for those proverbial "tower moments" that come up in tarot.
6. Go to therapy, get a counselor, etc. I literally started on betterhelp.com in early 2021 with therapy. It's a process, but it proved within at least 2 or 3 sessions that this was a better place to spend my money than on psychics.
7. Go do something for yourself that you used to or still enjoy. For me I doubled down on online gaming again like I had in my teens to help get me out of the cycle. It allowed me to relive good memories and support finding "me" again.
8. Challenge yourself to help break the patterns and cycles. Want to make new friends this year? Challenge yourself to put yourself out there to meet new people. I did this and expanded/doubled my friend group in 6 months.
Breaking cycles will always only began and end with you. There is no god coming to save anyone. There is no psychic that knows it all. There is only the present moment and learning to be better than the you of yesterday.
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starempress:
#2 is fraud on your behalf, some readers are genuine and this is their job. You would be taking food off their table and putting them in strife, just because you cannot control your addiction.
th3awakened11:
Let me just clarify my list before more people want to run to the comments about #2.
Yes, I am aware #2 is fraud on your own accord. It's just an idea. I am not saying anyone should actually do this and take from those working in this domain. It's just an avenue to break the cycle. Normally you will get banned from the big platforms for excessive customer service issues or charge back issues. The only reason I know this is because I had issues with 2 different hateful and rude readers on California Psychics and when I went to customer service about it, I was banned from using the platform for whatever reason. That is the only reason I suggested it.
I often deter others who want readings from using the big platforms for this very reason. It puts the power into their hands (the business) and not the individual readers on them. It doesn't give the individual readers control over their working hours, schedule, clientele, etc. Using places like Etsy or other creative service platforms gives far more control to the readers than big psychic sites do.
The psychics will still be paid for the time though. At least they used to be from those I knew who read on them once upon a time. I cannot speak for anything in the last 5 or so years though. This not to deter actual genuine readers from making a living, but it is just an option in extreme circumstances where the addiction to it has taken hold and it's nearly impossible to quit abruptly. If anyone gets to this extreme of a point, I really hope you're already scheduled to meet with a mental health professional or researching/booking one soon. Because by that point, it can turn into a life ruining addiction very quickly.
th3awakened11:
Typically, it should be so you can block them from continuing to charge you. I know that many of big ones offer subscription services or often give deals for top-ups. If you block them or freeze your cards, then they cannot continue to charge for the subscription service or allow you to top-up credits. I typically run all of my cards through privacy.com. That way I can better control the charges on my card. I know one or two of them were notorious for suckering you into a month to month subscription when I used to get readings. Overall, I recommend just staying away from the big platforms, they reel you in with them marketing and promos. It feeds the addiction to readings and will keep people in a toxic loop.
I commented below some other options for getting good readers and clarified the whole fraud aspect as well. I don't condone reporting your readings as fraud unless there is a true issue with it. Moving off psychic platforms can open you up to other liabilities though if you go to someone privately. Only because I read with someone (who will remain nameless) that I met on a platform who went independent and then I read with them. They charged me twice for the same reading and then ghosted me when I wanted half my money back for being charged twice. Now, that I did have to report the second one as an overcharge issue to get my money back. So that is the caution on working with readers who are independent from psychic platforms.
--- Quote from: dragonflyer on February 09, 2025, 01:56:03 AM ---Thanks for sharing!
Sorry a bit confused about #2 - is it to stop those platforms from charging you or to get all your money back? I hope it's the latter, LOL.
--- Quote from: th3awakened11 on February 08, 2025, 04:57:53 PM ---Respectfully, there are far other more effective ways to heal from psychic addiction that turning to religion or "god" to save you from it.
If you truly believe that you only need God to save you from it, then you might need more than just religion for your so-called "cure" psychic addiction.
I'm not trying to tell you what to do or what to believe. Rather I want to call out the reality and fact that religious persecution and extreme christian nationalist belief systems have plagued humans for millennia. They can be as unhealthy and toxic as new age spirituality can also be. YouTube is filled with ex-new age spiritualist types that share their testimonials on their "come to Jesus/God" moments. I'm sorry, but it's for the view right now more than anything. I could spend 10 minutes typing out the realities of massive misrepresentations of the Bible throughout history, but there is no point in convincing others. This is where I will just drop one of my favorite quote that really needs to sink in for everyone religion or not...
"Witches call it spells.
Christians call it prayer.
Spiritualists call it manifestation.
Atheist call it the placebo effect.
Scientists call it quantum physics.
Everyone is arguing over the same thing and what it's called.
Yet no one is denying its existence."
If you really want to know how to break the cycle of addiction to psychics, here are some other alternative ways without religious or trad undertones:
1. Get banned from psychic platforms (yes I have done this myself, on purpose).
2. Report charges as credit card fraud to your creditors (this can lead to #1 and forcibly breaking the cycle)
3. Join support groups or other online/IRL communities (like here) to help overcome this addiction.
4. Go to rehab or get addiction support. And yes, they have rehab groups for nearly everything.
5. Stop trying to feel the need to control situations and scenarios in your life through psychics. Let life start to surprise you. It's more fun that way anyway. Overt control tendencies can lead to you to actually lose your grip on reality and control of your life throwing you into a tailspin. Sometimes we are the reason for those proverbial "tower moments" that come up in tarot.
6. Go to therapy, get a counselor, etc. I literally started on betterhelp.com in early 2021 with therapy. It's a process, but it proved within at least 2 or 3 sessions that this was a better place to spend my money than on psychics.
7. Go do something for yourself that you used to or still enjoy. For me I doubled down on online gaming again like I had in my teens to help get me out of the cycle. It allowed me to relive good memories and support finding "me" again.
8. Challenge yourself to help break the patterns and cycles. Want to make new friends this year? Challenge yourself to put yourself out there to meet new people. I did this and expanded/doubled my friend group in 6 months.
Breaking cycles will always only began and end with you. There is no god coming to save anyone. There is no psychic that knows it all. There is only the present moment and learning to be better than the you of yesterday.
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Miss Philosopher:
--- Quote from: catherines on February 09, 2025, 10:46:51 AM ---
--- Quote from: starempress on February 09, 2025, 04:01:35 AM ---#2 is fraud on your behalf, some readers are genuine and this is their job. You would be taking food off their table and putting them in strife, just because you cannot control your addiction.
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NO. THIS IS NOT THEIR JOB. THIS IS SCAM AND PREY ON THE VULNERABLE YOU PSYCHIC BITCH.
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Now if this isn't the picture of mental and emotional health, I don't know what is!
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