ARE ABDUCTEES ILL?
Ever since my first experience way back in 1976 I have been offered numerous explanations for thinking that I have been “abducted” by aliens and that basically I have somehow imagined it all. From that year onwards, due to my investigations into my “illness”, the complexity of this subject has become more apparent. Thanks to various individuals who have produced in depth studies of the condition, there seems to be a better understanding of the reality of this enigma.
My very first enquiry immediately after my encounter in 1976, was with my parents who quickly placed this in the drug taking department. This, after all, was the seventies and I could understand their perceptions however I wished to investigate further as the whole episode had been so strange.
A neighbour of ours happened to be a psychiatrist at a nearby university and therefore I put my case before him. I asked for regression therapy whilst things were still very fresh in my mind, however, he advised me that it could be dangerous to relive the episode and I would be better off forgetting the whole thing. I didn’t understand psychiatry and I respected his judgment and left it at that. Then when the 1989 experience occurred, appearing heavily connected to the 1976 experience, I had to investigate further. I now started talking to philosophers, hypnotherapists, doctors, priests, other “abductees”, a neurologist and many others all of whom had a different stance on the subject. This is where my real investigation as to whether I was ill or not really began.
Whilst reading as much as possible about the condition of “abduction” I realised that this was not only occurring globally but also the experiences were so similar in detail regardless of class, creed, age, gender or occupation. The same type of craft, alien beings, hybrids, beams, medical examinations and so on were being described by many people from all over the world. So was this a new disease? Well no, unless we discount the thousands of reports from pilots, the video footage of flying discs, the multi-witness sightings, the physical evidence e.g. body marks and radar recordings!
Then in 1989 (strangely enough) former skeptic, the late John E. Mack, Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, was asked to meet with Budd Hopkins who had been investigating the abduction phenomenon for some years. The consequence of this meeting was the publication of J. Mack’s book Abduction in 1994. It was also the turn around in Mack’s career from skeptic to believer and I quote his statement “These experiences are in no way attributable to mental illness”.
This statement to me, and I am sure, to all you others out there, was a big break through. Somebody was actually taking us seriously. Since that time a vast amount has been written about the subject and I believe that we are becoming used to the idea that we are not the only intelligence around, regardless of which dimension we want to look in. I think that we will have to accept that this is REAL and not bury our heads in the sand. The consequences for humanity are enormous. The expansion of our own consciousness and capabilities.
Getting back to my treatment as an “abductee”, in 2001 I went to a psychiatrist to protest my case. I was fed up of being told that my experience had not really occurred. I was also finding it very hard to cope in the “normal” world i.e. war, politics, lies, pollution and materialism and of course religious dogma with all its consequential suffering.
The qualified psychiatrist’s report concludes thus:
I suffer from Psychoneurosis Dissociative Disorder and Hysterical Amnesia. I note that both of these are brought about by high levels of trauma. Well, I am not surprised!! The problem is that within the psychoanalytical world (whether the professional believes in the phenomenon or not ) they have no text or references to work with that allows for the phenomena to be real. Besides this fact, for them to admit that this is happening, it would in itself, make them vulnerable to keeping their status just as thirty years ago a pilot would fear losing his job if he reported seeing a flying saucer!!
It is also interesting to note that the connection between thinking one has been abducted or seen a UFO does not arise as a general symptom of the diagnoses mentioned above. Even Carl Jung, held in high regard by many psychologists, see link bothered to look at this phenomenon from 1944 until the day he died. His conclusion, published in the NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE, July 30, 1958. Associated Press report from Alamogordo, N.M., July 29] was as follows: “Dr. Carl Jung, Swiss psychologist, says in a report released yesterday, that unidentified flying objects are real, and show signs of intelligent guidance by quasi-human pilots”. According to the Flying Saucer Review this was suppressed and not known to them until 1985!!
I have often asked the professionals who have been involved in my case as to whether they have ever read say John E Mack’s books on the subject. To my knowledge not one person had done any research into the subject!!
A possibility that I came across was that the UFO abduction scenario could be induced by electromagnetic stimuli (see info on Dr. Michael Persinger). According to several reports that I have read, including one by Graham Hancock, the experience of this phenomena can be gained through Shamanic practices.
I can accept this theory in that changes in our brain state may well connect us with other dimensions however I have several reservations regarding this idea. It does not explain to me how multiple witness encounters might occur and also in my case and that of many others, we did not appear to have been in any state of altered consciousness. In my case not only did I have to drive eleven miles and walk a further mile and a half to the location, but also prepare for this occasion by getting the helmet custom made and wait for several months before anything happened. Also unless we understand stigmata how do we account for photographic and video evidence not to mention scars, false pregnancies and the possibility of implants!
My conclusion is that it is a very real situation. It has occurred to thousands, if not millions of people over many centuries and that we are now only just beginning to understand this (Western view), mainly because of our technological advancements over recent years that show that advanced space travel, multi-dimensions. Genetic cloning et al are also possible.
I am not ill and I feel far more sensitive about the world in general than the majority of people. Once more I will equate my feelings having been “abducted”. I was born on a tiny planet 28 thousand light years from the center of our galaxy. I should not be perverted by borders, boundaries or religious and political dogma. If we could only live as the commandments of peace and understanding say, then we would be living in a very different world. One of thought, peace, sharing, a respect of nature and a broader view of our position in the universe. This is how life should and could be.
The result of having been ridiculed for nearly thirty years and the more recent concept of being labeled “ill” has of course had an affect on me. I am more of a recluse, I am more in tune with the spirit world and I am more aware than ever before of the road humankind is taking. When I look at something as simple for instance as parking a car in this country and the revenue it brings to local councils I see people en masse moaning and groaning but achieving little to change the situation. Is it simply a case of too many vehicles and not enough spaces in the right place? Just keep paying those fines!! In other words unless we question what is happening around us in an intelligent manner then things will just get worse. Politicians are very seldom wise and very few are visionaries.
My last thought on the original question is this. I know quite a few other “abductees” and often because they have children and responsible jobs they are very timid in not coming forward or advertising their experiences, due to the obvious consequences. I do not blame them. However one of the reasons for creating this site was so that these people could put forward their stories anonymously and help in general with our understanding of this complex issue and the meaning for humankind.
I hope you do.