EST....did you get it?

Posted by ShadowDancerMar2023@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 14 comments

This is probably directed at the older Gen X group, have you ever heard of EST? Did you and/or your family get caught up in it?

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CriticalEngineering@reddit

I had a lot of friends whose parents got sucked in. Ahhhh “Lifespring”

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My mom and dad did a bunch of the seminars. They had money for that, bowling league, Mom’s biorhythm obsession, etc. I wore hand me downs until 15 and didn’t dare ask them to spend money on me. I was with a babysitter at least 3 nights a week until the grandparents noticed and jumped in their grill.

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ShadowDancerMar2023@reddit (OP)

Well at least they didn't drag you into it with them, our parents made all us kids do the weekends, I was 15, my older sister was 17 and yes even my baby sister did a children's version at 7 years old. She, unfortunately, is still drinking that kool aid.

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DerDoobs@reddit

My only recollection of EST was John Candy mentioning it in Stripes.

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ShadowDancerMar2023@reddit (OP)

Loved that movie!

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DerDoobs@reddit

Hell yeah.

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ShadowDancerMar2023@reddit (OP)

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YoudontknowmeNoprob@reddit

I thought this was "electrio-shock therapy" until I clicked the link!

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Article241@reddit

I discovered it watching “The Americans”

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Serling45@reddit

I had heard of it before back in the 70s, but I did not really know what it was until The Americans.

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VisualEyez33@reddit

It shows up in the bbc documentary mini series "Century of the Self," directed by Adam Curtis.

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ShadowDancerMar2023@reddit (OP)

Thank you. I had not heard of this documentary and it is in YT. I will share the link with my co worker, he might get a kick out of it.

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satans_toast@reddit

There’s something I hoped I’d never hear about again

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ShadowDancerMar2023@reddit (OP)

Me too until I ran into an EST graduate when I started a new job 7 years ago. He is on my team and about 2 weeks after I started we were talking about Gen X experiences. He is 6 years older than me so he in a Boomer (61) and I tried to one up him by throwing out "I bet you never heard of EST" to which he responded, "heard of it, I did the weekends in Dallas and even did the 6 day in New York"