I also had a severe breakdown during one of these LGATS. My recollection of the 2nd to last day of the advanced course is very fuzzy because I was dissociating. It was a five day course and I didn't make it to the last day because my roommates were very concerned for me. One of my roommates was familiar with psychotic episodes and she knew enough to make sure I got to the emergency room where I was diagnosed with unspecified psychosis. My employer did not expose me to the course. Ironically enough, I exposed my employer to the course and he was in the basic course while I was in the advanced. He told me that the very same night I was dissociating a girl in his class was having an anxiety attack. People can sue their employers for exposing them to the course. But not everyone is exposed to these courses by their employers (like me,and like MANY others) If thats the case then your only recourse is to sue the LGAT. The LGAT has a system of several contracts designed to protect them legally. Everyone has to sign these before participating and they don't realize what they are signing up for. Can you try to sue them anyway? Yes, but it's very risky and expensive. Also, talking about a traumatic experience on the stand with a cult's lawyer grilling you can be very dangerous for someone suffering from PTSD, it's not exactly safe either. Thats two years of your life that you will be in a legal battle. Some survivors don't want that kind of pressure. I'm all for people pursuing legal recourse but I don't think everyone has that option. I don't know for sure what the solution is for the others, everyone that I've talked to who has been harmed or had a family member harmed by an LGAT will tell you it's truly maddening when you try all these different things and run into obstacles at every turn. But I can say for sure that the solution is going to involve people coming together, coming forward and raising awareness. That's how everything that has ever mattered in this country has been solved. By brave people coming together to make a difference.
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