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Subject: My jaws hurt
Answered by: Irmgard
Asked By: FredricRice

FredricRice asked this question on 5/5/2000:

My jaws hurt every time someone says the word "snap." I was told that Scientology could help me with this problem.

Is this true?

Thanks.

Irmgard gave this response on 5/6/2000:

Scientologists sure will tell you that they can.

They probably attribute this problem to an engram where you heard, while unconscious or in (jaw) pain the word "snap".

This engram theory that words heard during unconsciousness are stored and can be precisely recalled has been scientifically tested in the fifties - with the result that there is no such recall. Here the link of the study:

http://wpxx02.toxi.uni-wuerzburg.de/~krasel/CoS/dianetics_test.html

But sure, if the pain is psychosomatic it might bring some relief to talk about it and you might get a placebo effect from dianetics auditing (there are cheaper placebos available, though ;-) )

Irmgard

FredricRice rated this answer a 5.

Thanks. I'll have to check that URL and extract the relevant portions

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