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Val Orlikow came to the Allan for postpartum depression and idolised Cameron. He dosed her with LSD without explaining what it was, then left her alone to navigate a terrifying acid trip while negative recordings looped around her. She described it as falling not into Wonderland but into hell.
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Among the many patients trapped in Cameron's psychic driving web is Val Orlikow, a new mother who seeks treatment at the Allan for postpartum depression [1] — Carter Roy "Val Orlikow came to the Allan for postpartum depression and idolised Cameron. He dosed her with LSD without explaining what it was, then le…" 15:30 . She believes Cameron is a visionary, genuinely capable of helping her. Cameron's response is to dose her with LSD — a substance she has never heard of — before beginning her psychic driving session. He leaves her alone to navigate the experience. Val later likens it to Alice in Wonderland: she takes an unknown substance and feels herself shrink and fall into an impossibly deep hole. But unlike Alice, she does not land in fantasy. She says it was more like descending into hell. Carter Roy also notes the general pattern: patients beg Cameron to stop. Many grow distraught. Others fight the headphones. Cameron interprets all of this distress as a positive sign — evidence of 'contra-traitz,' dormant positive traits, rising to the surface. When he decides the 'breaking up' phase is complete, he switches to a new tape with a positive message — one he records himself, lending his own voice to tell patients they are liked and capable. It is a chilling asymmetry: the attack recordings were in the patients' own voices; the healing ones are Cameron's.
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