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10. You're at rock bottom (And this spiritualist truly cares and wants to help you) What are your options?
No one can appreciate the horrible feelings you're going through more than me and the people who have been in this same situation. You probably have tried other ways to get yourself out of the mess you're in. You may have tried self help books, counseling, talking to others, and nothing has ever worked. You feel lousy about life, you feel hopeless and you're tired and scared about the future.

I can't offer you a perfect solution right here and now. All I can do is warn you -- PLEASE DO NOT let yourself get horribly scammed by these Gypsy con artists like I and so many others have been. I know it's so hard to believe this Gypsy woman could be scamming you when, despite the confusion over the seemingly neverending pressure she puts on you to give her money, she otherwise seems so so caring, like you can't believe this could all be a cruel scam to steal your money. How could this mother-like woman do this to you after all of the talks about faith and hope? Learn more here about Cold Reading, which will answer those nagging questions you have inside. Read my story beginning back on the home page and continued here to see what I went through with so-called spiritualists and psychics Saundra on Harlem Avenue in Bridgeview and Helene La Marr (aka Helen Lamar, aka Helen Cannon) at 87th and Ridgeland in Oak Lawn, plus Inez Ashley (Helen's sister) and Laura Johns (Helen's aunt).

I had tried counseling before and it didn't work. I couldn't think of anything left for me to do. I felt totally hopeless, like there was nowhere else to turn. And my first visit to a Gypsy psychic left me feeling hopeful for the first time. But I learned the hard way that it was only a phony mask, a false sense of hope I was being sold by some unscrupulous people who know that if they can keep me in that state of hope for as long as they can, they can use me as a human ATM machine until I'm out of money.

Ironically, over time I eventually did run into a much better counselor who actually knew what he was doing (it was a friend who recommended me to him). But even then it took a long time for me to finally go see him -- it was actually after I'd figured out this whole scam once and for all -- because I was under the Gypsy psychic's control about not telling a soul about the work. (A convenient way to keep you from getting better by seeking outside validation of what's going on, and seeking outside help. And another effective brainwashing tactic.)

The bottom line is this: I don't know what problem(s) brought you to this Gypsy psychic spiritualist. I don't know what the solution to your problem will be. All I can say is that this is not it. These are heartless crooks and I sincerely hope I can save you from becoming their next victim. This is not the solution to your problems, no matter what they tell you and what kind of hope they fill you with. The truth will speak for itself when they start hitting you for money constantly. Don't ignore your intuition just because you have no where else to turn. I know how bad things must seem right now and how desperate you feel, and I feel terrible that anyone goes through that. I can't make that go away, but I can warn you that what someone wants to sell you as the cure is only going to make things horribly horribly worse, but you may not see that right now.

And if you disagree, that's your choice. But when you do finally see how you've been burned and see the truth (it's either going to happen now or later after you are broke), please come back to this site and we can point you to resources to help.


Exposing the Truth: Frequently Asked Questions (Continued)
  1. What is "cold reading"?

  2. How does the fortune telling con work?

  3. What is a "confidence crime"?

  4. What is a "Gypsy" exactly, and where do they come from?

  5. How could a whole culture of people -- Gypsies -- really all be that focused on crime and ripping people off without any conscience at all? How could they do it so convincingly?

  6. If it's really phony, then why would they go to so much trouble to put on an act? Why would they make us undergo such elaborate prayer in their living rooms? Why so much effort? Aren't there easier ways to steal someone's money?

  7. What about all the Christian/religious stuff in their homes? All of their talk about God and Jesus and goodness?

  8. If these Gypsies are really stealing my money, then why do they all live in such modest, run down homes in need of repair? Where does the money go?

  9. "I can see where other Gypsies are scam artists pretending to be psychic healers. But mine really is. She does really care, I've seen it. And she knows too much about me to not have powers. She cares too much."

  10. You're at rock bottom (And this spiritualist truly cares and wants to help you) What are your options?

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my story (continued from home page)