A few years ago I had reached a stage in my life where everything seemed so formidable and too much to handle. All I was dreaming of was a quiet space where I could just be without any problems hitting me in the face. Problems with my parents were completely overwhelming and the more I wished for quietness, the more negative things seemed to happen.

     Then I ran into this bookseller, when I was really not in the mood for having anyone talk to me. He had me read the back of the Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health book and even though I was a little interested, all I really wanted was to be left alone.

     So I figured that if I just told him all these problems that I had then he would just leave me alone, because he would be shocked too. Well, I told him. And he was not impressed at all. He just said, "Scientology can help you with this."

     I bought the Dianetics book and turned up in the Scientology organization where I did some services. The changes were incredible. Problems became much less formidable since I was becoming more and more able to handle them. I started to become more able to talk to people and felt less like hiding than I had before, my self-confidence increased tremendously and the feeling of terror that I had woken up with every morning went away for good.

     Looking back today, Scientology saved my life.