-Reported across online forums such as Facebook, YouTube, Reddit, Quora, in spiritually-themed social media groups, spiritual emergency networks, as well as in messages and emails to me, and validated by my own experience.

-For many, including myself, a lot of these were late onset side effects, arising after a honeymoon phase, sometimes after several years of what was experienced as radical liberation.

-There are also positive effects experienced by many, including myself, often simultaneously, which makes these paths such double-edged swords.

-Sadly, some of these are taught as positive signs of success, rather than as harmful.