The Cult I Almost Joined - Young Living Essential Oils

Young Living Essential Oils is a cult, and an MLM. I almost joined the cult in college, but I got informed and avoided it. I used to thing Young Living was a scam and nothing more, but after having studied the work of cult expert and psychologist, Steven Hassan, I now know otherwise. D. Gary Young is a scam artist, criminal, and conman of the highest order. Contrary to what he taught, essential oils don't work as medicine, and they certainly don't cure cancer. Whether it's Young Living, Doterra, or any other multilevel marketing company selling oils, keep in mind that oils have minimal use outside of aromatherapy for comfort/relaxation.

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[superdolphin]

If you are paralyzed, rub essential oils on your skin. You'll still be paralyzed but at least you'll smell good.

[Kitsudote]

The easiest and most general way to spot a cult: "This product solves all your problems".

[liliest.silliest]

The only reason I like essential oils is because they smell good

[figthorn]

I remember back when essential oils were just nice smells that made you feel a little better. At some point they got turned into these miracle cures that people became blindly passionate about.

[tlady]

Yeah some lady that goes to my church told my mom she shouldn't have payed for my sisters heart surgery because she could have healed her heart defect with essential oils 😒 we don't talk to her anymore

[takl]

Headache? Peppermint
Cough? A.R.
Mosquito bite?Lavender
Hotel? Trivago

[strangeFINE]

I'm amazed at how dumb this is. I mean essential oils are not even terrible. Putting eukalyptus oil in a diffuser when you have a cold can be quite nice and Lavender scent is calming for many people. But how do you go from that to 'oh it cures cancer'?

[joeblack]

Essential oils work... they cover the poop smell in my bathroom great.

[RedVelvetRabbit]

I am legit unabashedly addicted to anti MLM stories. I would apologize, but I'm in a youtube rabbit hole and it's distracting me from my own issues. So thank you.

[seraphcreed]

Now look, as a proud cult member I can tell you, the service is great. The money is fantastic.

But it's the Kool-Aid that really is to die for.

[isopodch.]

You dress like a Netflix Original Movie character

[fatefulbrawl]

I do use Essential oils. But never once taught they could cure *ANY* terminal illnesses.

[bird]

Holy shit I got a Young Living ad on this video

[mrnonsense]

When my cousin was injured in an accident at his job and got a $25, 000 settlement (because he couldn't go back to work for about 8 months), he was so gung ho on getting involved in MLM, and I literally told him "You'd be better off taking that money to Vegas and blowing it on blackjack and hookers."
These days he tells me repeatedly "I wish I listened to you back then."

[Adhdorwhatever]

I think oils help relax you and things. Simple things. But not cure diseases

[pranavgaonkar]

Sorry to burst your bubble Drew, but essential oils do work. It's been more than 4 years since I started using them, and no one has yet noticed the smell of rotting infant corpses.

[yviesunshine]

I can't afford essential oils, so I stick with the nonessential ones. Like canola and olive. I don't have a diffuser so I just plop the canola in a frying pan. Very soothing. Reminds me of evenings spent at my grandma's.

[astrinymris]

Essential oils "cure autism"? Yikes! I know a mommy blogger who sometimes used essential oils to help keep her adopted-from-trauma daughter calm in stressful situations, but she took her daughter to *real* physicians to meet her complex medical needs.

[allisonclaire]

I love essential oils because it smells good and helps me with anxiety and falling asleep BUT I never use it to "cure" any illness.

[lily_littleangel]

I use oils almost daily. They have a wide variety of uses, and I don't know if I'd ever be able to give up on them.

I typically use sunflower oil, heat it up and fry veggies and other stuff in it. Or drizzle some olive oil on a salad or heat it up with spaghetti.