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WWWP · 05-26-2020, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by rostasi

Another "I can't breathe" death.

Terrifying

Not related to police violence, but have you heard the case of Candace Newmaker?

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Rebirthing therapy, a controversial treatment for reactive detachment disorder, has been banned in the US state of Colorado one year after it resulted in the death of a 10 year old girl.

Candace Newmaker died during a 70 minute session in which she was wrapped from head to toe and surrounded by pillows. Despite the girl's cries that she was suffocating, the therapists continued to push her in an attempt to simulate uterine contractions. The episode had been videotaped and was used in court against the therapists, who were convicted of reckless child abuse resulting in death and sentenced to 16-48 years' imprisonment.

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Traditional rebirthing therapy is itself a fringe treatment and was developed in the 1970s by Leonard Orr, a psychotherapist. It is predominantly a breathing technique and rarely lasts more than 15 minutes.

The therapy used on Candace Newmaker was a variant designed to simulate the birth process and is a type of regression therapy. Her therapists, social workers Connell Watkins and Julie Ponder, and two assistants restrained the girl. Ultimately, they crushed her with a combined weight of 304 kg, continually taunting her and exhorting her to squeeze through and be reborn. When Candace Newmaker was unwrapped she was cyanotic and apnoeic. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation was started but the girl died the next day. A postmortem examination gave the cause of death as asphyxiation.