This app contains books whose exercises and protocols create real neurological and psychological disruption. That disruption is the mechanism of change — and it is also the reason this warning exists. Read this before you begin, and come back to it whenever you need to.
If you are in crisis right now — stop reading and get help. In the US, call or text 988, or text HOME to 741741. Outside the US, find your local line at findahelpline.com. If you are in immediate danger, call emergency services or go to the nearest emergency room.
The exercises in The Black Book of Power (particularly Part II — Chapters 4, 5, and 6) are designed to surface suppressed emotional material, interrupt deeply embedded behavioral patterns, and dissolve identity structures your nervous system has maintained for decades. Readers consistently report headaches, acute fatigue, vivid or disturbing dreams, unexpected crying, anxiety spikes, disorientation, and a phenomenon described in Chapter 6 as somatic identity diffusion — your body temporarily feeling unfamiliar to you. These experiences are evidence of neural reorganization at work. They are expected. They are not signs of damage — but they are real processes that carry real risk, and they deserve your respect.
Nothing in this app is therapy, psychiatric care, medical treatment, or a substitute for professional mental health care. The author is not a licensed therapist, psychologist, or psychiatrist. Nothing here constitutes a therapeutic relationship, a diagnosis, or a treatment plan. The frameworks are drawn from neuroscience, social psychology, and behavioral research, and they are presented for educational and informational purposes only.
Tell your therapist or mental health provider that you are working through these protocols, and share the specific exercises with them. A competent professional will recognize the mechanisms at work and can provide a clinical container as suppressed material surfaces. The protocols and therapy are not in conflict — the book provides the disruption; therapy gives it somewhere safe to land.
The protocols will likely activate traumatic material. That is inherent to the process, not a flaw in it. Chapter 4 asks you to observe emotional patterns that may connect directly to traumatic experiences. Chapter 6 involves controlled deprivation and identity dissolution that can trigger trauma responses in readers with abuse histories, combat exposure, or prolonged stress disorders. You are never required to run any protocol at maximum intensity — but you are required to be honest with yourself about what surfaces. If a protocol activates more than you can safely process, pause it and get professional support before continuing.
If you are experiencing active suicidal ideation, psychosis, severe dissociation, or any psychiatric crisis: stop. The book will still be here when you are stabilized. These protocols require a baseline of psychological stability — they are designed to disrupt patterns, not to shatter a foundation that is already fractured.
• In the United States: call or text 988 — the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.
• Or text HOME to 741741 — the Crisis Text Line.
• Outside the US: find your country's lines at findahelpline.com.
• In immediate danger: call your local emergency number or go to the nearest emergency room.
Stabilize first. Execute later.
The most common experiences during a protocol are discomfort, resistance, fatigue, and the desire to quit. Those are expected; the protocol is often working precisely when it feels like it's working against you. But the line between productive discomfort and a genuine psychological emergency is critical:
• Productive discomfort — wanting to stop because the exercise is hard, emotional resistance, tiredness, frustration. This is part of the process.
• Psychological emergency — losing contact with reality, flashbacks you cannot control, feeling unable to keep yourself safe, persistent dissociation. This requires immediate professional intervention.
If you are unsure which one you are experiencing, err on the side of caution and contact a licensed professional.
Seek professional help if you experience any of the following during or after a protocol: dissociation persisting more than 24 hours after an exercise; flashbacks or intrusive memories interfering with daily functioning; inability to sleep for more than two consecutive nights; panic attacks that do not subside with breathing exercises; thoughts of harming yourself or others; or losing the ability to distinguish the protocol's framework from objective reality. These responses mean the material that surfaced needs professional support to integrate — getting that support is part of doing the work, not a failure of it.
The email line (hello@stantaylor.com) and the community exist for protocol guidance — pacing, sequencing, what's normal. They are not crisis services and are not staffed by licensed professionals. If you are in crisis, contact a licensed professional or emergency services, not the community.
By reading these books and executing their protocols, you accept full responsibility for your psychological wellbeing, for your decision to engage with the material, for honest self-assessment of your readiness, and for your judgment about when to seek professional support. The author, publisher, and distributor assume no liability for psychological, emotional, physical, or relational outcomes resulting from the application of the techniques described. This material is presented for educational and informational purposes only. You must be 18 or older to use this app.