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Episode 234: A GLP's Guide to Decoding Financial Fear-Mail
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Episode 234: A GLP's Guide to Decoding Financial Fear-Mail

“ Today’s episode offers a guide for neurodivergent individuals, particularly gestalt language processors, on how to identify and deconstruct manipulative financial emails often designed to induce panic and sell products. The source article explains that these emails typically employ a “Trust–Scare–Sell Sandwich” structure, starting with a kernel of truth to build credibility, followed by fear-mongering language to create urgency, and concluding with a call to action that benefits the sender financially. The author of the source article, Dr. Jaime Hoerricks, highlights “scare words” as emotional triggers and emphasises the importance of asking grounding questions to discern reality from manipulation. Ultimately, they advocate for collective clarity and community support as vital strategies for resisting these predatory tactics in an environment where traditional safeguards are eroding.”

Here’s the link to the source article: https://open.substack.com/pub/autside/p/decode-the-panic-a-neurodivergent

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