Here is my theory and 2c.
We all got into Scientology for a reason and I'd say a large percentage of us got in wanting to change something about ourselves that we didn't like. Call it a "ruin" or a personality trait or whatever.
Considering what we paid and what we lost and how long we stayed, we must have wanted it handled a WHOLE LOT. We had some wins, saw wins in others, heard the success story speeches and read Hubbard who absolutely assured us that our "cases" would be cracked.
We had very strong hopes.
I'd love to get some honest answers to this but it's highly unlikely. I'd almost bet my bank balance (granted it's not much) that most here, including FZers were "dog PCs". This is, they didn't get what they wanted or were promised out of sessions, they red tagged, didn't run smoothly, needed lots of correction, couldn't reach EPs, complained about results etc. Even while those around us were "winning" in session, we were not. For the record, I was a dog PC
Why do I think this? Because if you were getting even 50% of what you were promised out of grades and OT levels you wouldn't be here reading this post. I know I wouldn't be. If Scientology even went CLOSE to delivering its promised gains, I wouldn't be here. I'd happily put up with all their shit if it meant I could handle my ruins and become a super human.
So some of us left disenchanted and realised that Scientology technology just doesn't deliver its promises. Yet SOME people hang onto that hope that one day, they WILL fix that thing about themselves that ruins their lives. So they try the FZ.
The desire to get "fixed" is so incredibly strong in some people. And this is what I hate most about Scientology. They exploit the very human condition of self doubt and self loathing, they exaggerate it out of all proportion, invent Scientology maladys (out int for example) and sell you a cure. The cure (when it does work) only works because you bought the problem in the first place. And when the cure doesn't work, they try to sell you a different cure to a dfifferent invented problem.
Eventually people leave, for various reasons, usually involving abuse (mental, physical or financial) and find themselves in terrible "case shape". They have totally bought the invented problems that Hubbard told us we had. We are "so far down the dwindling spiral", we are DBs, we are low toned, riddled with overts, full of BTs, crushed by engrams etc etc. We heard this over and over and over and we believed it. So when we leave the suppressive church, where do we go to get ourselves "fixed"? :confused2:
If only people realised they are perfect. They are exacly what they are supposed to be, warts and all.
But they don't, and they continue to try to get that "fix" that they still think they need. They always DID think they needed it, but along came Hubbard and compounded it, and in effect made them right.
When people get a sniff of a "cure" they will do almost anything to get it. If they still hold out hope that something or someone will fix them, or complete them, you will have a hard time getting them to give that up.
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.. after all, we are HUMAN!! 
Yeah!!! Three cheers for normal human emotions!!! 
Hey listen, I'm starting to say this in real life!! 
I just don't know what I'm going to do with me.. 
