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Attempting to approach the situation delicately, I reached out to express my concerns. However, my friend reacted defensively, immediately branding me as a "negative dream stealer." He had succumbed to the mentality often instilled by MLMs, where dissenters are viewed with suspicion. This was the catalyst for the end of our friendship; he cut ties with me, claiming I was simply "against him."
The confusion weighed heavily on me as I struggled with the reality that the person I once admired had fallen into such a damaging and persuasive trap. While there was a brief attempt to reconnect in 2017 when he distanced himself from WFG, the underlying trauma of our previous discussion loomed large.