Primal Scream Therapy (PST) was created by American writer and psychotherapist Arthur Janov (1924 – 2017).
It involves re-living childhood traumas that might be the source of someone’s current day anguish.
PST peaked in the 1970s when six months of therapy cost $6,000 with an extra six months adding a mere $600 to the tally. Advance payment was required which may have compelled many of Janov’s clients to run into their backyards screaming at the top of their lungs without any guidance. I think Janov got it wrong because even people with no underlying childhood issues want to occasionally scream loudly to release their frustrations. My new PST program requires no advance payment and begins by deliberately not changing the filters in your home’s HVAC system for a few months. The next step is to ignore the twice-yearly duct cleaning and equipment tune-ups that most HVAC providers agree are needed to keep your furnace and AC running at top efficiency. Your anxiety level will grow as your energy bill rises. As the “HVAC PST” continues, your HVAC unit will begin to make some strange noises and may even perform a primal scream of its own. The highest level of HVAC PST is when the “patient” tries to stop those noises as a DIY project. Frustration or injury may cause the DIYer to let out a scream that can be heard for miles. Or he can simply huddle in the corner of the room while the qualified HVAC repairman collects his fee. My HVAC PST does nothing to improve your mental health and your HVAC system will also be better off if you skip the therapy entirely. That is easily done by changing those filters regularly and letting an HVAC professional handle any cleaning and maintenance tasks.