Ok everybody, when i first made this thread I was pretty tired but I'll do my best here to give an informative expose of Teal Swan(Bosworth/Scott).
In her current blog she claims that from age 12-19 a doctor was administering her an anesthetic to essentially hypnotize her into modelling. And when he gave her an incorrect dosage she then managed to escape after realizing that she was being hypnotized. (http://tealswan.com/biography)
However she was a freelance nude model until at least age 24. as shown on her old model mayhem account in 2009 (https://web.archive.org/web/20090322075840/http://www.modelmayhem.com/2043)
On her old website in 2005 it states that she has been modelling for playboy. (https://web.archive.org/web/20050425024909/http://www.tealeye.com/aboutteal.html)
This is the only place i could find any information on her history. It seams she has gone to a lot of trouble to have all information and media related to her past identities erased or omitted.
Here are some factoids based on the information above.
> She fabricated a story about being repeatedly drugged and forced into modelling until she could escape her abuser at age 19. (this does not necessarily negate the possibility of abuse)
> She changed her identity a minimum of 2 times and had all public information available pertaining to them legally erased or omitted.
Here is my opinion on what happened
> She started a modelling career at an early age
> did poorly in school of drops out,
> grew an obsession with the glamour,limelight and attention of modelling (she says this herself)
> Lives in many major cities all over the globe ("I have already traveled to/lived in New Zealand, Fiji, Rarotonga, Paris, Tokyo, Milan, Mexico, and Tahiti.")
> Hits mid twenties and becomes too old for playboy. (begins having identity crisis)
> Trains with an Olympic skiing team but doesn't make the cut. (also there is no available evidence to verify that she was ever part of an Olympic team)
At this point is where she likely has a full blown identity crisis and reads extensively into self help literature.
> Becomes deluded and believes she is a starseed/indigochild/acturian/*insert generic newage identity here*
> Blows this persona up completely and begins making new age videos on YouTube (This forms a new vehicle for fulfilling her attention-seeking/identity complex)
> States half-truths, people give her praise for saying nice things.(Hardcore confirmation bias about her new age persona sets in)
> Compensates for her extravagant past by having it erased and fabricating a new life story.
> Starts to mix basic psycho-education(which she likely learnt from seeing a shrink and self help texts during her multiple breakdowns) and new age concepts to form her own brand of pseudo-psychotherapy.
> Profit.
I do think she actually believes everything she says. However at a deeper level i'm certain she is aware of the reality of her life but has adopted this new personality so strongly that she denies/is incapable of accepting the truth of her situation.
Also It is possible that she may very well have been abused. However after discovering all of this the credibility of her character and current biography is irreversibly damaged.