Instead of a Preface — Who This Book Is For

If you have begun to understand that the source of a significant part of your life and psychological problems is you yourself — your complexes, resentments, traumas, fears, beliefs, habitual reactions, and the accumulated weight of your past;

If you are genuinely tired of negative conditioning, low self-esteem, and chronic insecurity;

If you see clearly that there is essentially no alternative but to throw all this “baggage” out;

If words like “awareness” and “freedom from automatic patterns” are not empty abstractions for you, but a real need — to step out of autopilot living;

If you are fed up with techniques that require you to believe in something, imagine something, “feel correctly,” think in a prescribed way, or enter specific states — and you have been looking for something practical that works without rituals or self-deception;

If you want concrete changes: less mental clutter, less internal conflict, fewer imposed labels, fears, complexes, traumas, and the endless replaying of the past;

If you want to start living in reality instead of the perpetual “later” (“once I finish university / get a position / complete the project / find investors / have children / retire — then I will finally start living properly”);

If you are tired of living in your head, consuming large amounts of literature and attending endless webinars, courses, and trainings from an industry that too often sells empty content in attractive packaging;

If you are ready to work and understand that there are no shortcuts and will never be;

If you are ready to face yourself — your inner conflicts, fears, traumas, and uncomfortable truths — even despite the pain and discomfort that may arise in the process;

If you understand that no one will give you freedom “as a gift” except yourself — at best, someone can provoke you, shake you, and confront you with a choice: act or continue talking;

But at the same time, you do not want to spend long years on slow practice and endless conversations — then the techniques described in this book may be of interest to you.

There is one main obstacle here: the unwillingness to take responsibility for your life into your own hands. If you believe that someone else is responsible for everything that happens to you; if you expect someone to “fix” your life for you — to give you a magic pill, guide you step by step, or “heal” you; if you are not prepared to persistently dismantle the accumulated mental clutter built up over the years — then it is better for you to close this book. It is not for you.

In short, this book is for those who want to change, are ready to change, and will actually do the work. For those who will work rather than complain, resent, or look for someone to blame — in the past, in close ones, in “circumstances,” in fate, or in “bad techniques that don’t work.” This is a book for practitioners.

For ordinary people — men and women, aunts and uncles, grandfathers and grandmothers (better late than never) — who have decided to take their psyche into their own hands and begin changing themselves, without fairy tales and without self-deception.

This method is, in essence, a tool for work. And a key point: independent work. We are talking about individual practice without teachers, mentors, trainers, coaches, seminars, webinars, chats, Zoom calls, or any other form of “social support.”

At the very beginning of Turbo-Suslik — back in 2008 — I was convinced that a person who truly wants to bring order to their mind and is ready for it is capable of doing a great deal independently. More than 15 years have passed since then, and this has been confirmed by tens of thousands of users.

You really can change — completely on your own — through relatively simple but systematic procedures that are described in precise detail below.

I do not promise easy solutions. Relatively fast changes are possible — and even likely. But there will definitely be no shortcuts. You will have to work. And speed also has its price. How resistance and system “pushback” typically manifest will be discussed separately in the relevant section on “pendulums.” If you are ready for real work and possible difficulties — including strong discomfort, pain, and sobering disappointments — continue reading.

I do not claim that this system is “the most effective” or “the best.” There are no universally best techniques outside the context of a particular individual. This is simply one tool — which may turn out to be extremely effective for a certain category of people who are ready for this kind of work. If you belong to that category and get results — I will be sincerely glad. For others — that is normal. Let them find their own path.

One more important point: these techniques almost never produce results at the level of “solving one or two problems.” Turbo-Suslik is aimed at a cumulative, transformative effect — achieved through regular work with large volumes of internal material and automatic patterns. If you simply want to “fix a couple of glitches,” this is not what this system is about.

And once again: this book is for those who are ready to be 100% their own engineer, mechanic, and test subject. There are no teachers here, no rescuers, no “hotlines” you can call and have everything “fixed” for you. There is you, your problem, and the tool. That’s it. If you need someone to hold your hand — this is not your tool. Go and find someone who will.