POTENTIAL TROUBLE SOURCE (PTS)

Any person who, while active in Scientology or a preclear, remains connected to a Suppressive Person or Group. (A person “roller coasters”, i.e., gets better, then worse, etc., only when connected to a Suppressive Person or Group, and in order to cease roller coastering must receive processing intended to handle such.)

a person who is in some way connected to and being adversely affected by a suppressive person. He is called a potential trouble source because he can be a lot of trouble to himself and to others. —Intro to Scn Ethics Glossary (app. 14.7.90)