STUCK NEEDLE

an E-Meter needle action where the needle becomes motionless and is sluggish when it does move. See also E-Meter in this glossary. —PDC Volume 5 Approved Glossary

an E-Meter needle action where the needle looks stiff. It can indicate charge on such subjects as betrayal, anger, stopped or stopping, hate, fixed attention, failed help, refused help, terror and failure. See also charge and E-Meter in this glossary. You could find the old stuck needle, and so forth, on help and sort it all out, and run brackets on it, and gradually get him separated out and squared around, and he'd think life was much better; get him so his bank wouldn't bite, get it all keyed out nicely and level him off.

1. in a totally stuck needle the preclear would not even register being pinched. It looks stiff. (EME, p. 14)2. you ask the pc a question and the needle just stays stuck with no movement whatsoever. (BIEM, p. 40)3. it simply means that the fellow has flowed out or flowed in too long in one direction. (5207CM24B)