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creature-wizard · 6 months
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PSA: If you're searching out resources to help cult survivors, check their citations and look out for these names - and if you see them, leave immediately - because these people are all far right conspiracy theorists:
Svali
Cisco Wheeler
Fritz Springmeier
Cathy O'Brien
Mark Philips
Lawrence Pazder
Michelle Smith/Pazder
Lauren Stratford
Texe Marrs
Bill Schnoebelen
Rebecca Brown
Mike Warnke
Literally all of these people were (or in some cases, still are) pushing far right conspiracy theories derived from early modern witch panic, blood libel, and The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion. Literally do not trust anyone or anything that cites them.
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cultsurvivorsafe · 27 days
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Cult survivors, you don't lack intelligence. You don't lack morality. Your abuse was and never will be your fault.
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dirk-is-dead · 14 days
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Just a bit of a shout-out to fellow survivors of virtual/online cults.
I feel like this type of trauma goes unrecognized, or the impact undermined. It's real, it's traumatic. Online cults can impact people in tangible ways, even irl, despite the virtual nature of the cult.
Virtual cult survivors deserve support too.
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drafthorsemath · 3 months
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Things were going so well and then my dad related the evangelical support of Isreal to end time prophecy from my former cult. He went on about how this is showing the world God has abandoned the church. Without going into more detail, he's so arrogant and he's so blind to it. Thankfully the discourse passed, we're more focused on cooking and eating now, and we're watching A Muppet Christmas Carol this afternoon.
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unwelcome-ozian · 1 year
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leeholtwrites · 8 days
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Baldurs Gate 3 has led me to starting my high-control group (cult) recovery, and that is so strange to me.
Whatever works, I guess.
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whatisonthemoon · 1 year
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faggotfungus · 1 year
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Some Witnesses came to the door.
And as they were speaking to me caused me to have a panic attack. I did NOT know that could occur. The man was standing next to me and I was uncomfortable but fine, but the moment he showed me a bible verse on his phone... my mouth dried up, my body started tingling, and I couldn't breathe.
I literally said to them, "This situation is making me have a panic attack."
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Still Learning with India Oxenberg
18 August 2023 • EPISODE 1
Diane Benscoter: Cult Survivor [ex-Moonie] Turned Deprogrammer
In this episode, India is speaking with Diane Benscoter on how to identify psychological manipulation and emotional vulnerabilities in ourselves and others, using their own stories.
India Oxenberg:
“You just don't know enough about the horrible people who are out there...
I was so naive to the fact that there were people out there who would want to hurt me and not care.”
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Resources for Recovering from Cults and Abusive Relationships
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woobie-wan · 1 year
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I know it's a trend at the moment, but I really appreciate all these cult documentaries coming out. They're helping me work out some stuff I've been carrying around since childhood. As much as I wanted to put it all away in a box and forget about it, those were my formative years. Being raised in a cult has had a lasting impact on how my personality formed, my coping mechanisms, my torturous scrupulosity, etc. Even though my parents weren't perfect Mormons and were actually often pretty chill compared to others in our ward. Even though I never will entirely relate to the Utah culture that many exmos experienced. Even though I went to a public school where most of my classmates were Christian or Jewish and I was the weird one with the fringe belief system. It still very much indeed fucked me up. It still made little me relentlessly anxious, certain that I was always disappointing someone and probably God most of all. That's taken DECADES to work out. It's still working itself out.
In the past few years I've finally grown the backbone to simply cut people out of my life if they give me 'cult vibes'. I used to tangle up my brain making up all of these elaborate justifications for why someone might be acting some kind of way and try to give so many second chances but now I'm just like no ... you're done. It's such a relief, like breathing in a pristine forest after years in a smoggy city. It's okay to not want to hang and socialize with people who make you feel unsafe. That's a normal boundary to have! It doesn't make you bad or judgemental or hypocritical or haughty or whatever!
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creature-wizard · 8 months
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A few tips for getting out of a toxic online group
Unlike a physical cult or something, an online group generally can't physically keep you from leaving - but that doesn't mean they can't have a powerful emotional hold on you. You mind think to yourself, "I'd really like to get out of this situation," but find yourself going back because you don't really have anything else to do, and all your friends are there.
So here's some things that might help. I'm not saying that this is going to be 100% applicable for every situation, but hopefully for some of you, they can help.
1: Get some hobbies unrelated to what the group's doing. It doesn't have to be anything huge or complicated; it just needs to be something to do apart from them. Basically, this will give you something new to fill some of your time with.
2: Get into different groups and make different friends. Join unrelated communities and hang out with people there. Again, it fills some of your time, and also scratches the social itch.
3: You can give a short, simple reason why you're leaving or spending less time with your current group. If you feel like you should or need to explain yourself, you can say something like "I need to take some time to focus on my mental health" or "I'm busy with things these days and don't have as much time to spend here."
4: Remember that your first obligation is to yourself. It can be easy to end up feeling responsible for somebody in the group; if not the whole group. That said, it's important to acknowledge when you're simply not qualified or experiencing burnout. If you or somebody else feels like things will just fall apart without you, remember that this is a fear, not a fact. You can also encourage people to seek help from somebody more qualified. If they won't do it, it's on them, not you.
5: If you're in actual danger, reach out for help. Now, I'm personally not the person who can tell you exactly what you need to do if you're in danger - but with that said, other people do. If you're not sure what to do or where to look, ask people for help. Ask friends, ask through anon messages through abuse support blogs, whatever. You can also search the Internet for resources and help.
Again, this won't cover everyone's cases, but hopefully it'll help some of you out there.
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cultsurvivorsafe · 24 days
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Your cult trauma is not some horror film. Your cult trauma is not a documentary. You don't have to educate or entertain anyone by recounting your abuse.
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mckennagraymusic · 1 year
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It's ok to not be thankful for the pain. Not everything has to be romanticized or explained. I feel like I'm bleeding but instead of getting stitches people are talking to me about how my future self will be so strong and to not think of the wound as painful but as character development I'll write about in an Instagram post later.
I know what I *should* say and how I *should* feel, but it doesn't make me feel *better.* It just tires me out. Thought patterns be damned. Can I just have a real emotion for once instead of focusing on trying to heal?
Journal Entry 7•° | Thought Patterns
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drafthorsemath · 7 months
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What made you fall in love with Crosshair and the clones in general?
Their stories. Especially Crosshair's. My pinned post says quiet a bit about this.
cult discussion under cut and then also me talking Crosshair because yes
I've been sedated, but can type. Send questions.
I was raised a follower of Harold Camping and so we believed in predestination and that God would save you only if he decided. But raised in that religious context, you are separated from people as time goes on and you are also given a date for the end of the world. Someone like me, well, I believed I wasn't showing enough fruits of the spirit that might show I was saved. I critiqued every bit of myself. I knew I wasn't good enough for God and that he must not have cared enough to pick me. So I went through the motions, did my best still, prayed and begged, and tried so hard to be perfect, but I knew there was a countdown clock over my head about the end of the world. Could I have just left? That's so tricky. I had no real money, no connections outside of the cult that felt safe enough to confide in, and then married someone in the cult. And it still wouldn't have shaken my fear that God was going to show up an murder me for his glory. That was what were were all put on this world for, God's glory. Saved? God did that to show his glory. Not saved? God is destroying you for his glory. Nothing else mattered.
So in some ways I envied the clones for the friendships they'd created in the war. I didn't have that. But I did very much understand being in something and fighting for it and never being presented with any other option. From the beginning of their lives, they are told exactly what to think and set on one course. Even if they are cleaning the floors on Kamino, they were made for one purpose and there seems to be little escape. They were literally made for war and yet are so much more. Clones, I see you.
The the bad batch hits and Crosshair's chip is enhanced and just seeing it in real action... Not as a group like in RotS, but seeing this one guy who is clearly intelligent and skilled, and they use him for his skills and treat him like actual garbage. It's one cult move after another for the Empire and seeing Crosshair trying to keep his head above water and make it in a place that seems like his best shot? Fuck. I get that. I didn't leave my cult either for a long time. For all the danger and self-loathing, it seemed safest.
And he just needs so much love. I know it's not going to be a quick turnaround, but that's another journey that is taken after living in a cult. So much mental damage, damage to the body, damage to relationships, damage to trust and oneself. And I guess while I have no filter, I might as well admit that I know what it's like to feel like no one understands and no one cares and you can't undo anything. But with the right support you can find so much love and understanding and I want that for Crosshair. And I want the clones safe and loved.
What made me fall? I felt like we'd understand each other and I just want to give them hugs and say this is your life and you get to live it.
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unwelcome-ozian · 1 year
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a vent, im sorry i just need to get this out
my cousins friends practically played my cousin right back into her (and mine) old cult by isolating her and continue to demonize her and programmed parts, they treated her like an adult when she’s barely been an adult and barely a child, they completely dismiss while claiming not to dismiss her trauma, lashing and feeding into isolating her. she’s living with us rn but sometimes talks about wanting to go back, “go home” because a part of her (she and me have DiD/OSDD1B) is programmed to “not stray from the cult” and she feels like there’s nothing for her out here, neither does the part, i just. I don’t want to lose my cousin becus she might not come back this time since there’s a chance she’ll be ‘punished’ for straying… she feels like she’s too broken to function outside of the cult anymore and i don’t know what to do.
That’s horrible. It’s also normal to want to return to the cult.
Thank you for sharing what is going on with us.
Here are some links to organisations who may be able to assist.
Religious Trauma +Cult Recovery Dare to Doubt Cult Recovery 101 Sarah Edmondson
Take care,
Oz
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hangthehierophant · 1 year
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I think one of the worst lies from the high control group (cult) that I was raised in was that if I didn’t put myself through the meat grinder for the sake of the Kingdom of Christ then I would be chronically unfulfilled and depressed and my life would be pointless.
My life is pretty boring. I have a job I like and my work matters to people, I have a healthy love relationship, good books, good movies, good food, a couple good friends. Of course it’s not perfect and I’m only just barely seeing the light at the end of the tunnel after a lifetime of poverty but. I’m happy. It’s boring. It’s peaceful. I don’t have to save the world. I can just be. And it’s wonderful
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