#healing from cults

[unwelcome-ozian]

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

#answers to questions #cults #cult recovery #healing from cults #spiritual abuse

[hoofpeet]

ingo being a. crazy old man suddenly reminded me of an old concept that went through my brain once where Ingo has. FULLY LOST IT. he keeps having visions of emmet that are driving him mad and so many zoroarks take his form that he starts to think that the real almighty sinnoh is like. some fucked up zoroark deity taking the form of a man in a pristine white coat and hat, and that the reason he fell into hisui with no memory in the first place was. because he literally came into existence right in that moment to be the messenger to the almighty sinnoh. (he finds out that its his brother and becomes normal. or he becomes worse.)

WAIT YEAH . I LOVE THIS . I love when old man goes insane and works himself into a religious mania

#mailbox #hoof draws #submas #yes... batshit insane ingo i love him #the idea of ingo going crazy and interpreting vague memories as messages from arceus is a very good concept tho #i imagine he like . heals someone's fever based on a vague memory of modern medicine he has #starts to slowly convince people that he's been blessed and maybe starts a little cult or smthn

[anxiously-sidequesting]

anyways seeing Duncan still with the Schism at the end left me like ☹️

#like logically i know duncan wouldnt have had a change of heart after we defeated him right #like i know he wouldnt have just went “oh you know what youre so right let me become a good person immediately” #but seeing him still within the literal cult that manipulated and took advantage of him when he was still a young kid is so sad and gross #like. gretta darkkettle was also there with him like bitch. step away from him #DUNCAN NEEDS TO GOOOOOO BRO he needs to break away from all that shit and heal #i know the “good ending where duncan faces the consequences for his actions then leaves to discover himself” is my personal hc but...... #will duncan ever get a good ending in canon. like im not saying he should be in jail for 90 years or anything but i wanna see some growth #IDK suprisingly duncan has a soft spot in my heart (places him gently next to morganthe and gf spider) #maybe just because i can sorta relate to him HAKSBDISLWJU but still yall. i want him AWAY from the schism shit #he should not still be with the group who encourages his harmful behaviors and his hateful emotions #anyways fuck gretta #WAIT WAS THE SCHISM SOLDIER THERE EITH EVERYBODY ELSE OR DID HE STRAIGHT UP JUST LEAVE LIKE HE SAID HE WOULD #wizard101 #w101 #wiz101 #text posts #wallaru spoilers #wizard101 spoilers #duncan grimater

[szhmidty]

Screenshotting because I don't feel like picking a fight:

I feel pretty creeped out by this.

I do think part of being, like, a responsible citizen of the world is understanding at least the broad overview of the philosophies and beliefs of the people you're likely to interact with. You don't need to study them in depth, but you should get the overall gist. That will often mean double checking the things you were taught about minority religions growing up, because the majority ideology is rarely accurate and honest about the minority.

But like: if you are recovering from "religious trauma" that goes on the back burner. Becoming a learned individual who understands the worlds religions and cultures is an expectation I place on people who's lives are otherwise pretty good. If you're struggling with the abuse you've been put through, you likely have other priorities.

#learning how your familys cult of choice lied to you can definitely be a huge part of healing for a lot of people #but like yknow #the benefitin overcoming trauma is slightly more important than the diffuse benefit to society from you understanding eid or passover #as much as your muslim or jewish friends and acquaintances might appreciate it

[timetakillgod]

While I know the Lamb is most likely capable of speaking I do find it interesting that most people headcannon that the Lamb has a scar from their first death. A scar The One Who Waits cannot heal, do you think he could not heal their throat? The prehaps their vessel striken mute without the aid of the crown is familair?

#cult of the lamb #cotl headcanons #cotl spoilers #vaugely? #Most in reference to Heket but still gotta tag #Anyways I find it interesting the One Who Waits being unable to heal the throat where the Lamb is beheaded but imagine? #Imagine he cannot heal their severed throat and is unable to let them speak? #Like We see the lamb speak during sermons however I like to take it as the Crown Speaking #Anyways I just think it'd be neat if the lamb was mute #Omen always has been mute and uses Sign which I like to think came from Shamura taught to Heket and eventually spread

[culther]

i don’t know who needs to hear this, but you’re not healing if you’re running. you’re not healing if you’re avoiding. you’re not healing if you’re not confronting it. you’re not healing if you don’t trust that there is a future for you on the other side of it.

#cult thinks! #speaking from the heart #words of wisdom #it’s gonna HURT before it heals. you will be okay in all things. God’s grace is sufficient

[crumbleclub]

There's this weird and very gory French + Canadian film called Martyrs (exercise caution when looking it up in terms of images if that stuff freaks you out) and the basic concept is like. Some cult trying to understand what happens after death by bringing people to the brink of it in the most traumatic and agonizing ways possible. And I just realized that that's really some William Afton shit, both for the original motive and for remnant extraction.

(Accidentally wrote an essay in the tags so, ah. Read those I guess)

#i don't really write william as nearly that intense actually #for one because he is not at his peak of darkness most of the time i write him #two because i don't find gore itself inherently interesting #aside from eye scream and medical horror specifically #and 3 because i generally want my characters to SURVIVE so i can play with psychology and healing bc that's way more up my alley #but anyway. the comparison can still be made #i also don't think william would go for some of the stuff in that movie entirely because of cleanup. he has to hide his activities #and he doesn't have a cult to fall back on #but it would be interesting to see if he tried to maximize remnant extraction with some kind of psychological torture #that fits some of the things in the lonely children au by dire honey and freddles. in terms of the endless nightmare schtick #and i could honestly see some level of help wanted and the in universe fnaf games twisting that way too #harvesting the agony of players #hmm. maybe that could be why moon seems fucked up even presumably before kids start going missing again in sb #but anyway #he can only do so much murder before his. ah. resources. would dwindle #maybe he needs to harvest remnant other ways as well #and the continued murder is tied more to his obsession with death and immortality #fnaf #william afton #theorizing about william's weirdness

[exmojoe]

POV: you get sick in your strict Mormon household

#I’m pretty sure the essential oil used when I got sick was on guard #it tasted horrible #I was so happy when my mother finally out grew that particular mlm #also can we talk about how uncomfy it was to have oil dripped into your hair and have your dad and some rando old man from your ward #come over to your house while you’re in your pjs trying to not sue #AND TOUCHING YOUR HEAD #it’s so weird #but at least for me these two really helped ensure I never faked being sick #exmo #exmormon #ex fundie #pimo #ex mormon #ex cult #lds #alsoooo it’s so hard to wrap my head around the fact that my father #a literal medical doctor #totally backed the use of essential oils for /healing/ #I also need to scrub my search history now #moral of the story #Mormons love oil #doterra

[keniaku]

i'm sure kenjaku has a lot of connections for them to be able to walk into the white house like that but why did they talk to the US president and an international audience of powerful countries using the body of a highly wanted terrorist in japan who was killed not even half a year ago

#txt #jjk spoilers #jjk 200 #whats this brain thinking ToT #even outside of jujutsu context geto was a highly suspicious man like mans ran a cult that ''heals'' people for ten years then just #poof #gone #disappear from public's eye #kenny im sure you have some corpse preservation skills under your sleeves couldnt u wait after the very important meeting is done #maybe geto's body is too alluring #gender game too strong

[poisonouspastels]

@beegswaz genuinely i think my favorite tags on any of my work ever. i fucking love when people talk abt my characters like this

#its like blorbo from my show but with fucking minecraft and i love it deeply #for the record both Groda and White Eyes get socialized in the modern world like feral cats #both by the main players but it does happen at different times bc they all encountered Groda first when she held Rana hostage for bait #she'd kinda gone crazy after all those years of isolation lol #did that bc she thought Herobrine was the knight who betrayed her during the time period where people were wanting to overthrow her #(the knight worked for the royal family and was one of Groda's childhood friends. that did not last needless to say) #thankfully at the end of the day all 4 of the main players managed to get out alive though not unharmed with Groda in tow #when there's something trying to kill you every other day in this universe though they honestly cant be too mad about it #it doesnt help that Groda is just Really Stupid sometimes (all the time) #she's literally Peridot from SU in that she seems really intimidating but in hindsight is a massive dork #and also the fact that is the voice i imagine her having its so good #once her ability to use magic is taken away she's literally just like a scared feral street cat. does not know what the FUCK is going on #also rendering her communication with 3/4ths of the players useless since she only knows Galactic and no one alive knows that but Herobrine #(not helping the coincidental similarities to the knight but thats not him) she'll learn commonspeak later tho #ironically later down the line when Groda is spotted by the cult getting her magic back will be a key part in taking down White Eyes #she really does want to change for the better but she needed a LOT of shit kicked into her in order to start actually making the change #that being said when White Eyes eventually gets integrated it IS On Sight #she has had to been quite literally pried of Groda AT LEAST once by the others in order to keep from killing her #but other than that she'll be okay :) she picks up painting eventually #her open wounds are finally able to heal over once released from the influence of the Wither but she's still scarred unfortunately #mentally and physically! #but its only up from here... right? #actually since I talked abt the players first encounter with Groda im gonna reblog that aftermath comic again it still fucks #minecraft au mastertag

[returning-to-her]

#patriarchy #radical feminism #divine female #anti patriarchy #mother nature #radfem #womensrights #womenempowerment #radical feminist #women power #gender critical #gender ideology #terf #pro terf #matriarchy #return to matriarchy #healing from harm #trans violence #trans ideology #trans cult #religion #religious delusions #cult of woke #woke culture #abuse

[archersartcorner]

Someone holds me, safe and warm

Horses prance through a silver storm

Figures dancing gracefully

Across my memory…

Hi I finished a resisting Durge user with Bela and I have. Thoughts.

#my art #described #baldurs gate 3 #baldur’s gate 3 #bg3 art #the dark urge #oc: bela #durge: Bela #the Thoughts have mostly been of a durgetash variety I will admit. the shitty man has Enamored me… #essentially my thoughts for Bela is that like. she never wanted to be a bhaalspawn. she helped concoct the plan because she was hoping that- #-if she made some grand sweeping gesture to her father he’d leave her tf alone. she stuck out in the rest of the cult as she was far more- #-controlled and restrained than the others there despite literally being of bhaal’s blood. she was resisting long before she lost her memory #before the game’s start she’d pray often to eilistraee. her prayers tended to go unanswered but she formed a version of herself in her head- #-that she wanted to be if she wasn’t a bhaalspawn and tried to live up to that. when she lost her memory she didn’t know about any of that - #-but eilistraee had blessed her broken mind with the ability to heal and spread light. she was listening - there just wasn’t much she felt- #-she could do up to this point. so she went from pregame being an assassin-rogue to during game being a cleric with a penchant for music. #in losing her memory it gave her the opportunity to be the person she always wanted to be even if she was unaware that’s what she was doing #anyway scattershot thoughts. bela my love

[unwelcome-ozian]

#abuse recovery #coercive control #high control religion #cults #trauma recovery #healing from trauma #your voice #getting power back #spiritual abuse #religious abuse

[goldkirk]

There’s this thing I heard about it taking an average of 7 attempts for someone to leave an abusive relationship. I wasn’t in a domestic violence relationship but here’s my list of attempts to leave:

2015 - tried moving to college dorms with hope of staying out after that, couldn’t afford it

2016 - tried dropping out to work instead of continuing a major I hated. foiled by literally every concerned adult

2016 - tried transferring schools to the opposite side of the country, got talked out of it last minute

2016 - almost joined the Air National Guard

2017 - moved to a dorm hoping to stay out after that, couldn’t afford it

2017 - almost joined the Air Force

2018 - almost joined the Air Force again

2019 - tried getting into grad school on the opposite side of the country

2019 - spent one week trying to join the military again before I came to my own senses

2020 - ran away to my aunt’s house for a month

2020 - tried moving close by, stayed totally enmeshed

2021 - went partway down the path of getting a job in Texas just to get out

2022 - drove 1800 miles in two days with a car and a dog to a KOA cabin in nowhereville Washington with literally no plan

And somehow that one stuck!

If you’re in your list of attempts right now, keep going. Don’t give up. You’ll be ready one of these times and there’s a lot of the world open to you and ready to help you run when you finally can.

#love you #don’t give up #and I don’t have the answers yet and I’m not healed yet and I don’t know what I’m doing #but I can promise you it’s better after you’re gone #as bad as it hurts and as hard as it is and despite all the new problems you’ll have to face #it WILL be better #and it’s possible and you deserve it and one day you’ll make it #it’s not your fault that it’s so hard and things keep dragging you back or making you stay #just don’t join the military and avoid debt where possible and try letting people know you want to leave or move #and things will open up every now and then #and one day you’ll make it #and the big warm world will be waiting there #you have the rest of your life to explore it. hold on for that #I’m so proud of you and I hope we ALL make it out #from our families or cults or depression or the military or whatever else #I hope we all make it. I hope we all get joy #personal #abuse #trauma #trauma recovery

[umbrellamedic]

If you were a deity, what would you be god of?

Desire and Sexuality

You're mysterious and alluring. When lovers seek a magnetic connection, they pray to you. You're particularly associated with Eros, erotic love, and mania, obsessive love. You exude intense magnetism and your voice is like a siren call, luring anyone and everyone you desire.

Tagged by: @cxpperhead

Tagging: @manufactoredxbyxdesign @corvidamned @priceforeverything @primitiveside

#mostly she's just obsessive #she would be the only deity to worship whatever other person mortal or no that she's obsessing over #prayers from those who don't really get her; that's what she gets xD #she would totally have some kind of sex magic healing cult in her honor #it would be so problematic \o/

[tiptapricot]

I am going to b 100% honest when I say to just realize you don’t understand both non white/Christian cultural n religious practices n histories, and that you don’t understand cults if you call the children of the watch a cult

#the mandalorian #having rbs on for now but just. move on if ur wanting to say somth against this cause my feet r firm here man #closed or orthodox religions/cultures are not a cult #having to convert and do the work to join a group is not a cult #strong faith is not a cult #having a ​traditional way of dress is not a cult #having practices n beliefs that may b harmful that have stemmed from a trauma response to genocide n cultural trauma is not a cult #struggling to redefine and maintain a religion and culture in the face of colonialism and being imperfect is not a cult #a fairh or denomination or culture having flaws is not a cult it’s imperfect and can b worked with by that group as they re-find themselves #and heal #the fruit is talking again #ask to tag