#systemic brainwashing

[glamurai56]

These women are beautiful and everything, but they are still a small part of a much larger problem.

#corrupt system #systemic brainwashing #subjectification

[lesbianleonardo]

sooo normal about this (lying)

#idw is constantly Kiling It with the turtle characterizations but man what they are doing with raph is so special #he was alone for a Year at the very start and then finally found his family #he’s familiar with how to survive but now he has a support system! a family! #and then bit by bit everything gets more dangerous #casey gets hurt Badly. leo is kidnapped and brainwashed. donnie almost dies. splinter’s desperate to kill shredder and succeeds #and then mikey leaves bc he sees the path splinter is on and he can’t be a part of that #raph’s family keeps getting hurt or they leave and he’s trying so hard to protect and keep them together #god the talk raph has with mikey absolutely rips me apart bc it’s literally right before splinter sets up harold as bait #we all know raph is the fighter and the protector but i really like how idw showcases it #he’s terrified but he can’t stop fighting or else something else will happen to his family and they will possibly get killed #sorry i’m insane about him #tmnt idw #tmnt #idw #idw raph #idw leo #idw donnie #idw mikey #teenage mutant ninja turtles #turtle talks

[dreamsrunfaster]

Nimona (2023) rly said "hey! Scholarship kid! You can be whatever you want to be! (So long as what you want to be is a perpetuator of and living excuse for an oppressive system) (also you will be 1st in line for any scapegoating sacrificing or literal maiming we need to do along the way)"

#this applies to both ballister and ambrosius #i'm just so struck by how for ballister it was about like social mobility and following his dreams #as nimona said they brainwashed them good #i cant stop wondering what ultraviolent eight year old ballister would have made of nimona #i cant stop thinking about how his desire to be a knight is both transgressive but also proof that the system is working #nimona #ballister boldheart #ambrosius goldenloin #Eugene lee yang has talked about how ambrosius' story is the story of a model minority this applies to ambrosius too #like when i was very young i wanted to be a police officer?? bc i wanted to protect people tm you know? r u picking up what i'm putting down

[cowpokezuko]

Barbie Spoilers

Obsessed with the way that men are saying that the Barbie movie ‘hates men’ when the worst thing that happens to a man is a girl rejects him. Way to tell on yourself. 

#barbie #the barbie movie #ken #the dude who created an oppressive system that brainwashed all the women in barbieland literally gets a happy ending #barbie spoilers #like he doesnt get the girl but he does get to actually spend some time learning about himself and how to stop relying on codependent #relationships #barbie was SO nice to you guys

[wingsofhcpe]

people who are like "the ballad of songbirds and snakes sucks/was unnecessary because Snow is EEEEEVIL" are missing the point so bad it's hilarious

#likely the same ppl who view thg as a typical romance YA story tbh #but it's exactly bc romance was never the point that snow's story works so well #it shows you how the system fucked him up. keeps fucking him up but brainwashes him into thinking it's Good Actually #and then he squanders his multiple chances to break away from the system. he becomes part of it. and eventually BECOMES THE SYSTEM #that's why it's so important. bc snow could be any one of us. and i think some ppl aren't ready to hear that! #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #tbosas #the hunger games

[wlwocprincess]

You know the when it comes to the “demonized radical leftist freedom fighter that the narrative has chosen to turn into a villain (maybe they’re a terrorist? War criminal?) that makes the protagonist realize that radicalism can be Just As Bad but then chooses a way that’s easier and safer than Liberation” I’m surprised nobody has pointed out Gale Hawthorne. He’s this trope exemplified. Ppl will pick all these characters but Gale Hawthorne, probably because we have all sort of deluded ourselves into choosing the comfort of the easier and safer option that is so within the ending of these books, isn’t labeled this way which is wild. This is a poor brown character who we get to know really well throughout the first two books and because of how angry he is due to his oppression he quite literally ends up making Bombs that are used to kill children. And we just. Move on from that. Accept that’s just who he is now and that’s the end of his story as we know it. Huh.

#the hunger games #gale hawthorne #like I get it blah blah Just War Theory and all but I find it so interesting that Collins uses Gale #a brown boy subjected to oppression and marginalization who’s only 19 by the end of the series to do ut #Coin makes sense in that people can absolutely exploit liberation in order to take power for themselves #but Gale actually experienced it unlike Coin whos been in 13 her whole life with knowledge of systems of power and how to get power #He ends up the story deemed “completely hopelessly lost and seperated from the protagonists’ happy ending FOR his brainwashing #it’s interesting bc I think the label of this trope gets misused a lot but I think Gale fits it almost perfectly #idk #pro Gale Hawthorne #Gale Hawthorne defense squad #is that a thing? lol.

[hc-did-culture-is]

Questioning programed system culture is trying to figure out if we count as one but not finding anything we can comprehend

Like we formed because of other kinds of abuse BUUT we came across some info about programming and it's pretty much what our current abuser is doing and it's effecting forming alters + brainwashing (idk if that term is offensive) already formed alters (worst one yet is a 3-5 yo little who became beta programmed ((? Idk if I'm using correct terms aaaa)))

Anyways, fun times

-🪽

brainwashing isn't an offensive term, don't sweat it.

I'm gonna put our response below a cut, so you can choose whether or not you want to see/know our opinion on it. we also added some explanation of beta programming.

please be careful and take care of yourself if you do choose to read, these topics can be really dangerous if you're unprepared.

if you have more questions feel free to send asks, we'll do our best to answer.

that absolutely counts.

in our opinion, the only requirement of using the HC-DID label is that you have at least one alter who was forcibly formed by an external party.

so if you have an alter whose formation was intentionally started or influenced by your abuser, then we say using HC-DID/programmed system is completely accurate and valid.

and just so we're all on the same page here, your abuser doesn't need to know about systems/alters/dissociation to do this. if they knew that abusing you in X way puts you into a state where they can easily manipulate/control your actions and implant instructions + cues into you, then that's tbmc.

beta programming is sex and sex-related programs. it's an umbrella term, and can look super different depending on the specific type present. it can be anything from alters having strong gender roles, to alters believing sex is evil/sinful, to alters having programmed kinks.

beta programmed littles are unfortunately common, especially since traits such as innocence/naivety are often seen as attractive and therefore more likely to be programmed into someone.

#culture is #ramcoa #hc did #hc did culture #hc did culture is #system #system culture #system culture is #ramcoa culture #ramcoa culture is #mind control #brainwashing #tbmc #beta program #beta alter

[effable-as-f]

I've been trying to figure out the best way to word this and I think I have so bear with me

Aziraphale loves Crowley. That's plain as day, he loves seeing Crowley happy, he loves receiving affection from Crowley. But I don't think he particularly likes making sacrifices or pushing himself out of his comfort zone, when Crowley has shown time and time again that he's willing to do the same for him.

I hope I'm not alone in thinking that this season has been showing us all the ways that Aziraphale and Crowley's relationship is sort of... inequal--Aziraphale doesn't respect Crowley's wishes about making changes to the Bentley and only stops once Crowley threatens to treat his belongings the same way, he's dismissive of his concerns about Gabriel, he's too distracted with his ball to listen to Crowley's warning about the actual small army of demons outside their door--all the while Crowley's TOP priority has been Aziraphale and making sure that he won't be harmed, by Gabriel, Heaven, or otherwise.

I mean this in the nicest way possible, because it makes perfect sense for his character, but I think that Aziraphale has always been portrayed as kind of selfish and hypocritical, and I think that's on purpose and it's something that he needs to work through before he'd ever be ready to take his relationship with Crowley to another level. I think he's started to take for granted that Crowley will always be there for him, and that what makes him happy will always make Crowley happy, when that's not the case. He said it himself: Crowley goes too fast for him. Despite all the progress he's made, he's still stuck in his desire to go back to a fantasy of "the good old days" that never existed.

#good omens 2 #good omens spoilers #good omens meta #aziraphale is so traumatized and so brainwashed and he wants so badly to feel like he's doing the right thing #and he's so sheltered and naive and thinks he can fix everything on his own #but crowley just wants them to be able to REST and be FREE and HAPPY and TOGETHER #because it's not their responsibility to try to fix the system that fucked them both over #part of me wonders if a big source of their conflict #is the fact that crowley SAW the cold casual cruelty with which gabriel tried to send aziraphale to his death #and aziraphale didn't #because deep down in his heart he STILL somehow believes Heaven is on the side of pure good #and he wouldn't see michael simply providing the holy water to execute crowley in the same way #because he's been taught to believe that simply ALLOWING bad things to happen is not as bad as doing it yourself #the demons are the ones doing the actual killing their hands are still clean they're still holy #WHOO that felt good #I haven't done a long 'essay' type post like that in a WHILE

[anti-endo-haven]

Oh also this:

https://www.tumblr.com/tired-boy-discursed/682427368049098752/got-more-two-more-1-poor-brainwashed-anon-2?source=share

Tw as follows:

Mentions of anon being brainwashed and cult mentions + cult jokes

Not a good thing and still disgusting behavior from QueerAutism

#anti endo #did system #endos dni #system #osddid #traumagenic system #actually did #endos not for you #actually traumagenic #did plural #did plurality #osdd plural #osdd plurality #tw brainwashed mention #tw cult mention #tw cult jokes #tw cult talk

[lizardinkart]

I will literally pay anyone who has read “All The Light We Cannot See” for their thoughts on this show. Because I, for one, was skeptical but ok with it until the very end

And oh boy.

That ending!

#all the light we cannot see #atlwcs #all the light we cannot see show #spoilers ahead #‘​what ending’ you may say #they really just said I will sacrifice Etienne for Werner #‘more hopeful ending’ my ass the reason I am rabid about this book is because of how far in they go on both Marie Laure AND Werner #Werner gets crumbs and becomes a little puppy dog #we never get to see him committing horrors #we just hear about it #we see one flashback to a family that died because of him but like??? #his WHOLE section where he talks about being on the eastern front #everything that happened to him #everything that he did #we’re just not gonna talk about any of that? #we’re not gonna talk about the dangers of systems of nationalism that brainwash us to commit atrocities? #WE’RE NOT GONNA TALK ABOUT HOW ANYONE COULD HAVE BEEN A NAZI??? #anyway I’m tired I’m not well I need to go lie down #hope this finds the right people lol

[pluralcultureis]

Plural culture is arguing with someone and getting really fucking pissed off when their argument turns into "well you're just brainwashed by society" because brainwashing is such a fucking serious thing to you and seeing it used so lightly just to argue a point is infuriating

#we had a friend who was 'punk' and constantly used this #if we didnt agree with them clearlt it was brainwashing #tw brainwashing #tw brainwashing mention #brainwashing #endos dni #osdd #pdid #did #did system #osddid #pdid system #actually did #traumagenic #actually dissociative #plural culture is

[eldritch-queern-magicat]

Actually, no, I haven't really changed at all since middle school. I'm still the same deeply creative weirdo with ever-growing eclectic interests. A happily blooming nerd. If I learned about something in school, I wanted to explore it at home, on my own. That's really how the electronics disaster happened. I'm actually incredibly grateful Mom and Dad monitored my Internet use. I am way too curious sometimes. And I have to see shit for myself extremely often.

I wasn't let back out properly as a specific part until sometime in the sixth grade. It was partially the cats, but also realizing Nanny probably wouldn't be around much longer. So when she did die, I was more relieved than anything else. I used to feel bad that I hadn't cried for her.

But she was stifling me and trying to tell me what to be. She didn't like me being curious about makeup? I was low-key kinda thrilled when I got makeup for Christmas in my senior year of high school. I like color. A lot. I used to constantly change my favorite color. Now I just say I love the entire rainbow.

And I had to hide that I absolutely loved Pokémon. I think she thought it was glorifying violence, but it's more like competitive high-contact sports. Either that, or it was the racism. Frankly, probably both. It's probably the one thing she might have been worse than foster care about. But honestly, watching all the stuff that had to do with entirely different cultures was so good for me. It still exposed me to to new ideas and lessons when I actually needed it. Among them, I started passively absorbing any little bit when Taoism or Buddhism were significant themes. Paired with Bible study on Saturday morning, I guess I managed better than I thought.

She was surprisingly ok with when I was really into western fantasy like Sabrina the Teenage Witch. I think she was also ok with Power Rangers and ThunderCats (the original). At least she validated my love of learning new things and legit gave me old text books (that I don't know where she even got) to look at science subjects at home.

I think that really started in the seventh grade when I got so obsessed with astronomy and in particular, black holes. It just amazed me how unfathomably massive the universe is. How far it goes, how long even light takes to travel through it. I couldn't help but find the divine in the actual, physical cosmos. And it was there with every part of it. I would think, ‘How can everything in this physical reality be bad if God had said it was good in the beginning? Surely we haven't corrupted everything. Cats and dogs know about compassion, in a sense. That's good and beautiful.’

It wasn't hard at all to be better than foster care, but she actually was. She did encourage me to ask questions if I was confused. She clarified a lot of the literalist theology so I could start to understand it. I think I asked to study the bible with her, with that very hope. According to Dad, she could keep up with devout Catholics. I had two different children's bibles at her trailer, plus she bought me my own standard bible when I was ten, for my birthday. She and Mom took me to the book store at the mall, and had them print my casual first name with my last name at the bottom right corner of the front in silver letters.

Fun fact, someone actually jokingly asked if I'd grown up Catholic because of my apparently deep knowledge of Christianity. That was during the summer last year. The irony of my current proximity to the nearest Catholic church is not lost on me.

What fucked me back up was how I was treated during high school a lot by peers and family, and largely I just got angrier more than anything else. I was trying my best to do better when it all started going downhill fast again. But apparently I was still not good enough. My cousins suddenly became spoiled brats because of my needs frequently not being met entirely, but they seemed so much better adjusted. They didn't understand, and I didn't know how to break my silence. So I started lashing out because i really didn't have the social skills I needed. So yeah, I was definitely an asshole at times. The bullshit from foster care got a refresh, and I was forced to submit to their training again.

Never had any serious issues with Grandma, though in typical moody teenager fashion, I was sometimes a brat.

There's a reason I didn't really come out of my shell again until my junior year of high school. I decided to try to be more brave the year before, since I knew I'd graduate in Ohio. I got better at my art and creative writing, and it seemed to give me a way to connect with others. I decided to go for the culinary class at the career center because hey--good food--and the only thing that was in question was my literal birth date and legal age restrictions with the student restaurant. I got in. Mom and Dad made absolutely sure it was paid for. So I decided to do another nuts thing and go try out for the spring musical. I met one of my closest friends that way. Truly a charismatic character (gonna tag you, @themerrymutants I miss you). I felt accepted and encouraged, like family is supposed to make you feel.

Memories are really just flooding in now, it's a just lot to process. Maybe it's because while answering the person on anon, I opened up a lot of my own psychological cupboards. I never really said a lot of that at once, let alone even explained my logic behind it all. It put a lot of things into perspective for me.

And I just can't help but think, oh, shit, I actually am competent. But I was constantly second-guessing myself because so many of the people around me were hellbent on judging everything I did. Now I understand that in those cases, they most likely feared how authentic I am. Some people, more or less depending on where I was at any given time, thought I was pretty cool because I was so authentic.

I stopped fronting almost entirely when Mom died. I still hadn't recovered at all from literally anything, and didn't know how to handle that. It took cycling through different roles to find something productive for me. I shattered, and ended up pushing most of my remaining idealism into the then-evolving Lilitu.

But I was always at my best when I was true to myself. There were still plenty of people who loved me for who I really was. And that was just enough to keep going. That is precisely what fueled my spite against others who didn't like me. And Mom sure as fuck never quit going.

-Era 🍎😺

#dissociative identity disorder #integration #did #did system #polyfragmented #polyfrag system #polyfrag did #dissociation #alters #programmed system #programming #brainwashing #religious abuse #fundamentalist christianity #christian fundamentalism #foster care #pentecostals #evangelicalism #death tw #dissociative amnesia #child abuse #ramcoa #authenticity #extended family #bible study #taoism #buddhism #recovery #personal shit #hope

[stars-and-birds]

how fucked up is the U.S. that today we watched a video on prisons in Norway and how they’re soooo much more humane and people in my class were like um🤨 that’s a little weird tbh😒

#i get why bc like justice and all that… but like. cmon #ofc not supporting the us prison system bc that’s gross but we’re SO brainwashed that kindness seems…. weird #god. #personal #esme babbles

[magstorrn]

about to leave a scathing review for a historical fiction book on goodreads (felt so strongly about it i made an account for the first time) then chickening out once i realised i'd put down my full name and i dont want to offend the author TOO much in case we end up working in the same field as historians

#missives #i admire her a lot too which sucks but holy shit. this book is bad its SO bad #maybe i'll post my review here just to get it out of my system #in essence its a book about a real historical figure but shes written in this way where literally all she ever does is serve men #and have babies continuously #and we're meant to believe she's fallen in love with her dropkick of a husband who does fuck all and is constantly abroad #and like. of course i can believe that's how some women were especially given their religious inclinations #but i could feel the feminism leaving my body the longer i read the book like it is that bad i felt like i was being brainwashed #it starts good like it goes into her childhood and relationship with her siblings #but then she just turns into her husband's mother essentially and its so revolting. and it doesnt even feel authentic? like #none of these people feel like real people. they dont fight they dont have nasty thoughts they are so fucking sanitised #i dont know what i expected.jpeg #and this woman is a historian!! she has a phd!! #yet she gets basic things wrong to an immersion-breaking degree #the whole thing is set during the civil wars but she NEVER talks about there being surgeons i have not seen a single mention of a surgeon #shes always referring to doctors and physicians but it's becoming apparent to me that when she says physician #shes just using it as an old timey word for doctor not because she properly understands the 17th century medical hierarchy #fucking hell. im so mad

[ahmobbu]

it's so funny to see the reaction of "Oh dimple's gone really evil now! he was really just a good for nothing, manipulative evil spirit! can't believe he would hurt mob like this! ". this Evil Mastermind pulling the strings forgot his big plan after 1 season of hanging out w/ mob. straight up slipped his mind lmfao

#but he brainwashed ppl #your life is your own #i dont u were that harsh when reigen was lying to everyone abt being a conman on tv #broccoli arc is just like what if reigen actually succeeded #except dimple knows his plan is actually selfish #he just doesn't think its that bad #mp100 #but ofc mob will be against it bc and he doesnt think dimple is giving ppl a choice #which makes his next move all the more heartwarming #not saying it bc its manga spoilers but iykyk #DAMN i have missed this tagging system fuck yeah #text

[queenlua]

it's so good when there's an exhaustive list of content warnings for something and it just reads like "a list of reasons this is going to rule actually"

#trigger warnings are good because they are a recommendation system for me personally #(this post brought to you by “the list for this LARP i just signed up for” #which includes: amnesia + gaslighting + brainwashing + sterility + conspiracy theories + scammy business opportunity recruitment and #then i stop reading because i'm SO on board let's do it)