Thank you for your replies. @lenard. Thank you for sharing. You made me feel a little more normal. I get everything your saying. I do use the hovering tactic all the time. I find I can't get from hovering to personal. It's takes along time and I never fully trust them ever. I do have a great boyfriend and by that I don't mean in some movie way lol. He grew up entirely different.
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Thank you for the redirect :)
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Thank you so much for the replies. Your overview of the 2x2's was excellent and very right on. I will read up more on these sites and hopefully as you said claim my life again. Werid how it affects the smallest things. Like for instance the inability I have to over throw my survival instincts even when I know its safe now...like with trust...
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Have any of you belonged to this church? It doesnt not identify with a name but people have nicknamed it the 2x2's, "the truth". I was born and raised in this cult. Left it 12 years ago at 17. Or have any of your came across it?
Forum: "Cults," Sects, and "New Religious Movements"

Hey everyone I'm new here so...hello. I have been searching for years on how to recover from being born and raised in a cult. I'll give you a quick summary.. I was born into a very closed secretive cult. It doesn't have a name but on the net they have been called 2x2's. It is almost all families who have been born into this religion. I would liken it to a strict Amish. We had
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