Personally I feel cult leaders are evil in all sense of the word. I have always looked for the good in people. It's very disheartening to have to admit that someone truly has bad intentions. All the while you've wanted to believe that your instincts were right all along, arguing back and forth with yourself. A dark souled person, I feel could be the only one responsible for such crimes
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I stopped telling people about my cult background because they didn't understand why the hell I didn't just leave. I also stopped talking about it because some people got so angry they wanted to kill the cult bitch. That's what I call her. She doesn't deserve the respect of calling her cult woman. My sister told her coworker about our situation. He was an arson investigater o
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CultStalkker, That is exactly what I would of said if I could have found the right words. You hit it. Thanks!
Forum: Recovery from Destructive Cults and Groups

I was brainwashed. My family was brainwashed. Brainwashing is real. Cult leaders who brainwash are premeditated in their actions and the actions are all based upon greed, control, and hateful intentions masterly disguised as love. They use tactics to instill fear within the victom. They separate families by threats of abandonment, ostricising those who find out they have been tricked and protest
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I would like to say some concerning the residual affects of the abuse once I escaped the cult I was in for the first 28 years of my life. After leaving I wasn't eager to get on with my life. I was suffering from tremendous amounts of fear,guilt, and sadness. I feared that they would come after me. I was guilty for just disappearing and leaving my brainwashed brothers behind. I was sad for al
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If you never had the chance to read the Bible and have your freedom to join any church of your choice, and if this particular cult leader used bible verses as part of their preaching along with their brainwashing tactics You kinda get turned off with the idea of using the Bible as a source of inspiration and truth. The truth you eventually seek once healing starts after escaping a cult is the tr
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Becker, Blind is exactly what they are. What burns me is how these predators are premeditated in there actions. They are preying and getting by with it all in the disguise of freedom of religion. Law enforcement has their hands tied. The government has cults on the lowest of priorities, even though they cause some of the most devistating assaults on the human mind, body and soul. Just know that t
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I miss my brothers also. They don't even know they have a neice. I'm not going to bother to let them know. My dad's last dying wish was to see his sons one more time however one slammed the door on our face and said they never wanted anything to do with us or dad. the other didn't even come to the door. Talking about heart wrenching to have to report that to my dying dad. So m
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Thanks for the welcome. Even though I got away it still feels like it's got me in it's grip more often than not. I look at life filtered through the trauma. I am actively working on healing all the time but it's amazing to see how a memory lingers. I do have to say I am one that holds a lot of compassion and empathy for anyone going through or that has gone through life altering ev
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I was stuck in a cult situation since I was a baby. This woman had my mom wrapped around her finger. I'm not sure why this evil bitch was able to brain wash some to the extent of complete compliance to her way of thinking. Some being able to see their way out of that hell hole was pretty much a miracle. She was a master at complementing people, then she'd get her talons in and twist. Th
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