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The #igotout movement harnesses the power of hashtag activism to amplify the voices of survivors of high-control environments, such as cults, abusive relationships, and exploitative groups. By sharing everyday examples of coercive control and undue influence, #igotout activists and advocates aim to nurture new healthy connections, promote a more nuanced understanding of these issues and patterns, and ultimately drive personal healing and societal change. BY BEARING WITNESS FOR EACH OTHER, WE KNOW WE ARE NOT ALONE. PAIN AND ISOLATION ARE TRANSFORMED INTO HEALING AND CONNECTION. Here are some ways you can help amplify the #igotout movement: • Share your story on your social media platforms using the #igotout hashtag. • Engage with others by commenting on their posts and using the #igotout hashtag. • Follow #igotout and related hashtags to discover new connections and build community. • Amplify other survivors' voices by reposting their content with the #igotout hashtag. • Contribute to the community by sharing resources that have helped you in your healing journey. • Tag @igotout_org on instagram as a post collaborator to increase visibility and amplification of your post. Explore the "activism" page to learn more about how you can get involved and contribute to this growing community of support and advocacy. Together, we can create a ripple effect of empowerment, education, and understanding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1713242062968-GJX4YZU6B2CA8BPF6S9H/2+copy.png Home - Janja Lalich https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1713241927981-ES8VN6K0OVFULXPFY976/TerrorLove%26Brainwashing.png Home - Alexandra Stein https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1610946866714-E2GRK61D38KERJZ3KQ1Z/ThoughtReform.png Home - Robert Jay Lifton (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1713241871129-G1MEPHSY84ER6ZYE13MN/26.png Home - Daniel Shaw, LCSW https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1713461849298-RFW4VRPFBFG9V6RVBX4V/14.png Home - Dr. Ramani Durvasula https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1714712301576-DTLA1H8S4ZMBQ9JJ9NIT/3+copy+3.png Home - Judith L. Herman, MD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/5192b8af-a252-4a86-9c7b-064c09c28896/Kooperativ+Scratched+%281080+x+600+px%29+%281%29.png Home - The Origin of #igotout A Response to Unprecedented Times: In the midst of a global pandemic, as lock-downs and isolation became the norm, people around the world found themselves grappling with a new reality. Quarantines provided an opportunity for separation from high-control groups and the sudden abundance of time for self-reflection led many to question their involvement in churches, religions, or high-demand organizations. As the 2020 US presidential election loomed, conspiracy theories and online disinformation spread rapidly, causing confusion, fear, and rifts in families and friendships. In this climate of uncertainty, people turned to social media to share their stories, seeking connection and understanding from others who were experiencing similar struggles. The release of several high-profile documentaries during this period, exposing the manipulative tactics employed by high-control groups, provided a framework for individuals to make sense of their own experiences. It was against this backdrop that the #igotout movement was born, offering a platform for survivors to come together, share their stories, and support one another in their journey towards healing and self-discovery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1611525864454-1ZJ1STJV0U43VGZZ4TFC/CityWalkerMirrored%2Bcopy.jpg Home - Taking Back Our Lives… Leaving an immersive, all-consuming, high-control environment is likely the hardest thing a person will ever do. Choosing to break from an ideology or belief system, the familiarity of an abusive relationship, or the promise and security of an exploitative workplace takes enormous bravery and is a profound act of self-reclamation. Regardless of the specifics, if we feel controlled, manipulated, or oppressed by a person, group, or belief system, our experiences and resulting emotions are clues crucial to our recovery. Undue influence, abuse of power, and coercive control follow patterns. It is through first-person accounts of our experiences that these patterns can emerge, helping us make sense of what happened to us. The time we spent submersed and invested in a high-demand group or relationship will often impact our ability to maintain healthy relationships with friends and family members. The mix of emotions we may feel upon leaving that toxic environment—grief, anger, relief, confusion, guilt, and everything in between—is completely normal. The loss of time, connection, and autonomy, along with shame about the harm we experienced, witnessed, and/or perpetrated, may have left us struggling to make sense of things. 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By using hashtags to share personal stories, experiences, and opinions, individuals can collectively shed light on important topics and create a sense of community and solidarity. Successful examples of hashtag activism include #MeToo, which sparked a global conversation about sexual harassment and assault, and #BlackLivesMatter, which drew attention to systemic racism and police brutality. The #igotout movement builds upon this tradition of hashtag activism by amplifying the voices of survivors of high-control environments, such as cults, abusive relationships and families, and exploitative groups. By sharing our stories using the #igotout hashtag, we can break down feelings of isolation and shame, connect with others who have faced similar challenges, and raise awareness about the impact of undue influence and coercive control. Through the collective power of individual stories, the #igotout movement aims to provide real-world examples of how people can be drawn into cultic environments, emphasizing the everyday nature of these abuses of power. By minimizing sensationalism and focusing on the tactics used by abusive individuals or groups to control and exploit others, these stories can serve as a valuable educational resource for younger audiences who could benefit from learning about manipulation tactics and online recruiting. By bringing together stories from a wide range of abusive and high-control environments under one hashtag, the #igotout movement aims to illuminate the common patterns and mechanisms of undue influence. This increased understanding can help survivors and the general public recognize warning signs, avoid future involvement in such situations, and better grasp the complexities faced by victims. With a more informed perspective on the dynamics of coercive control, people serving on juries in cases involving these issues can make more reasoned judgments, reducing victim-blaming and increasing the likelihood of abusers being held accountable for their actions. As they say, "the devil is in the details." If or when you post online, consider sharing the story of a specific situation or an example relating to mechanisms of coercive control (such as sleep deprivation or labor trafficking). You will be surprised how many folks will relate to and resonate with your experience! When engaging with the #igotout community, remember to offer support and validation to others and use trigger warnings when discussing sensitive content. By sharing your experience, you can contribute to a growing body of knowledge about the realities of undue influence and coercive control, as well as helping empower others in their own journey of healing and self-discovery. Together, our stories can make a difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/feb161ed-dfab-4588-a60b-ec856e2c8a83/Untitled+%281584+x+200+px%29+%281584+x+300+px%29+%282%29.png Activism - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/fdc6b9d8-cdce-404f-b3af-5b45a8af6e64/igotout.org+is+most+active+on+instagram+%283%29.png Activism - In being heard, we feel seen. In listening, we heal. • Share your story on your social media platforms using the #igotout hashtag. • Engage with others by commenting on their posts and using the #igotout hashtag. • Follow #igotout and related hashtags to discover new connections and build community. • Amplify other survivors' voices by reposting their content with the #igotout hashtag. • Contribute to the community by sharing resources that have helped you in your healing journey. • Tag @igotout_org on instagram as a post collaborator to increase visibility and amplify your post (as explained below). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1720971213104-73JXMOJKML8JITFK2XWW/1.png Activism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1720971218540-99RSP28LF0V7XIFPLY00/2.png Activism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1720971225254-YVEZODU5JV0UKIS3KRTJ/3.png Activism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1720971230951-G9CRWO35CYHU0C4VYLZL/4.png Activism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1720971235931-YH29YQBVLJ2JJ3OS0YW4/5.png Activism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1720971243015-KV7BY0HNTQ62TMT5YKYE/6.png Activism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/8d8577ef-8210-47ef-b288-c9e78a531ce9/Untitled+%281584+x+200+px%29+%281584+x+300+px%29+%283%29.png Activism - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/05dc6f6d-2567-4455-a1c0-1f21da8cbf7b/tom-barrett-hvvRg72aXCw-unsplash.jpg Activism - The Power of Anonymous Activism For many survivors of high-control groups, sharing their stories can be a daunting prospect. Fear of retaliation, shame, or the potential impact on loved ones still involved in these groups can make it feel unsafe to speak out publicly. However, the rise of social media and online platforms has opened up new possibilities for anonymous activism, allowing survivors to have their voices heard while protecting their identities. Anonymous storytelling is a powerful tool for healing, education, and prevention. By sharing our experiences, even without mentioning the names of groups and the people involved, we can help others recognize the patterns and mechanics of control that are often hidden beneath the surface of cultic life. As we connect with survivors from diverse backgrounds and groups, we begin to see the common threads that unite our experiences. The #igotout movement and the igotout.org website are intended to provide supportive spaces for survivors to share their stories anonymously. Additionally, by setting up private profiles on social media platforms and engaging with the growing online survivor community, those getting out can take the first steps towards reclaiming their voices and finding support. Reading the posts and stories of others can be a self-affirming experience, helping us make sense of our own confusion and loss. Anonymous activism also allows survivors to amplify their voices while diminishing the fear of personal repercussions. By sharing our stories through platforms like igotout.org, we can reach a wider audience and contribute to the growing movement of awareness and prevention. Our experiences, even when shared anonymously, have the power to shine a light on the manipulative tactics of high-control groups and inspire others to break free from their influence. In a world where social media has become an integral part of our lives, it is up to all of us to leverage these platforms for good. By connecting through our stories, we can heal ourselves and each other, educate and inform the public, and work towards a future where the power of high-control groups is diminished and the impact of exploitive people is thwarted. Whether we choose to share our stories publicly or anonymously, every voice matters in the fight for freedom and autonomy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/f45936fe-2596-4163-bfc4-ef0193fb72bb/Untitled+design+%281%29.png Activism - The Future of Online Activism As AI technology continues to advance and shape the social media landscape, it's essential for cult survivors to be aware of the potential impact on their online experiences. While AI-generated content can be helpful in some contexts, such as providing information or resources, it's crucial to prioritize authentic human connection in the healing journey. In the current online environment, survivors may encounter a mix of human-created and AI-generated content. The increasing sophistication of AI can make it challenging to distinguish between the two, which may be particularly unsettling for those who have experienced manipulation or gaslighting in the past. When navigating social media and online spaces, survivors should trust their instincts and prioritize interactions that feel genuine and supportive. Seeking out communities specifically designed for survivor support, where the focus is on shared lived experiences and mutual understanding, can be particularly valuable. It's also essential to approach AI-generated content with a critical eye, fact-checking and verifying information before accepting it as true. While AI has the potential to provide useful resources and insights, it should not be seen as a replacement for the depth and nuance of human connection. As the online landscape continues to evolve, survivors can empower themselves by staying informed about the capabilities and limitations of AI, while remaining grounded in the timeless principles of self-care, boundary-setting, and authentic connection. By prioritizing human wisdom and discernment alongside technological advancements, survivors can navigate the challenges and opportunities of the AI age with resilience and clarity. Above all, stay curious! https://www.igotout.org/about daily 0.75 2026-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1711989691931-975WRAGQZU32S90FPMH8/pexels-anna-tarazevich-6486618.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1712067373595-GZSIOOC9L764ZEP46NN1/offwhitecardbkgd.png About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1712073571639-TC30UG8E29GQIY5M1EQF/pexels-anna-tarazevich-6560286.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1712078890888-2VWWO6VAP1LYNM2S0BKM/graylav.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1711056378421-EYSUTQQ8XX3PDSFWJR8D/Kooperativ+Scratched+%281080+x+600+px%29.png About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1713129226472-Q7EZ78OMEANZW5EMR0OF/browngray.png About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1716055419595-EEMQWO1S41E16ZCUUA7Z/image-asset.jpeg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/9171fce9-d6ed-4e00-8fe1-dd70225d5cd4/BlueHashtag.png About - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/eab6dc66-fc4b-48cd-beb6-a501deecc583/Kooperativ+Scratched+%281080+x+600+px%29+%285%29.png About - HEALING • EDUCATION • PREVENTION The #igotout movement empowers survivors of high-control environments by building connections within a diverse and compassionate community. By courageously sharing your stories, you can shed light on the universal patterns of coercive control, abuse of power, and manipulation. Through courage and vulnerability, cycles of exploitation can be broken. Sharing your collective truths dispels societal misconceptions regarding the impact of high-control groups and relationships, transforming isolation into solidarity and turning understanding into action. In recognizing harmful patterns across diverse environments, you can prevent further harm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1868f8fa-68a9-4a10-9fbd-ae2afe04b1b7/pexels-cottonbro-studio-4505454.jpg About - "Freedom of thought is a universal human right." This powerful statement lies at the heart of the #igotout movement, which emerged during a period of unprecedented global upheaval. As the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the world in 2020, forcing countries into lockdown and people into isolation, many found themselves grappling with a new reality. For those who had been involved in high-control groups, whether a religion, a business, a family, or an organization, the break people had from these environments and the sudden abundance of time for self-reflection led to a profound questioning of beliefs and experiences. The launch of the #igotout movement coincided with a series of pivotal events that brought issues of social justice and abuse of power to the forefront of public consciousness. In May of 2020, the killing of George Floyd sparked nationwide protests and a renewed call for racial justice through the #blacklivesmatter movement. Shortly thereafter, the trial, conviction, and sentencing of Harvey Weinstein marked a significant victory for the #metoo movement. Amidst a highly contentious and divisive US presidential election, conspiracy theories and online disinformation ran rampant, causing confusion, fear, and rifts in families and friendships. In this climate of uncertainty and social unrest, the need for a supportive community of survivors became more apparent than ever. While these other movements were often catalyzed by newsworthy events, #igotout represents a slower, more gradual process of community building and awareness-raising. By creating supportive spaces for survivors to connect and share their stories, #igotout aims to bring about a fundamental shift in our understanding of coercion and extremism. The release of high-profile documentaries like "The Vow" and "Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult" and the many others released since the launch of igotout.org have helped to bring the issue of high-control groups into the mainstream consciousness, providing a framework for understanding the manipulative tactics employed by controlling groups and individuals. Against this backdrop of global crisis, social isolation, political turmoil, and increasing awareness of the dangers of high-control groups, #igotout emerged as a vital support system for those seeking to reclaim their lives and build a brighter future for themselves. 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Every effort, no matter the size, has the power to contribute to the ripple effect of healing and empowerment. The tangible impact of your contributions cannot be overstated. A friend and fellow activist once said, "A hashtag has done its work when it's no longer relevant." While the conversation has definitely broadened, clearly there is much more to be done. 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Mike Rinder’s parents began taking him to their local Scientology center when he was five years old. After high school, he signed a billion-year contract and was admitted into Scientology’s elite inner circle, the Sea Organization. Brought to founder L. Ron Hubbard’s yacht and promised training in Hubbard’s most advanced techniques, Mike was instead put to work swabbing the decks. Still, Rinder bought into the doctrine that his personal comfort was secondary to the higher purpose of Hubbard’s world-saving mission, swiftly rising through the ranks. In the 1980s, Rinder became Scientology’s international spokesperson and the head of its powerful Office of Special Affairs. He helped negotiate Scientology’s pivotal tax exemption from the IRS and engaged with the organization’s prominent celebrity members, including Tom Cruise, Lisa Marie Presley, and John Travolta. Yet Rinder couldn’t shake a nagging feeling that something was amiss—Hubbard’s promises remained unfulfilled at his death, and his successor, David Miscavige, was a ruthless and vindictive man who did not hesitate to confine many top Scientologists, Mike among them, to a makeshift prison known as the Hole. In 2007, at the age of fifty-two, Rinder finally escaped Scientology. Overnight, he became one of the organization’s biggest public enemies. He was followed, hacked, spied on, and tracked. But he refused to be intimidated and today helps people break free of Scientology. In A Billion Years, the dark, dystopian truth about Scientology is revealed as never before. Rinder offers insights into the religion that only someone of his former high rank could provide and tells a harrowing but fulfilling story of personal resilience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1712250355035-02X239SLTKEOU341VZKF/10.png Resources - A Voice From Inside - Geoffrey Wallis What is it like to suffer Religious Trauma Syndrome while still inside a High Demand Religious Organization? What causes Religious Trauma Syndrome and what are the risks that come with continuing participation? A Voice From Inside presents the rare voice of a critical insider of the Watch Tower Society, offering an account of the experience, how people are struggling, and what can be done to survive and move forward. Writing under a pseudonym, Geoffrey Wallis courageously explains what has led many to label the Jehovah’s Witnesses as a Captive Organization and how the community’s policies lead to the phenomenon of Physically-In-Mentally-Out (PIMO). With raw honesty, the author tells the gripping story of his journey through Religious Trauma Syndrome as an active Jehovah’s Witness. He discusses the experience of stigmatized LGBTQ+ members, moral injury PTSD in the newly disillusioned, and what it’s like to rise up the ranks of the organization’s hierarchy. Along the way, he boldly speaks out about how to protect fellow members by calling for regulation to protect the religious freedoms of PIMOs and teaching others to reverse-engineer manipulative psychology with mindfulness practice. Written to help bring change to the Jehovah’s Witness community as a whole, but also for anyone struggling with religious trauma, A Voice from Inside is both a witness to the experience of living in an HDRG as well as a clarion call for change and healing in a world that sorely needs it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1712250334159-EYKE2FJQ7FR3M8TTMWOY/23.png Resources - A Well-Trained Wife - Tia Levings “Today it hit me when he hit me, blood shaking in my brain. Maybe there wasn’t a savior coming. Maybe it was up to me to save me.” Recruited into the fundamentalist Quiverfull movement as a young wife, Tia Levings learned that being a good Christian meant following a list of additional life principles––a series of secret, special rules to obey. Being a godly and submissive wife in Christian Patriarchy included strict discipline, isolation, and an alternative lifestyle that appeared wholesome to outsiders. Women were to be silent, “keepers of the home.” Tia knew that to their neighbors her family was strange, but she also couldn't risk exposing their secret lifestyle to police, doctors, teachers, or anyone outside of their church. Christians were called in scripture to be “in the world, not of it.” So, she hid in plain sight as years of abuse and pain followed. When Tia realized she was the only one who could protect her children from becoming the next generation of patriarchal men and submissive women, she began to resist and question how they lived. But in the patriarchy, a woman with opinions is in danger, and eventually, Tia faced an urgent and extreme choice: stay and face dire consequences, or flee with her children. Told in a beautiful, honest, and sometimes harrowing voice, A Well-Trained Wife is an unforgettable and timely memoir about a woman's race to save herself and her family and details the ways that extreme views can manifest in a marriage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1713459250858-O666XX7OZ693CTC3AGEM/5.png Resources https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1610948449972-QA6EB8WVTCG1OBYET507/Brave.png Resources - Brave - Rose McGowan Rose McGowan was born in one cult and came of age in another, more visible cult: Hollywood. In a strange world where she was continually on display, stardom soon became a personal nightmare of constant exposure and sexualization. Rose escaped into the world of her mind, something she had done as a child, and into high-profile relationships. Every detail of her personal life became public, and the realities of an inherently sexist industry emerged with every script, role, public appearance, and magazine cover. The Hollywood machine packaged her as a sexualized bombshell, hijacking her image and identity and marketing them for profit. Hollywood expected Rose to be silent and cooperative and to stay the path. Instead, she rebelled and asserted her true identity and voice. She reemerged unscripted, courageous, victorious, angry, smart, fierce, unapologetic, controversial, and real as f*ck. BRAVEis her raw, honest, and poignant memoir/manifesto—a no-holds-barred, pull-no-punches account of the rise of a millennial icon, fearless activist, and unstoppable force for change who is determined to expose the truth about the entertainment industry, dismantle the concept of fame, shine a light on a multibillion-dollar business built on systemic misogyny, and empower people everywhere to wake up and be BRAVE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1610948450695-LMUFR7DG8IF6BUA8MD82/Captive.png Resources - Captive - Catherine Oxenberg In this heartbreaking and shocking exposé, one of Dynasty’s biggest stars lays bare a secretive organization that is holding her daughter hostage and details her mission to save her in this powerful depiction of a mother’s love and determination. I am a mother whose child is being abused and exploited. And I am not alone. In 2011, Catherine joined her daughter, India, at a leadership seminar for a new organization called NXIVM. Her twenty-year-old daughter was on the threshold of building a new company and they both thought this program might help her achieve her dream. But quickly, Catherine saw a sinister side to what appeared to be a self-help organization designed to help its clients become the best versions of themselves. Catherine watched in horror as her daughter fell further and further down the rabbit hole, becoming brainwashed by the organization’s charismatic leader. Despite Catherine’s best efforts, India was drawn deeper into the cult, eventually joining a secret, elite “sorority” of women members who are ordered to maintain a restricted diet, recruit other women as “slaves,” and are branded with their leader’s initials. In Captive, Catherine shares every parent’s worst nightmare, and the lengths that a mother will go to save her child. Featuring interviews with past members of NXIVM and experts in the field of cults, Oxenberg attempts to draw back the curtain on how these groups continue to lure in members. She relates her continuing journey to try to reach her daughter, to save her from what she believes is a dangerous, mind-controlling cult. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1713459240409-0GVFO90V9EVALCPV4F1B/2.png Resources https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1610948450962-P8EROKOS6SFV4JXL2C8N/Combattingcultmindcontrol.png Resources - Combating Cult Mind Control - Steven Hassan PhD Combating Cult Mind Control: The #1 Best-Selling Guide to Protection, Rescue and Recovery from Destructive Cults: This 2018, 30th-anniversary edition honors the 40th anniversary of the tragedy in Jonestown, Guyana. On November 18th, 1978, over 900 people including a U.S. congressman Leo Ryan died because of Cult Leader Jim Jones. Over 300 were children forced to drink cyanide-laced Kool-Aid by their parents who believed they were doing God’s will. The techniques of undue influence have evolved dramatically, and continue to do so. Today, a vast array of methods exist to deceive, manipulate, and indoctrinate people into closed systems of obedience and dependency. If you are reading this updated book for the first time, please know that you have found a safe, respectful, compassionate place. This book can help you protect or regain your sanity, freedom, and health. It can also help you protect others from the use of mind control techniques. In this 30th anniversary volume you will find: • New stories of people who fell under the sway of cults and other forms of undue influence but who were able to break free. • New information on the many sophisticated ways that social media are now used for mind control. • Updates on the many types of organizations that use mind control. • Information on the neuroscience behind mind control. • A look at what legislators, courts, mental health professionals, and ordinary citizens can do to resist mind control and make our world a safer place. Sadly, the essential information in this book is still not widely known or understood. People around the world remain largely unprepared for the new realities of mind control. But you are far from helpless. There is a great deal you can do to stay safe, sane, and whole - and to help the people you care about to do the same. And if someone you love is already part of a mind control group, there is much you can do to help them break free and rebuild their life. This book will give you the tools you need. As you read this book, you will learn to develop, use, and trust your critical thinking skills; your intuition; your bodily and emotional awareness; your ability to ask the right questions; and your skill at doing quick, useful research. You will also learn to create a healthy balance of openness and skepticism. As you will see, the entire process begins and ends with discernment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1712250331412-NTE72TEX2FYIX2WWDT0V/21.png Resources - Cult Following - Bexy Cameron Bexy Cameron was in her late twenties then the dark events of her past finally caught up with her. Bexy was born into the Children of God, one of the world's most notorious cults. She was 9 years old when she experienced her first exorcism, held in a secret commune deep in the British countryside. At 10, she was placed on Silence Restriction, forced to be silent for a whole year. Even from an early age, she knew what was happening was not right. At the age of 15, she escaped, leaving behind her parents and 11 siblings. Haunted by her past, Bexy set off on a road trip across America, embedding herself in the underbelly of religious cults, living with children who, like her, are born into the worlds their parents and cult leaders have created for them. It is a journey of meth cooks, monks, Jesus Freaks, soap-making Armageddonists, surveillance vans and finally, confronting her parents and herself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1712250330051-KIFXQ66O2SMXIAALYBOB/20.png Resources - Cults: A Bloodstained History - Natacha Tormey Throughout history religion has influenced the way people lived and how they interacted. Not only has it been a source of peace and prosperity, it has also been the cause of many wars, murders and destruction. We begin with Joshua’s wars in 1500 BC when he led the Hebrews to their Promised Land, leaving a trail of carnage behind them. We continue our journey through time to the Zealot riots in Jerusalem, the Crusaders and the Inquisition, finally reaching the stories of cult murders and suicides in the last century. Throughout our journey we will attempt to find answers to the many questions that surround such incidents. How can an ordinary person or group of people be manipulated to such an extent that they willingly murder another life or take their own? What drives the leaders of such movements to turn their followers into war machines or killers? Is religion in itself to blame or are the culprits the interpreters of religious doctrines? Will society ever reach a point where religion is a personal belief or will it always remain a tool that is used to gain wealth and power? And lastly, when will it end? The author, who was abused as a child by the notorious sex cult, The Children of God aka The Family International reveals all in Cults: A Bloodstained History. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1712250336514-NV9SRWLUA5I5CWCHZTQL/25.png Resources - Cults: Faith, Healing, and Coercion - Marc Galanter From the mass weddings of Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church to the ritual suicides at Heaven's Gate, charismatic cults and their devotees have become facts of American life. Using material gleaned from twenty-five years of direct encounters with cults and their detractors, as well as extensive research, Marc Galanter offers the most extensive psychological analysis of these organizations available. Cults explores not only how members feel and think at all stages of their involvement, but also how larger social and psychological forces reinforce individual commitment within the cults. For this revised and newly-illustrated second edition, Galanter has added three new chapters on cult development in the 1990s, spiritual recovery movements, and alternative medicine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1610948451439-AQ4ABN53RYO9R7VGBBB2/CultsInOurMidst.png Resources - Cults in our Midst - Margaret Thaler Singer Cults today are bigger than ever, with broad ramifications for national and international terrorism. In this newly revised edition of her definitive work on cults, Singer reveals what cults really are and how they work, focusing specifically on the coercive persuasion techniques of charismatic leaders seeking money and power. The book contains fascinating updates on Heaven's Gate, Falun Gong, Aum Shinrikyo, Hare Krishna, the Reverend Sun Myung Moon, and the connection between cults and terrorism in Al Queda and the PLO. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1713459251581-YT2CHDLHA7R87IEOTVR5/4.png Resources https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1610948451953-VDF0U2Q4W6C2GMLWO09P/Dead-insane-or-in-jail.png Resources - Dead, Insane, or in Jail - Zack Bonnie Zack Bonnie was fourteen when his parents sent him to a "Troubled Teen" facility. The author takes readers there, in a thrilling psychological read. Sequestered where bizarre cult-like techniques become the norm, see for yourself exactly what the controversy is about. Should we mold a child's behavior using the tools of brainwashing? With coarse, brutal dialog and authentic source materials, this nonfiction memoir, the first in a series, exposes the secrets and tells it all. Dead, Insane, or in Jail: A CEDU Memoir is named for the range of options open to the author at 14, if he ran away from the cult his parents inadvertently inducted him into. This is the first time he has told his story. And it’s a doozy. Too many people can relate to this account, unfortunately. Although Rocky Mountain Academy has closed its doors, several hundred residential teen-treatment programs, religious reeducation camps, and places that commit spiritual assassination still operate without oversight in the United States. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1712250349090-Y09GUV7DPLWEWUZTKVAL/6.png Resources - Dead Inside - Cyndy Etler This fast-paced memoir that New York Times bestselling author Ellen Hopkins called "Compelling. Scary. Totally real" gives readers a glimpse into the unbelievable reality of a young girl's 16 months in the notorious "tough love" program the ACLU called "a concentration camp for throwaway kids." I never was a badass. Or a slut, a junkie, or a stoner, like they told me I was. I was just a kid looking for something good, something that felt like love. I was a wannabe in a Levi's jean jacket. Anybody could see that. Except my mother. And the staff at Straight. I was thirteen when I ran away from my abusive home. After a month in a shelter for kids--the best month of my childhood--my mother heard about Princess Di and First Lady Nancy Reagan's visit to this place that was working miracles with troubled teens. Straight Inc., it was called. Straight described itself as a drug rehab, a "direction for youth." Strictly false advertising. An accurate description came from the ACLU, which called it "A concentration camp for throwaway teens." Inside the windowless warehouse, Straight used bizarre and intimidating methods to "treat" us; to turn us into the type of kids our parents wanted. The Dead Inside takes readers behind Straight's closed doors, illustrating why the program was eventually investigated, sued, and closed down for abusing children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1712250318338-VMT6TEQ7OBAWAGV0HBQE/12.png Resources - Educated - Tara Westover Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Her family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education, and no one to intervene when one of Tara’s older brothers became violent. When another brother got himself into college, Tara decided to try a new kind of life. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge University. Only then would she wonder if she’d traveled too far, if there was still a way home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1610948452685-BTQHBXFUFGJTI3GWOQJN/EmptyThePews.png Resources - Empty the Pews - Dr. Chrissy Stroop In this necessary and revealing anthology, Chrissy Stroop and Lauren O'Neal collect original and previously published pieces about leaving Christianity. Examining the intersections of queerness, spiritual abuse, loss of faith, and the courage needed to leave one's religious community, these two social critics use a diverse collection of personal essays by apostates and survivors of religious trauma to boldly address the individual experiences and systemic dysfunction so common in conservative churches. Following the 2016 election of President Trump, Stroop coined the hashtag #EmptyThePews on Twitter as a call to take a moral stance against the kind of fundamentalist, authoritarian, or otherwise conservative churches that helped bring about the current political situation and all its cruelty, division, and hate. The hashtag continues to circulate with the eye-opening and often heartbreaking stories of those who found the resolve to leave evangelical, Mormon, Catholic, and other religious communities. Empty the Pews continues this campaign by sharing the unflinchingly honest stories of those who escaped hardline religious ideology--and how it failed to crush their spirits. Contributions include essays from a diverse group of established and up-and-coming writers, including Garrard Conley, Lyz Lenz, Juliana Delgado Lopera, Carmen Maria Machado, Isaac Marion, Maud Newton, Julia Scheeres, Linda Tirado, and more, as well as a foreword by Frank Schaeffer, the former Christian Right leader turned trenchant critic. A provocative anthology of undeniable importance and power, Empty the Pews reflects upon the disoriented worldview of harmful, narrow-minded religious ideologies and also offers a clear call to action: to those who refuse to be complicit in the bigotry and abuse present in so many churches, now is the time to empty the pews. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1613107586122-ABKCO9V3ZHE54PX5N7FJ/EscapingUtopia.png Resources - Escaping Utopia - Janja Lalich & Karla McLaren We think of cults as bizarre, inexplicable, or otherworldly places that only strange people inhabit, but cults and other abusive and high-demand groups (and relationships) are actually quite commonplace. In fact, the behaviors, social pressures, and authoritarian structures that create cults exist to a greater or lesser extent in every human relationship and every human group. In the first in-depth research of its kind, the author interviewed sixty-five people who were born in or grew up in thirty-nine different cultic groups spanning more than a dozen countries. What’s especially interesting about these individuals is that they each left the cult on their own, without outside help or internal support. In Escaping Utopia: Growing Up in a Cult, Getting Out, and Starting Over, the authors craft Lalich’s original and groundbreaking research into an accessible and engaging book, the first of its kind focusing on this particular population. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1613106300573-BLZ3I1XYNUITYGU9X01Y/TheFourteenthWife.png Resources - Fourteenth Wife - Kelly Alder What to do, where to go, who to turn to, when all-destroying loss makes you a stranger to yourself? From the London club scene to the dark heart of a New Mexican cult, this stunning memoir takes you deep inside the weirdness and recklessness of grief. Growing up in the prosperous English suburbs of the 1980s, Kelly has a happy life within a seemingly perfect family. When the shocking fallout from her father’s secret past ends the world she knew, the pain drives her underground into a numbing circuit of sex, drugs, and dance music. Adrift and alone, she meets a man named John Twobirds – shaman, teacher, medicine man and cult leader. He can bring her back to life, he says, if she’ll join his tribe in the desert, and become his fourteenth wife …An astonishing true story set against the backdrop of the AIDS pandemic and the hedonism of the ecstasy era, Kelly Alder’s debut is also a timeless chronicle of one woman’s search for belonging. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1610948454231-UUOA65JUL8WWFI2UQ9FD/FreedomOfMind.png Resources - Freedom of Mind - Steven Hassan PhD In the post 911 world, people are more susceptible than ever to charismatic figures who offer simple, black v. white, us v. them, good v. evil, formulaic solutions. The rise of the Internet; increasingly sophisticated knowledge about how to influence and manipulate others; and the growing vulnerabilities of people across the planet-make for a dangerous, potentially devastating combination. Dr. Steven Hassan's revised book, Freedom of Mind, provides the knowledge and awareness needed to help yourself and loved ones avoid or escape from such dangerous people and situations. The world has changed greatly in the last decade. The rise of the Internet, the emergence of global terrorism and of dangerous totalistic ideologies, and the shifts in global markets-these and other changes have created new opportunities for unscrupulous individuals, groups, and institutions to exert unethical control over others. Freedom of Mind exposes the techniques and methods that individuals, cults, and institutions of all types-religious, business, therapeutic, educational, governmental-use to undo a person's capacity to think and act independently. Meanwhile, people are becoming increasingly vulnerable. Sleep-deprived, overweight and looking to improve themselves, overloaded with often frightening images and information; anxious about the current economic decline, climate change, and government corruption on all levels. People are more susceptible than ever to charismatic figures who offer simple, black v. white, us v. them, good v. evil, formulaic solutions. Freedom of Mind book aims to fill the gap. It identifies and explains how to identify and evaluate potentially dangerous groups and individuals. Hassan details his groundbreaking approach, the 'Strategic Interactive Approach,' which can be used to help a loved one leave such a situation. Step-by-step, Hassan shows you how to: evaluate the situation; interact with dual identities; develop communication strategies using phone calls, letter writing and visits; understand and utilize cult beliefs and tactics; use reality-testing and other techniques to promote freedom of mind. He emphasizes the value of meeting with trained consultants to be effectively guided and coached and also to plan and implement effective interventions. The best way to protect yourself and your loved ones is knowledge and awareness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1712250339911-LEPL4JXARVDC1X0X3JF7/28.png Resources - Gaslighting - Stephanie Sarkis, PhD A mental health expert sheds light on "gaslighting"--the manipulative technique used by sociopaths, narcissists, and others--offering practical strategies to cope and break free. He's the charmer -- the witty, confident, but overly controlling date. She's the woman on your team who always manages to take credit for your good work. He's the neighbor who swears you've been putting your garbage into his trash cans, the politician who can never admit to a mistake. Gaslighters are master controllers and manipulators, often challenging your very sense of reality. Whether it's a spouse, parent, coworker, or friend, gaslighters distort the truth -- by lying, withholding, triangulation, and more -- making their victims question their own reality and sanity. Dr. Stephanie Sarkis delves into this hidden manipulation technique, covering gaslighting in every life scenario, sharing: Why gaslighters seem so "normal" at first Warning signs and examples Gaslighter "red flags" on a first date Practical strategies for coping How to coparent with a gaslighter How to protect yourself from a gaslighter at work How to walk away and rebuild your life With clear-eyed wisdom and empathy, Dr. Sarkis not only helps you determine if you are being victimized by a gaslighter -- she gives you the tools to break free and heal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1712250345982-35FZ3KEEYYW2P2J51OJ9/4.png Resources - God to Goth - Jonny Halfhead What do you do when you leave a highly controlling religious group? When all your friends and family treat you as an apostate? Jonny must move on and find his way in the evil outside world, face his fears of the unknown and find kindred spirits. Follow Jonny’s journey as he explores his creativity and the demons that fight against him, both physical and mental. The story is based heavily on Jonny Halfhead’s own experiences of growing creatively and exploring the goth scene of the early nineties, joining a band and being a central part in the staging of the first goth music festival “The Whitby Goth Weekend”. From God to Goth follows directly from the events of Jonny’s first book Nine Pills and is also a standalone story. Jehovah’s Witnesses https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1610948460193-E6Z27NH9UG3PGXD3MOEC/TheGuruPapers.png Resources - The Guru Papers - Joel Kramer & Diana Alstad One of “the most comprehensive, erudite, and timely” explorations of power dynamics and authoritarianism in religions, institutions, relationships and even personal struggles (San Francisco Chronicle Book Review) Authoritarian control, which once held societies together, is now at the core of personal, social, and planetary problems, and thus a key factor in social disintegration. Authoritarianism is embedded in the way people think—hiding in culture, values, daily life, and in the very morality people try to live by. In The Guru Papers, authors Joel Kramer and Diana Alstad unmask authoritarianism in areas such as relationships, cults, 12-step groups, religion, and contemporary morality. Chapters on addiction and love show the insidious nature of authoritarian values and ideologies in the most intimate corners of life, offering new frameworks for understanding why people get addicted and why intimacy is laden with conflict. By exposing the inner authoritarian that people use to control themselves and others, the authors show why people give up their power, and how others get and maintain it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1712250341232-Q183SH9OTOFUZUGM13Z3/29.png Resources - Help at Any Cost - Maia Szalavitz The troubled-teen industry, with its scaremongering and claims of miraculous changes in behavior through harsh discipline, has existed in one form or another for decades, despite a dearth of evidence supporting its methods. And the growing number of programs that make up this industry are today finding more customers than ever. Maia Szalavitz's Help at Any Cost is the first in-depth investigation of this industry and its practices, starting with its roots in the cultlike sixties rehabilitation program Synanon and Large Group Awareness Training organizations likeest in the seventies; continuing with Straight, Inc., which received Nancy Reagan's seal of approval in the eighties; and culminating with a look at the World Wide Association of Specialty Programs-the leading force in the industry today-which has begun setting up shop in foreign countries to avoid regulation. Szalavitz uncovers disturbing findings about these programs' methods, including allegation of physical and verbal abuse, and presents us with moving, often horrifying, first-person accounts of kids who made it through-as well as stories of those who didn't survive. The book also contains a thoughtfully compiled guide for parents, which details effective treatment alternatives. Weaving careful reporting with astute analysis, Maia Szalavitz has written an important and timely survey that will change the way we look at rebellious teens-and the people to whom we entrust them. Help at Any Cost is a vital resource with an urgent message that will draw attention to a compelling issue long overlooked. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1712250327979-PEAG0WH393KQQJF8Y4QH/19.png Resources - Hey Hun - Emily Lynn Paulson She signed up for the sisterhood, free cars, and the promise of a successful business of her own. Instead, she ended up with an addiction, broken friendships, and the rubble of a toppled pyramid . . . scheme. Hey, Hun: Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and the Other Lies Behind Multilevel Marketing is the eye-opening, funny, and dangerous personal story of author Emily Lynn Paulson rising to the top of the pyramid in the multilevel marketing (MLM) world, only to recognize that its culture and business practices went beyond a trendy marketing scheme and into the heart of white supremacy in America. A significant polemic on how MLMs operate, Hey, Hun expertly lays out their role in the cultural epidemic of isolation and the cult-like ideologies that course through their trainings, marketing, and one-on-one interactions. Equally entertaining and smart, Paulson’s first-person accounts, acerbic wit, and biting commentary will leave you with a new perspective on those “Hey Hun” messages flooding your inbox. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1712250321849-UG6YUREN61MCXCSE8Q50/14.png Resources - It's Not You - Ramani Durvasula PhD It’s not always easy to tell when you’re dealing with a narcissistic person. One day they draw you in with their charm and charisma, the next they gaslight you, wreck your self-esteem, and leave you wondering, What should I have done differently? As Dr. Ramani explains in It’s Not You, the answer is: absolutely nothing. Just as a tiger can’t change its stripes, a narcissist will not stop manipulating and invalidating you, no matter how much you try to appease them. The first step toward healing from their toxic influence—and to protect yourself from future harm—is to accept that you are not to blame for their behavior. Drawing on more than two decades of studying the landscape of narcissism and working with survivors, Dr. Ramani explores how narcissists hijack our well-being and offers a healing path forward. Unpacking the oft-misunderstood personality, she reveals the telltale behavioral patterns that indicate you may be dealing with a narcissist. Along the way, you’ll learn how to become gaslight resistant, chip away at the trauma bonds that keep you stuck in the cycle, grieve the loss of these painful relationships, create and maintain realistic boundaries, discern unhelpful behaviors from narcissistic behaviors, and recover your sense of self after constant invalidation. Thriving after, or even during, a narcissistic relationship can be challenging, but It’s Not You shows you it is possible. Dr. Ramani invites you to stop blaming yourself and trying to change the narcissistic person, and to start giving yourself permission to let go of their hold on you and finally embrace your true self. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1610948455648-MM33PX2A72RSEDSEW8FS/LosingReality.png Resources - Losing Reality - Robert Jay Lifton A definitive account of the psychology of zealotry, from a National Book Award winner and a leading authority on the nature of cults, political absolutism, and mind control In this unique and timely volume Robert Jay Lifton, the National Book Award–winning psychiatrist, historian, and public intellectual proposes a radical idea: that the psychological relationship between extremist political movements and fanatical religious cults may be much closer than anyone thought. Exploring the most extreme manifestations of human zealotry, Lifton highlights an array of leaders―from Mao to Hitler to the Japanese apocalyptic cult leader Shōkō Asahara to Donald Trump―who have sought the control of human minds and the ownership of reality. Lifton has spent decades exploring psychological extremism. His pioneering concept of the "Eight Deadly Sins" of ideological totalism―originally devised to identify "brainwashing" (or "thought reform") in political movements―has been widely quoted in writings about cults, and embraced by members and former members of religious cults seeking to understand their experiences. In Losing Reality Lifton makes clear that the apocalyptic impulse―that of destroying the world in order to remake it in purified form―is not limited to religious groups but is prominent in extremist political movements such as Nazism and Chinese Communism, and also in groups surrounding Donald Trump. Lifton applies his concept of "malignant normality" to Trump's efforts to render his destructive falsehoods a routine part of American life. But Lifton sees the human species as capable of "regaining reality" by means of our "protean" psychological capacities and our ethical and political commitments as "witnessing professionals." Lifton weaves together some of his finest work with extensive new commentary to provide vital understanding of our struggle with mental predators. Losing Reality is a book not only of stunning scholarship, but also of huge relevance for these troubled times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1712250344854-Q8401Q8EDCKZK8EBQG2D/3.png Resources - Manhattan Cult Story - Spencer Schneider “We were invisible. We had to be. We took an oath of absolute secrecy. We never even told our immediate families who we were. We went about our lives in New York City. Just like you. We were your accountants, money managers, lawyers, executive recruiters, doctors. We owned your child’s private school and sold you your brownstone. But you’d never guess our secret lives, how we lived in a kind of silent terror and fervor. There were hundreds of us.” Right under the noses of neighbors, clients, spouses, children, and friends, a secret society, simply called School—a cult of snared Manhattan professionals—has been led by the charismatic, sociopathic and dangerous leader Sharon Gans for decades. Spencer Schneider was recruited in the eighties and he stayed for more than twenty-three years as his life disintegrated, his self-esteem eroded, and he lined the pockets of Gans and her cult. Cult members met twice weekly, though they never acknowledged one another outside of meetings or gatherings. In the name of inner development, they endured the horrors of mental, sexual, and physical abuse, forced labor, arranged marriages, swindled inheritances and savings, and systematic terrorizing. Some of them broke the law. All for Gans. “During those years,” Schneider writes, “my world was School. That’s what it’s like when you’re in a cult, even one that preys on and caters to New York’s educated elite. This is my story of how I got entangled in School and how I got out.” At its core, Manhattan Cult Story is a cautionary tale of how hundreds of well-educated, savvy, and prosperous New Yorkers became fervent followers of a brilliant but demented cult leader who posed as a teacher of ancient knowledge. It’s about double-lives, the power of group psychology, and how easy it is to be radicalized—all too relevant in today's atmosphere of conspiracy and ideologue worship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1712250347173-87B1BFW4TZGAVRSY9P12/5.png Resources - Mission of Malice - Erika Bornman In the 1980s, Erika Bornman’s family joins, and ultimately moves, to KwaSizabantu, a Christian mission based in KwaZulu-Natal, which is touted as a nirvana, founded on egalitarian values. But something sinister lurks beneath ‘the place where people are helped’. Life at KwaSizabantu is hard. Christianity is used to justify harsh punishments and congregants are forced to repent for their sins. Threats of physical violence ensure adherence to stringent rules. Parents are pitted against children. Friendships are discouraged. Isolated and alone, Erika lives in constant fear of eternal damnation. At 16, her grooming at the hands of a senior mission counsellor begins. For the next five years, KwaSizabantu wages emotional, psychological, and sexual warfare on her, until finally she manages to break free and escape at the age of 21. Escaping a restrictive religious community is difficult, but rehabilitation into ‘normal’ life after a decade of ritual humiliation, brainwashing, and abuse is much more painful, as Erika soon discovers. She cannot ignore her knowledge of the grievous human-rights abuses being https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1613107424952-K1U41H5AZTYG9HP9A2WX/MyLifeInOrange.png Resources - My Life in Orange - Tim Guest A memoir of formative years spent on a series of communes: A “wonderful account of a frankly ghastly childhood . . . Hilarious and heartbreaking” (Daily Mail). At the age of six, Tim Guest was taken by his mother to a commune modeled on the teachings of the notorious Indian guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. The Bhagwan preached an eclectic doctrine of Eastern mysticism, chaotic therapy, and sexual freedom, and enjoyed inhaling laughing gas, preaching from a dentist's chair, and collecting Rolls Royces. Tim and his mother were given Sanskrit names, dressed entirely in orange, and encouraged to surrender themselves into their new family. While his mother worked tirelessly for the cause, Tim—or Yogesh, as he was now called—lived a life of well-meaning but woefully misguided neglect in various communes in England, Oregon, India, and Germany. In 1985 the movement collapsed amid allegations of mass poisonings, attempted murder, and tax evasion, and Yogesh was once again Tim. In this extraordinary memoir, Tim Guest chronicles the heartbreaking experience of being left alone on earth while his mother hunted heaven. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1610948456396-P0SB1V6ZOBME0YYUATFC/PracticeAndAllIsComing.png Resources - Practice and All is Coming - Matthew Remski How do we co-create safer yoga and spiritual communities? Through dogged investigative work, careful listening to survivor stories of assault and abuse, and close analysis of the cultic mechanisms at play in the sphere of Pattabhi Jois’s Ashtanga community, Matthew Remski’s Practice and All Is Coming offers a sober view into a collective and intergenerational trauma. It also offers a clear pathway forward into enhanced critical thinking, student empowerment, self-and-other care, and community resilience. Concluding with practical tools for a world rocked by abuse revelations, Practice and All Is Coming opens a window on the possibility of healing— and even re-enchantment. While Mathew Remski is the courageous, insightful, and compassionate author of this informative, challenging, and thought-provoking book, this book is clearly a group effort. Equal parts theory, training manual, expose, and memoir, Practice and All is Coming ... is a foray into the difficult topics of personal agency, spirituality authority, and cult dynamics. In addition to his clearly articulated understanding of the problems inherent in many spiritual schools, Mathew provides hope for healing the confusion and anguish that arise in the heart of sincere practitioners when they are betrayed by the revered powers in which they have placed their trust. If you practice or teach yoga, please consider this book an essential companion on your path. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1624519901929-UZJI36VXWC66JSMG3KXY/Pure.png Resources - Pure - Linda Kay Klein From a woman who has been there and back, the first inside look at the devastating effects evangelical Christianity’s purity culture has had on a generation of young women—in a potent combination of journalism, cultural commentary, and memoir. In the 1990s, a “purity industry” emerged out of the white evangelical Christian culture. Purity rings, purity pledges, and purity balls came with a dangerous message: girls are potential sexual “stumbling blocks” for boys and men, and any expression of a girl’s sexuality could reflect the corruption of her character. This message traumatized many girls—resulting in anxiety, fear, and experiences that mimicked the symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder—and trapped them in a cycle of shame. This is the sex education Linda Kay Klein grew up with. Fearing being marked a Jezebel, Klein broke up with her high school boyfriend because she thought God told her to, and took pregnancy tests though she was a virgin, terrified that any sexual activity would be punished with an out-of-wedlock pregnancy. When the youth pastor of her church was convicted of sexual enticement of a twelve-year-old girl, Klein began to question the purity-based sexual ethic. She contacted young women she knew, asking if they were coping with the same shame-induced issues she was. These intimate conversations developed into a twelve-year quest that took her across the country and into the lives of women raised in similar religious communities—a journey that facilitated her own healing and led her to churches that are seeking a new way to reconcile sexuality and spirituality. Sexual shame is by no means confined to evangelical culture; Pure is a powerful wake-up call about our society’s subjugation of women. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1712250333100-602JZ0DVEK08XSLRJ0HC/22.png Resources - Rift - Cait West A gripping memoir about coming of age in the stay-at-home daughter movement and the quest to piece together a future on your own terms. Raised in the Christian patriarchy movement, Cait West was homeschooled and could only wear clothes her father deemed modest. She was five years old the first time she was told her swimsuit was too revealing, to go change. There would be no college in her future, no career. She was a stay-at-home daughter and would move out only when her father allowed her to become a wife. She was trained to serve men, and her life would never be her own. Until she escaped. In Rift, Cait West tells a harrowing story of chaos and control hidden beneath the facade of a happy family. Weaving together lyrical meditations on the geology of the places her family lived with her story of spiritual and emotional manipulation as a stay-at-home daughter, Cait creates a stirring portrait of one young woman’s growing awareness that she is experiencing abuse. With the ground shifting beneath her feet, Cait mustered the courage to break free from all she’d ever known and choose a future of her own making. Rift is a story of survival. It’s also a story about what happens after you survive. With compassion and clarity, Cait explores the complex legacy of patriarchal religious trauma in her life, including the ways she has also been complicit in systems of oppression. A remarkable literary debut, Rift offers an essential personal perspective on the fraught legacy of purity culture and recent reckonings with abuse in Christian communities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1610948457287-GO5H7DBYCJAEEDAZQ2TK/Scarred.png Resources - Scarred - Sarah Edmondson As seen in the HBO docuseries THE VOW: The shocking and subversive memoir of a 12-year-NXIVM-member-turned-whistleblower, and her inspiring true story of abuse, escape, and redemption. "'Master, would you brand me? It would be an honor.' From the second I climb onto the table, acutely aware that I am lying in the sweat of my sisters, I will have blocked that out. Lying there completely naked, I am at my most vulnerable but determined to prove my strength. I try to keep my legs closed as my body wills itself to protect my most private area. . . . I tell myself: I am a warrior. I birthed a human. I can handle pain. But nothing could have ever prepared me for the feel of this fire on my skin." Scarred is Sarah Edmondson's compelling memoir of her recruitment into the NXIVM cult, the 12 years she spent within the organization (during which she enrolled over 2,000 members and entered DOS—NXIVM's "secret sisterhood"), her breaking point, and her harrowing fight to get out, to expose Keith Raniere and the leadership, to help others, and to heal. Complete with personal photographs, Scarred is also an eye-opening story about abuses of power, female trust and friendship, and how sometimes the search to be "better" can override everything else. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1712250343642-XP8IUJYHFQ3D6RRKDJOS/2.png Resources - Sex Cult Nun - Faith Jones Educated meets The Vow in this story of liberation and self-empowerment—an inspiring and stranger-than-fiction memoir of growing up in and breaking free from the Children of God, an oppressive, extremist religious cult. Faith Jones was raised to be part a religious army preparing for the End Times. Growing up on an isolated farm in Macau, she prayed for hours every day and read letters of prophecy written by her grandfather, the founder of the Children of God. Tens of thousands of members strong, the cult followers looked to Faith’s grandfather as their guiding light. As such, Faith was celebrated as special and then punished doubly to remind her that she was not. Over decades, the Children of God grew into an international organization that became notorious for its alarming sex practices and allegations of abuse and exploitation. But with indomitable grit, Faith survived, creating a world of her own—pilfering books and teaching herself high school curriculum. Finally, at age twenty-three, thirsting for knowledge and freedom, she broke away, leaving behind everything she knew to forge her own path in America. A complicated family story mixed with a hauntingly intimate coming-of-age narrative, Faith Jones’ extraordinary memoir reflects our societal norms of oppression and abuse while providing a unique lens to explore spiritual manipulation and our rights in our bodies. Honest, eye-opening, uplifting, and intensely affecting, Sex Cult Nun brings to life a hidden world that’s hypnotically alien yet unexpectedly relatable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1712250353983-9ETL0T6QSTYS1MHBQ34O/9.png Resources - Slonim Woods - Daniel Barban Levin The inspiration for the Hulu docuseries Stolen Youth, directed by Zach Heinzerling and co-produced by Daniel Barban Levin In September 2010, at the beginning of the academic year at Sarah Lawrence College, a sophomore named Talia Ray asked her roommates if her father could stay with them for a while. No one objected. Her father, Larry Ray, was just released from prison, having spent three years behind bars after a conviction during a bitter custody dispute. Larry Ray arrived at the dorm, a communal house called Slonim Woods 9, and stayed for the whole year. Over the course of innumerable counseling sessions and “family meetings,” the intense and forceful Ray convinced his daughter’s friends that he alone could help them “achieve clarity.” Eventually, Ray and the students moved into a small Manhattan apartment, beginning years of manipulation and abuse, as Ray tightened his control over his young charges through blackmail, extortion, and ritualized humiliation. After a decade of secrecy, Larry Ray was finally indicted on charges of extortion, sex trafficking, forced labor, and money laundering. Daniel Barban Levin was one of the original residents of Slonim Woods 9. Beginning the moment Daniel set foot on Sarah Lawrence’s idyllic campus and spanning the two years he spent in the grip of a megalomaniac, this brave, lyrical, and redemptive memoir reveals how a group of friends were led from college to a cult without the world even noticing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1610948458576-XG6HD2EFXLQO0YDGCNAR/SorcerersApprentice.png Resources - Sorcerer's Apprentice - Amy Wallace Sorcerer’s Apprentice opens with Amy Wallace’s first meeting with Carlos Castaneda, the infamous anthropologist-turned-shaman, whose books described meetings with Yaqui Indian spiritual teacher don Juan. Castaneda’s rise was meteoric in the late 1960s as he wrote massive bestsellers, inspired many to experiment with psychedelics, and was dubbed “the Godfather of the New Age.” The possibility that Castaneda’s experiences may have been fabricated did little to compromise his legend.As the daughter of best-selling novelist Irving Wallace, Amy was rarely shy around famous people. When her father insisted she meet Castaneda, she at first demurred. Little did she know that a delightful first meeting would begin a 20-year friendship, followed by her descent into the dramatic and deeply troubled affair chronicled in this book. Sorcerer’s Apprentice unblinkingly reveals the inner workings of the “Cult of Carlos,” run by a charismatic authoritarian in his sixties who controlled his young female followers through emotional abuse, mind games, bizarre rituals, dubious teachings, and sexual excess. Wallace’s story is both specific and universal, a captivating cautionary tale about the dangers of giving up one’s power to a tyrant–and about surviving assaults on body and spirit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1712250352899-ZY0P9VT46TG2RELDBD7X/8.png Resources - Stolen - Elizabeth Gilpin A gripping chronicle of psychological manipulation and abuse at a “therapeutic” boarding school for troubled teens, and how one young woman fought to heal in the aftermath. At fifteen, Elizabeth Gilpin was an honor student, a state-ranked swimmer and a rising soccer star, but behind closed doors her undiagnosed depression was wreaking havoc on her life. Growing angrier by the day, she began skipping practices and drinking to excess. At a loss, her parents turned to an educational consultant who suggested Elizabeth be enrolled in a behavioral modification program. That recommendation would change her life forever. The nightmare began when she was abducted from her bed in the middle of the night by hired professionals and dropped off deep in the woods of Appalachia. Living with no real shelter was only the beginning of her ordeal: she was strip-searched, force-fed, her name was changed to a number and every moment was a test of physical survival. After three brutal months, Elizabeth was transferred to a boarding school in Southern Virginia that in reality functioned more like a prison. Its curriculum revolved around a perverse form of group therapy where students were psychologically abused and humiliated. Finally, at seventeen, Elizabeth convinced them she was rehabilitated enough to “graduate” and was released. In this eye-opening and unflinching book, Elizabeth recalls the horrors she endured, the friends she lost to suicide and addiction, and—years later—how she was finally able to pick up the pieces of her life and reclaim her identity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1712339814817-OPP8UG3V8R3Z99VWVAGT/2+copy.png Resources - Take Back Your Life 3rd Edition - Janja Lalich Cult victims and those who have suffered abusive relationships often suffer from fear, confusion, low-self esteem, and post-traumatic stress. Take Back Your Life explains the seductive draw that leads people into such situations, provides guidelines for assessing what happened, and hands-on tools for getting back on track. Written for the victims, their families, and professionals, this book leads readers through the healing process. A resource list and numerous personal accounts of those who have successfully made the transition to the “normal” world provide help and inspiration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1610948459821-F7ODXDIWEPCY6TQEHQTN/TakeMeForARide.png Resources - Take Me For a Ride - Mark Laxer A lyrical account of a young man's mystical quest, Take Me For A Ride takes the reader in and out of the grip of a brilliant, sensitive, seemingly benign cult leader gone mad. Take Me For A Ride is the story of Mark, who, at the age of seventeen, longs to see for himself what lies beneath the surface world of reason. Mark's spiritual path takes an unexpected turn when his meditation teacher, Frederick Lenz, learns to use fear, sleep deprivation, and LSD as tools of persuasion. After leaving Lenz' inner circle, Mark faces headwinds and haunting memories as he bicycles across America. More than a vehicle for exercising and exorcising subtle ghosts of the past, the bike trip serves as the frame through which this combined adventure story, self-help book, and expose is narrated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1712250326927-VRQF54FH1TY5MIFDI4CU/18.png Resources - Tears of the Silenced - Misty Griffin Misty Griffin's story ─ Surviving child abuse, parental betrayal, sexual assault, and Amish cruelty. A true crime memoir: When Misty was six years old her family started to live and dress like the Amish. Misty and her sister were kept as slaves on a mountain ranch where they were subjected to almost complete isolation, sexual abuse and extreme physical violence. Their step-father kept a loaded rifle by the door at all times to make sure the young girls were too terrified to try to escape. They also knew that no rescue would ever come because only a couple of people even knew they existed and did not know them well enough to care. Amish Sexual abuse: When Misty reached her teens, her parents feared she and her sister would escape and took them to an Amish community where they were adopted and became baptized members. Misty was devastated to once again find herself in a world of fear, animal cruelty and sexual abuse. Going to the police was severely frowned upon. A few years later, Misty was sexually assaulted by the bishop. As Misty recalls, "Amish sexual abusers are only shunned by the church for six weeks, a punishment that never seems to work. After I was assaulted by the bishop I knew I had to get help and one freezing morning in early March I made a dash for a tiny police station in rural Minnesota. After reporting the bishop I left the Amish and found myself plummeted into the strange modern world with only a second-grade education and no ID or social security card. To all abuse survivors out there, please be encouraged, the cycle of abuse can be broken. Today, I am a nursing student working towards my master's degree and a child abuse awareness activist. This is my story." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1713459250777-HNKNJZKO29MMI856NQOR/6.png Resources https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1613105603081-6D4KMHVLEI019XV1JRTG/TerrorLove%26Brainwashing.png Resources - Terror, Love, and Brainwashing - Alexandra Stein Written by a cult survivor and renowned expert on cults and totalitarianism, Terror, Love and Brainwashing draws on the author’s 25 years of study and research to explain how almost anyone, given the right set of circumstances, can be radically manipulated to engage in otherwise incomprehensible and often dangerous acts. Illustrated with compelling stories from a range of cults and totalitarian systems, from religious to political to commercial, the book defines and analyses the common and identifiable traits that underlie almost all these groups. It focuses on how charismatic, authoritarian leaders control their followers’ attachment relationships via manipulative social structures and ideologies so that, emotionally and cognitively isolated, they become unable to act in their own survival interests. Using the evolutionary theory of attachment to demonstrate the psychological impact of these environments, and incorporating the latest neuroscientific findings, Stein illustrates how the combined dynamic of terror and ‘love’ works to break down people’s ability to think and behave rationally. From small local cults to global players like ISIS and North Korea, the impact of these movements is widespread and growing. This important book offers clarity and a unique perspective on the dynamics of these systems of control, and concludes with guidance to foster greater awareness and prevention. It will be essential reading for mental health professionals in the field, as well as policy makers, legal professionals, cult survivors, and their families, as well as anyone with an interest in these disturbing groups. Students of social and developmental psychology will also find it fascinating. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1712250324495-TQOXHDHUY0BH5PGG4VN9/16.png Resources - The Age of Magical Overthinking - Amanda Montell From the bestselling author of Cultish and host of the podcast Sounds Like a Cult, a delicious blend of cultural criticism and personal narrative that explores our cognitive biases and the power, disadvantages, and highlights of magical thinking. Utilizing the linguistic insights of her “witty and brilliant” (Blyth Roberson, author of America the Beautiful?) first book Wordslut and the sociological explorations of her breakout hit Cultish, Amanda Montell now turns her erudite eye to the inner workings of the human mind and its biases in her most personal and electrifying work yet. “Magical thinking” can be broadly defined as the belief that one’s internal thoughts can affect unrelated events in the external world: Think of the conviction that one can manifest their way out of poverty, stave off cancer with positive vibes, thwart the apocalypse by learning to can their own peaches, or transform an unhealthy relationship to a glorious one with loyalty alone. In all its forms, magical thinking works in service of restoring agency amid chaos, but in The Age of Magical Overthinking, Montell argues that in the modern information age, our brain’s coping mechanisms have been overloaded, and our irrationality turned up to an eleven. In a series of razor sharp, deeply funny chapters, Montell delves into a cornucopia of the cognitive biases that run rampant in our brains, from how the “Halo effect” cultivates worship (and hatred) of larger than life celebrities, to how the “Sunk Cost Fallacy” can keep us in detrimental relationships long after we’ve realized they’re not serving us. As she illuminates these concepts with her signature brilliance and wit, Montell’s prevailing message is one of hope, empathy, and ultimately forgiveness for our anxiety-addled human selves. If you have all but lost faith in our ability to reason, Montell aims to make some sense of the senseless. To crack open a window in our minds, and let a warm breeze in. To help quiet the cacophony for a while, or even hear a melody in it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1713459243189-PSKUVUYUQXFD2R8MXC5I/3.png Resources https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1712711634148-9U46KCOI536YRXY62RV0/2024+books.png Resources - The Jewels of January Austin, Texas. 1991. An enigmatic stripper captivates a self-assured 6th Street bartender. Could their covert friendship embolden her to break free from the confines of a self-help community? Jewels still hasn't learned to trust herself. Grateful that her spiritual leader has temporarily healed her debilitating panic attacks, the anxious twenty-five-year-old doesn’t question the man when he encourages her to take a job at a local strip club. But when she starts putting his behaviors together, she becomes suspicious of his motives. James is determined to step out of his father's shadow. Though he’s focused on opening his own bar, he can’t shake the gorgeous but unavailable Jewels from his mind. And while he’s willing to be drawn into a world of this hard-to-get beauty, he begins to wonder what she's involved in when he overhears someone suggest her therapy group may be something more sinister. Confused when her flirtatious forbidden suitor walks away without a word, Jewels reexamines the world outside her group. And as their paths cross, James refuses to allow his own mad crush to get in the way of the friendship she shyly requests. Can they both defeat self-doubt and unending obstacles to find their happy ending? The Jewels of January is an edgy work of women’s romantic fiction. If you like witty and funny heroines, sprinkles of intrigue, and introspection on real-life issues, then you’ll adore Julia Heart’s upbeat look back at a crazy time in her early twenties. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1610948460806-28YCHJC4U0HJ1UXLEDOV/ThoughtReform.png Resources - Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism - Robert Jay Lifton Informed by Erik Erikson's concept of the formation of ego identity, this book, which first appreared in 1961, is an analysis of the experiences of fifteen Chinese citizens and twenty-five Westerners who underwent "brainwashing" by the Communist Chinese government. Robert Lifton constructs these case histories through personal interviews and outlines a thematic pattern of death and rebirth, accompanied by feelings of guilt, that characterizes the process of "thought reform." In a new preface, Lifton addresses the implications of his model for the study of American religious cults. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1624520029205-JHOU4M53HZGOFJYC5X3Y/ToTheMoonAndBack.png Resources - To The Moon And Back - Lisa Kohn The best seats Lisa Kohn ever had at Madison Square Garden were at her mother's mass wedding. The best cocaine she ever had was from her father's friend, the judge. Born to hippie parents and raised in New York City's East Village in the 1970s, Lisa's early years were a mixture of encounter groups, primal screams, macrobiotic diets, communes, Indian ashrams, Jefferson Airplane concerts in Central Park, and watching naked actors on off-Broadway stages during the musical HAIR. By the time her older brother was ten, Lisa's father had him smoking pot. By the time Lisa was ten, Lisa's mother had them pledging their lives to the Unification Church (the "Moonies") and self-appointed Messiah, Reverend Sun Myung Moon. As a child Lisa knew the ecstatic comfort of inclusion in a cult and as a teenager the torment of rebelling against it. As an adult, Lisa struggled to break free from the hold of abuse and the scars in her heart, mind, and psyche--battling her own addictions and inner demons and searching her soul for a sense of self-worth. Told in spirited candor, to the moon and back reveals how one can leave behind absurdity and horror and create a life of intention and joy. Purchase today and read the fascinating tale of an extraordinary story rarely told in its full complexity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1712250337856-POAHFDOB59FYZROSPZTW/26.png Resources - Traumatic Narcissism and Recovery - Daniel Shaw This book looks at the trauma suffered by those in relationships with narcissists, covering topics such as surviving a cult, dysfunctional families, political dysfunction, and imbalances of power in places of work and education. This new volume by author and psychoanalyst Daniel Shaw revisits themes from his first book, Traumatic Narcissism: Relational Systems of Subjugation. Shaw offers further reflections on the character and behavior of the traumatizing narcissist, the impact such persons have on those they abuse and exploit and the specific ways in which they instill shame and fear in those they seek to control. In addition, this volume explores, with detailed clinical material, many of the challenges mental health professionals face in finding effective ways of helping those who have suffered narcissistic abuse. From within a trauma informed, relational psychoanalytic perspective, Shaw explores themes of attachment to internalized perpetrators, self-alienation, internalized aggression, and loss of faith in the value and meaning of being alive. This book will be especially illuminating and rewarding for mental health professionals engaged in helping patients heal and recover from complex relational trauma, and equally valuable to those individuals who have struggled with the tenacious, often crippling shame and fear that can be the result of relational trauma. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1712250338835-RD6CDG01RQ3QTFGD2E05/27.png Resources - Traumatic Narcissism - Daniel Shaw, LCSW In this volume, Traumatic Narcissism: Relational Systems of Subjugation, Daniel Shaw presents a way of understanding the traumatic impact of narcissism as it is engendered developmentally, and as it is enacted relationally. Focusing on the dynamics of narcissism in interpersonal relations, Shaw describes the relational system of what he terms the 'traumatizing narcissist' as a system of subjugation – the objectification of one person in a relationship as the means of enforcing the dominance of the subjectivity of the other. Daniel Shaw illustrates the workings of this relational system of subjugation in a variety of contexts: theorizing traumatic narcissism as an intergenerationally transmitted relational/developmental trauma; and exploring the clinician's experience working with the adult children of traumatizing narcissists. He explores the relationship of cult leaders and their followers, and examines how traumatic narcissism has lingered vestigially in some aspects of the psychoanalytic profession. Bringing together theories of trauma and attachment, intersubjectivity and complementarity, and the rich clinical sensibility of the Relational Psychoanalysis tradition, Shaw demonstrates how narcissism can best be understood not merely as character, but as the result of the specific trauma of subjugation, in which one person is required to become the object for a significant other who demands hegemonic subjectivity. Traumatic Narcissism presents therapeutic clinical opportunities not only for psychoanalysts of different schools, but for all mental health professionals working with a wide variety of modalities. Although primarily intended for the professional psychoanalyst and psychotherapist, this is also a book that therapy patients and lay readers will find highly readable and illuminating. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1712250350797-QELINYG7Y7IZO0DQU333/7.png Resources - Troubled - Kenneth B. Rosen An award-winning journalist’s breathtaking mosaic of the tough-love industry and the young adults it inevitably fails. In the middle of the night, they are vanished. Each year thousands of young adults deemed out of control―suffering from depression, addiction, anxiety, and rage―are carted off against their will to remote wilderness programs and treatment facilities across the country. Desperate parents of these “troubled teens” fear it’s their only option. The private, largely unregulated behavioral boot camps break their children down, a damnation the children suffer forever. Acclaimed journalist Kenneth R. Rosen knows firsthand the brutal emotional, physical, and sexual abuse carried out at these programs. He lived it. In Troubled, Rosen unspools the stories of four graduates on their own scarred journeys through the programs into adulthood. Based on three years of reporting and more than one hundred interviews with other clients, their parents, psychologists, and health-care professionals, Troubled combines harrowing storytelling with investigative journalism to expose the disturbing truth about the massively profitable, sometimes fatal, grossly unchecked redirection industry. Not without hope, Troubled ultimately delivers an emotional, crucial tapestry of coming of age, neglect, exploitation, trauma, and fraught redemption. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1714712869262-ATLIFW3JD3WSK6MF2DGH/TruthandRepair.png Resources https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1712250342127-LTL0RSMZBLPC8QKXG4XX/1.png Resources - Uncultured - Daniella Mestyanek Young In the vein of Educated and The Glass Castle, Daniella Mestyanek Young's Uncultured is more than a memoir about an exceptional upbringing, but about a woman who, no matter the lack of tools given to her, is determined to overcome. Behind the tall, foreboding gates of a commune in Brazil, Daniella Mestyanek Young was raised in the religious cult The Children of God, also known as The Family, as the daughter of high-ranking members. Her great-grandmother donated land for one of The Family’s first communes in Texas. Her mother, at thirteen, was forced to marry the leader and served as his secretary for many years. Beholden to The Family’s strict rules, Daniella suffers physical, emotional, and sexual abuse—masked as godly discipline and divine love—and is forbidden from getting a traditional education. At fifteen years old, fed up with The Family and determined to build a better and freer life for herself, Daniella escapes to Texas. There, she bravely enrolls herself in high school and excels, later graduating as valedictorian of her college class, then electing to join the military to begin a career as an intelligence officer, where she believes she will finally belong. But she soon learns that her new world—surrounded by men on the sands of Afghanistan—looks remarkably similar to the one she desperately tried to leave behind. Told in a beautiful, propulsive voice and with clear-eyed honesty, Uncultured explores the dangers unleashed when harmful group mentality goes unrecognized, and is emblematic of the many ways women have to contort themselves to survive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1610948461785-8YR8YTYTDQ8CVAUC71V8/Undertow.png Resources - Undertow - Charlene L. Edge Undertow: My Escape from the Fundamentalism and Cult Control of The Way International™ is Charlene Edge’s riveting memoir about the power of words to seduce, betray, and, in her case, eventually save. After a personal tragedy left her bereft, teenaged Charlene rejected faith and family when recruiters drew her into The Way International, a sect led by the charismatic Victor Paul Wierwille. The Way became one of the largest cults in America. Charlene gave it seventeen years of her life. Believing that God led her to Wierwille, she underwent his intensive two-year training program, The Way Corps, designed to produce loyal leaders. When Wierwille warned of a possible government attack, she prepared to live off the grid. She ignored warning signs of Wierwille’s paranoia and abuse—he condemned dissenters as the Devil’s agents, he required followers to watch pornography, he manipulated Corps into keeping his secrets in a “lock box,” he denied the Holocaust, and he surrounded himself with bodyguards. She married a Corps graduate and they served across the United States as Way leaders, funneling money into Wierwille’s bursting coffers and shunning anyone who criticized him. As obedient Way Corps, they raised their child to believe the doctrines of Wierwille, the cult’s designated “father in the Word.” Eventually Charlene was promoted to the inner circle of biblical researchers, where she discovered devastating secrets: Wierwille twisted texts of Scripture to serve his personal agenda, shamelessly plagiarized the work of others, and misrepresented the purpose of his organization. Worst of all, after Wierwille died in 1985, shocking reports surfaced of his secret sex ring. Amid chaos at The Way’s Ohio-based headquarters, Charlene knew she had to escape—for her own survival and her child’s. Reading like a novel, Undertow is not only a brilliant cautionary tale about misplaced faith but also an exposé of the hazards of fundamentalism and the destructive nature of cults. Through her personal story, Charlene Edge shows how a vulnerable person can be seduced into following an authoritarian leader and how difficult it can be to find a way out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1712250317281-4K7PALLLPNLGK9R8XF0L/32.png Resources - Unveiled - Yasmine Mohammed Ayaan Hirsi Ali's Infidel meets The Handmaid's Tale Since September 11th, 2001, the Western world has been preoccupied with Islam and its role in terrorism. Yet public debate about the faith is polarized—one camp praises "the religion of peace" while the other claims all Muslims are terrorists. Canadian human rights activist Yasmine Mohammed believes both sides are dangerously wrong. In Unveiled: How Western Liberals Empower Radical Islam, Yasmine speaks her truth as a woman born in the Western world who was forcefully married to a high-ranking member of Al Qaeda. Despite being a first-generation Canadian, she never felt at home in the West. And even though she attended Islamic schools and wore the hijab since age nine, Yasmine never fit in with her Muslim family either. With one foot in each world, Yasmine is far enough removed from both to see them objectively, yet close enough to see them honestly. Part Ayaan Hirsi Ali's Infidel, part The Handmaid's Tale, Yasmine's memoir takes readers into a world few Westerners are privy to. As a college educator for over fifteen years, Yasmine's goal is to unveil the truth. Is FGM Islamic or cultural? Is the hijab forced or a choice? Is ISIS a representation of "true" Islam or a radical corruption? And why is there so much conflicting information? Like most insular communities, the Islamic world has both an "outside voice" and an "inside voice." It's all but impossible for bystanders to get a straight answer. Without telling anyone what to believe, Unveiled navigates the rhetoric and guides truth-seekers through media narratives, political correctness, and outright lies while encouraging readers to come to their own conclusions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1712250335317-ARG0WDITC0MSD9N8T3XW/24.png Resources - Vixen - Lindsay Helm Do you ever wonder what decisions will shape your destiny? For Lindsay, one of those decisions was made at the young age of thirteen, when she converted to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints--known to the world as "the Mormon church." Over the course of a decade, Lindsay would take a journey into one of the most secretive and powerful religious organizations in the world. A journey that would cause her to lose her true self as she submitted to the controversial teachings, culture and doctrine of the Mormon church. Little did she know that two people would come into her life and take her on a new journey. A journey back to herself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1712250315818-PR7K2RE6I3N11ZANTNBK/31.png Resources - Wayward - Alice Greczyn This unique coming-of-age story takes place within a Christian subculture that teaches children to be martyrs and women to be silent. Revelatory, vulnerable, and offering catharsis for your own journey through faith and doubt, Wayward is a deeply intelligent memoir of soul-searching—and finding the courage to live in your own truth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1712250319655-0ZYDPCMVVARQVKZ1JWRN/13.png Resources - What My Bones Know - Stephanie Foo By age thirty, Stephanie Foo was successful on paper: She had her dream job as an award-winning radio producer at This American Life and a loving boyfriend. But behind her office door, she was having panic attacks and sobbing at her desk every morning. After years of questioning what was wrong with herself, she was diagnosed with complex PTSD—a condition that occurs when trauma happens continuously, over the course of years. Both of Foo’s parents abandoned her when she was a teenager, after years of physical and verbal abuse and neglect. She thought she’d moved on, but her new diagnosis illuminated the way her past continued to threaten her health, relationships, and career. She found limited resources to help her, so Foo set out to heal herself, and to map her experiences onto the scarce literature about C-PTSD. In this deeply personal and thoroughly researched account, Foo interviews scientists and psychologists and tries a variety of innovative therapies. She returns to her hometown of San Jose, California, to investigate the effects of immigrant trauma on the community, and she uncovers family secrets in the country of her birth, Malaysia, to learn how trauma can be inherited through generations. Ultimately, she discovers that you don’t move on from trauma—but you can learn to move with it. Powerful, enlightening, and hopeful, What My Bones Know is a brave narrative that reckons with the hold of the past over the present, the mind over the body—and examines one woman’s ability to reclaim agency from her trauma. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1713459251759-CF1FSM5ZGLEX6VXC3OUV/3.png Resources https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f93a0fe5f619c483b17307e/1712250313129-E7FQOR0JVT14R5CTQ6IR/11.png Resources - When She Comes Back - Ronit Plank is a coming-of-age memoir set in the 70s and 80s about losing my mother to a guru in India, giving up power, growing up too fast, and what happens when the person your life revolves around can’t stay. Ronit was six years old when her mother left her and her four-year-old sister for India to follow a cult guru at the center of Netflix documentary Wild Wild Country. Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, whose commune was responsible for the largest biological attack on U.S. soil, preached that children were hindrances and encouraged sterilizations among his followers. Luckily Ronit’s father, who’d left the family the previous year, stepped up and brought the girls to live with him first in Newark, New Jersey, and later in Flushing, Queens. On the surface, his nurturing was the balm Ronit sought, but she soon paid a second emotional price, taking on the role of partner and confidant to him, and substitute mother to her sister. By the end of her childhood, Ronit would discover she had lost her mother and the close and trusting relationship she once had with her father. Though they have had a relationship now for years, she grappled with the toll her mother’s leaving took, measuring her self-worth by her absence. When She Comes Back is the story of a family trying to find itself, grownups who don’t know how to be adults, and the pain a child feels when she discovers that her love for her mother is not enough to make that parent stay. 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