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faeralyn

Thunderstorm: *rumbles*

Me: you’re beautiful

blueberry-boyfriends

Conversation Starters are a dying art

prisonhannibal

My favorite banned terms on this site are "suicide prevention" and "safe sex"

breadcunt

Fuck nasty and kill yourself inmediately after

dagny-hashtaggart-deactivated20

Salmon male grindset

viewfinder-chernobyl

my apologies to ppl who followed me for anything

pastabot

wtf i just saw slender man looking through my fridge farting his ass off real loud

piranes11

how it feels to stop tossing and turning and get up to piss

do-not-u-dare

Im always scared to call someone my friend because what if they dont consider me a friend and hate me because of that

winterofherdiscontent

teller-of-tragedies

i dont live near the sea and that makes me sad

Royalty

theres NONE left. i drinked it all

omegaversereloaded

such a good reaction image

omegaversereloaded

deadpowol

theknightlywolfe

Reminder:

LRADs, a sound-producing device used to control crowds, can inflict permanent damage on subjects

charlesoberonn

America has a weird relationship with cults where they’re terrified of small cults (or organizations they think are cults) but completely normalized massive cults that hurt many more people (eg: LDS Church, Jehovah’s Witnesses, the Amish, Scientology, most Megachurches)

charlesoberonn

To anybody asking if the Amish are a cult, the answer is yes, very much so.

They’re a high control group that isolate you from society. The cult decides how you dress, how you behave, who you marry and how. They control what you know, blocking all information from the outside world. They control how you feel and what you’re allowed to think with threats of both social and supernatural harm. They’re a cult.

charlesoberonn

The best method to determine if a group is a cult, in my opinion, is Steven Hassan’s (cult expert and former cult member himself) BITE model.

BITE stands for Behavior Control, Information Control, Thought Control, and Emotional Control.

The more points a group “scores” on the model, the more of a cult it is.

I think this model is the best one for several reasons:

It’s more nuanced than “cult” or “not cult” and doesn’t make false equivalences between groups

It’s versatile, applying to groups big and small, and cults of all kinds, religious, political, financial, etc.

It focuses on what’s important, which is what the cult does to its members, and those members’ experiences, and not on irrelevant details like how uncommon their doctrines are or whether they have a charismatic leader

charlesoberonn

This is a great example of Thought Control used by cults whenever they’re confronted with criticism.

saxifraga-x-urbium

#you might notice that there are a lot of similarities between cult techniques and those of abusive partners#and that is an important thing to be aware of

yah that goes in the post

charlesoberonn

The creator of the BITE Model considers abusive relationships to be two-person cults.

forgotn1

It’s important to note that almost every sect of evangelical christianity in the US today fails the BITE Model.

alp-crispy

This was the post that lead to breaking my JW mindset. Been a while since I seen it.

charlesoberonn

I’m glad I could help in your deconstruction, if only a little bit. I wish you all the luck in your journey moving forward.

tuulikki

And to highlight a key aspect of the “two-person cult” dynamic:

Not all high-control groups are religious. Secular cults exist.

I’d strongly recommend reading this brief bio of Janja Lalich. She’s a deprogramming therapist, but she’s also a cult survivor from a political cult.

proudfreakmetarusonikku

high control groups can also form in friend groups and online! any social group can theoretically be a high control enviroment that’s abusive. any group can be a cult if someone uses that group to control and abuse others.