#cult stuff

[sangreconcrema]

💾 unknowed

[cripplybee]

"I asked chat gpt"

Well i asked the rock inside my hat and it told me I should have 37 wives...

[antspaul]

something you have to keep in mind about scientology and the way they recruit is that at the start god and religion have literally nothing to do with it

they target the skeptical and the curious. they're interested in people who believe wholeheartedly in therapy and self-help. they invite people who don't believe at all into "auditing" sessions, telling them that they don't have to stay if they don't want to, there's no pressure. they tell people that scientology is misunderstood, that it's actually a self-help toolkit that they can apply to any element of their lives. then they ask questions that grow gradually more invasive until they stumble upon traumas, and force the person to talk about their trauma over and over until they no longer have any kind of reaction to the traumatic memory. this often feels like healing! it's not; the memories and emotions are just being repressed and replaced with dissociation, but it does feel like healing. the target thinks: well, i no longer feel gut-wrenching anxiety when i think about my childhood, so there must be something to this.

then and only then, the religion element comes into play. scientology classifies itself a religion for tax purposes, and to lend itself an air of legitimacy, and perhaps because it is one with its own religious beliefs (as wackadoo as they are), but it preys on people by initially not feeling like a religion at all.

[cultpastorkevin]

Cult Tips for AFTG writers

notes from the resident ex-cult pastor

If you’re in the cult, there is nothing bizarre abt what’s happening and in fact the normal stuff that happens outside of it is what’s bizarre to you. Target? Weird. McDonald’s? Even weirder. I can like guarantee Jean and Kevin never had McDonald’s until they left the Nest.

When you leave, you’re gonna be paranoid as fuck. All the time. Ngl at least for weeks but sometimes for years. Nightmares and insomnia 24/7. Hallucinations too lmao Riko is in every corner of empty rooms and you can hear his voice echo in the confines of the lockers.

I see a lot of Jean wanting to go back to the Nest, but not a lot of Kevin wanting to go back. He definitely struggled, 100%. In fact when he was in the pits of agony from his broken hand, was when he probably wanted to go back the most. Cult is home, cult is safe. Four walls you’ve always known and while it’s a cage at least it’s dependable. They hurt you but by god it always works out and the reward of pushing through this tragic incident is greater than the terror it caused in the first place. It’s a gift, actually. A gift from Riko. He saved Kevin. Cults save you. Cults make you wanna return to them like damn homing pigeons bruh. Give me more shattered hand Kevin screaming at Wymack to let him go back home and having a breakdown when he’s denied fics thanks

Piggybacking off the last one: cults are saviors; you’re nothing without them and they make sure you truly believe that; that everything that is done to you is for you and you’re blessed for it to be happening. You’re lucky even, to be allowed in it. Everything is as it’s supposed to be and order must never be challenged, because it works, and you’re the Edgar Allan Ravens, and this is the most honorable place you could be. All the pain you go through is you earning the right to be saved and to prove your worth every day on court. Only the worthy are honored.

You justify everything that happened and you will start fights and get angry with people who try to correct you and tell you it was wrong what went on.

On the other hand, you blame yourself for everything ever that happened there whether you were at fault or not. Hurting others, hurting yourself, gaslighting the fuck out of yourself over things maybe you could’ve prevented and over things you never could’ve stopped. The guilt is crippling and it eats you alive and haunts you.

There’s a lot of shame too. I see more guilt written than shame but shame is a huge portion of emotions that cult survivors have. Shits embarassing dude like “god how did I end up thinking this wack ass shit was normal” 😐 Shame comes later in the healing process usually, it’s after you have come to terms with shit that’s happened and you understand it. Looking back, you go “Jesus fucking Christ that was a red flag what the hell. Should’ve left then, or then, or then, or then” and then you’re just plain fuckin embarrassed.

Please look up how hive minds and brainwashing are created and work; understanding these would be incredibly helpful tbfh.

Diets are big; everyone eats the same thing; food is used as a reward and a punishment.

Hype hype hype. They whip up a frenzy of one singular emotion and use that to push you into a blind hysteria because you’re more suspectible to their influence when you’re out of your mind.

Drugs. Depends on the cult. But yeah these little bitches can be a huge factor for shit and can help with the brainwashing and hysteria and trauma bonding. Sometimes you don’t even know you’re being drugged or poisoned until you leave.

OH I ALMOST FORGOT. Dehumanization and then being treated like a person again can be traumatic as fuck yall!! Holy shit! Sometimes it feels worse than being dehumanized!

EDIT AGAIN: you don’t know what mental illness is !! Cults don’t fucking tell you these things lmao. if you show symptoms it’s your fault. Kevin being depressed his mom died was gonna get blamed on him and he was never going to be told grief is normal and it’s okay to be insanely sad. Jean also never got told his anger was correct or his trauma responses to being raped were realistic! They just got blamed for any reactions ever that weren’t neurotypical !! that is all; do with that what you will.

Idk if I think of anything else I’ll write another one but that’s all for now; I haven’t slept much lmao 🫡

[last-of-the-independents]

Kate Mulgrew as Kate Callahan in Mrs. Columbo, S2. E4 - The Valley Strangler (1979), with Andrew Robinson as Mitchell Radner

It was the 46th Anniversary of the episode's premiere on TV screen yesterday. For this reason I made two gifs sets only with Kate Mulgrew, almost without Andy Robinson, don't you believe that lol!! There is only one gif in every set featuring him. Since I love the episode and I love Kate dearly and she's really gorgeous here (as always, yk). Well, just enjoy it! <333

[longwhisperingshadows]

[st4rv1ngd0gs4lwaysbite]

yk i wish i could just join a cult sometimes

cause then i wouldnt rlly have to think abt anything just do whatever im told to whether thats praying or anything else

when i was in grade 10 i took an intro to psych class and we talked abt cults and the risk factors of someone joining them (history of being abused, low self esteem, etc) and i had every single trait

sometimes i fantasize abt finding out abt a new church and going to it and it turning out that its like the cult in farcry 5 (but more toned down) cause it would be easier than my current existence of constantly having to make choices and thinking and hurting

id kill to be able to just give myself to a church and God even if it meant i had to isolate myself and destroy myself

maybe thats why i want to join the army cause i could just be a soldier a tool not a person wouldnt have to make choices just have to follow orders