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fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago
Mental health

Are You in a Cult?

Cults often exhibit coercive control, isolation, and a belief in a supreme leader, impacting individuals in vulnerable situations.
fromBuzzFeed
6 months ago
Mental health

Ex-Cult Members Are Sharing The Eerie Moments That Woke Them Up

Raised members often only recognize cult conditions after exposure to secular life when control, isolation, enforced servitude, and abuse become apparent.
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fromKqed
2 weeks ago

What Draws People Into Cults? A New Book Tracks Two Followers

Hippies placed a premium on freedom, on the right to improvise their lives as they saw fit. And yet the 1960s and seventies also revealed the limits of freedom - how an endless array of options could be confusing, overwhelming, even debilitating.
Books
fromwww.npr.org
3 weeks ago

What draws people into cults? A new book tracks the journeys of two followers

Deborah Green, a frail 71-year-old woman, was the self-described general of the Aggressive Christianity Missions Training Corps, a cult that operated for decades.
Right-wing politics
Mental health
fromSlate Magazine
2 months ago

I Quit Drinking Years Ago, All Thanks to One Approach. I'm Afraid of What People Will Think.

AA can produce profound positive change while sharing superficial features with cults; emphasize voluntary, therapeutic, and noncoercive aspects when explaining benefits.
Psychology
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

How do the pros get someone to leave a cult? Manipulate them into thinking it was their idea

Two specialists in Philadelphia help families extract loved ones from cults by embedding themselves in family lives, assessing dynamics, and crafting long-term strategies.
Music
fromVulture
9 months ago

Heathers: The Musical Is Back. Drool Much?

Heathers: The Musical endures through its clever score and cult appeal, reflecting themes of high school and identity.
fromPsychology Today
10 months ago

Why Do Doomsday Believers Double-Down When Prophecy Fails?

Cognitive dissonance is the uncomfortable feeling when thoughts, feelings and actions are unaligned.
Parenting
fromVulture
11 months ago

Give Every Actress From The Hours Her Own TV Cult

The notion that actresses now find limited series more appealing than traditional films highlights the changing landscape of Hollywood where series are the new blockbuster events.
Media industry
fromNew York Post
11 months ago

AI bots are filling users with conspiracy theories, repressed memories, bizarre 'answers to the universe': 'The whole thing feels like 'Black Mirror"

AI not only helped him recover a repressed memory but also led him to believe he was statistically the luckiest man on earth, showcasing the dramatic influence of technology.
Artificial intelligence
Video games
fromInverse
1 year ago

'The Last of Us' Just Introduced A Doomed Cult - And Changed the Game In A Huge Way

Post-apocalyptic narratives often depict the rise of cults as people seek meaning in crises.
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