Cults Survivors
Worldwide
Experts say there are between 6-10 million people in cults worldwide - and not all are easy to identify!
Cults destroy lives. If you only have time to watch one video about cults, watch this one! It should be emphasized that the Cult Awareness Center ("CAN") is actually a front for the cult of Scientology to recruit.
According to Dr Janja Lalich, a professor of sociology, and a world leading expert on cults, a cult contains the following 3 characteristics:
authoritarian, charismatic leader seen as a god-like with narcissistic traits (see criteria below);
a form of indoctrination using thought reform or mind control; and
a combination of sexual, financial, physical, or mental exploitation designed to put the cult's needs before your own.
Common signs of a cult
Alluring and greedy leadership
Control through fear
Limited access to outside resources
Mental, physical and/or sexual mistreatment
Master manipulation and thought reform
Unquestioning commitment
Purposeful objective to secure new members
Discouragement and punishment for questioning or doubting
Isolation from family
Convincing cult members that family is evil
How cult members really feel
Cult victims are helpless
Cult victims are not bad people
Cult victims say things they don't believe or understand
Cult victims follow orders blindly
Cult victims fear for their lives
Cult victims have fear and awe of their leader
Learn the psychological reasoning behind how a cults works in this video below!
Steps cults use to build a loyal following
Lovebombing
Bringing down your defenses
Finding your weaknesses
Use weaknesses against you
Offering support to your problems
Rewriting your past
Changing your identity
Removing your critical thinking
Exploitation through coercion often claiming consent
Shaming your family
Narcissistic Personality Disorder Characteristics
grandiose sense of importance
unbridled fantasies of success and power
belief they are "special"
unrealistic sense of entitlement
interpersonal exploitative relationships
lack of empathy
enviousness
arrogance towards others
