#cult survivors

[hateaintwinning]

Unwelcome-ozian's book selling step by step instructions on how to sexually assault a child. Including which sex positions to rape a child in and what to say to a child while raping them. As well as how to gas light, trauma bond, and abuse the child.

Link to free copy of Rules of Programming - you can see for yourself.

In light of unwelcome-ozian publicly abusing a teenage girl I wanted to put a spot light on this. This comes from someone who claims to have been taught how to abuse children, and is now teaching other people I guess? Presenting it as raising awareness for the sake of survivors of child abuse, but after what been brought to light about them this is a lot more disturbing.

It provides step by step instructions on how to gas light and trauma bond a child to you after / as you sexually abuse them.

They are currently threatening to post stories of a teenage girl being torutured and sexually assaulted, along with her identifying information without her consent, again. In retaliation for her coming forward about her experience with them.

They are undeniably well aware of the damage and trauma they are inflicting.

They openly give "tips" on how to abuse children.

[wisteria-grows-here]

In 3rd grade, my teacher was explaining to the class how different religions observe, or don't observe, different holidays (she was telling everyone this because I was the only Jehovah's Witness in the class) and my silly self proudly raised my hand and said "I know why I don't celebrate birthdays" and the teacher was like yeah this will be a good learning opportunity for the class go ahead and explain why and deadass I loudly shouted out "because some guy had his head chopped off and put on a platter!" Lmaoooo I will never forget the look on the teacher's face or the silence that followed 😭😂

[unwelcome-ozian]

SPECIALIST INFORMATION & SOURCES

Working with Children and Adolescents (books listed alphabetically):

Child/Adolescent Treatment Guidelines, LINK .

Dissociation in Traumatized Children and Adolescents: Theory and Clinical Interventions, 2nd Edn, (2015), by Sandra Wieland. Presents compelling case studies that elaborate the variability of dissociation in children and adolescents, and practical insights into five models of dissociation to support understanding and the application of therapeutic guidelines and interventions

Healing the Fractured Child: Diagnosis & Treatment of Youth with Dissociation, (2015), by Frances S Waters. Provides a wealth of information to support understanding, assessment, and creative treatment strategies and interventions for working with children, adolescents and families recovering from traumatic experiences

Nurturing Children: From Trauma to Growth Using Attachment Theory, Psychoanalysis and Neurobiology, (2019), by Graham Music. Distils and clarifies the interactions between mind and body, and the role of attachment as a source of trauma and recovery. Includes authentic reflections from the heart and mind of a highly respected practitioner

The Child Survivor: Healing Developmental Trauma and Dissociation, 2nd Edn, (2022), by Joyanna Silberg. A widely respected, comprehensive, and practical resource for treating children and adolescents with dissociative symptoms. Including information on assessment and treatment, and case examples to illustrate clinical dilemmas, this book has been praised by practitioners and adult survivors

The Simple Guide to Complex Trauma and Dissociation: What It Is and How to Help, (2020), by Betsy de Thierry. Written to complement ‘The Simple Guide to Child Trauma’, this book takes complex theories and clarifies them, to inform and offer practical advice to individuals caring for or working with traumatised children

Treating Children with Dissociative Disorders: Attachment, Trauma, Theory and Practice, (2022), edited by Valerie Sinason and Renee Potgeiter Marks. Filled with practical tools and examples, this book is a vital resource for professionals to enrich their practice with children who dissociate.

[ex-cogtfi]

Depictions of female cult members in COG-TFI propaganda posters tended to be highly sexualized for the male gaze, reflecting the cult's teachings that girls and women should use their sexuality to attract male donors and converts. In this poster, a sexualized illustration of a female cult member being martyred captures the cult's model for "discipleship". Even in the afterlife, women’s spirits were depicted sexually and in continued service of patriarchal interests.

[monarch-apostate]

This blog is a safe place for Queer, Trans and other members of the LGBT community

YES Queer folk do go through MK Ultra/Monarch/TBMC/RAMCOA

NO We are NOT just trans or queer because of our trauma. We our more than just our abuse.

And while I'm on it, POC also go through this stuff and I want to see their voices uplifted.

-Caleb

[venniekocsis]

Writing Helps Cult Survivors Reclaim Their Voice and Identity. Here's How.

Cults are often defined as groups or communities that use manipulative tactics to control their members’ beliefs, behaviors, and identities. Surviving a cult or cultic community can be an incredibly traumatic experience leaving survivors struggling with a range of emotional and psychological issues, including feelings of helplessness, confusion, and a loss of identity. One powerful way that cult…

[wisteria-grows-here]

A beautiful description for the experience of leaving any control group/religion

Yet another comic about leaving the Mormon church that can be applied to a variety of things.

[jesusinstilettos]

I’m about to save you thousands of dollars in therapy by teaching you what I learned paying thousands of dollars for therapy:

It may sound woo woo but it’s an important skill capitalism and hyper individualism have robbed us of as human beings.

Learn to process your emotions. It will improve your mental health and quality of life. Emotions serve a biological purpose, they aren’t just things that happen for no reason.

1. Pause and notice you’re having a big feeling or reaching for a distraction to maybe avoid a feeling. Notice what triggered the feeling or need for a distraction without judgement. Just note that it’s there. Don’t label it as good or bad.

2. Find it in your body. Where do you feel it? Your chest? Your head? Your stomach? Does it feel like a weight everywhere? Does it feel like you’re vibrating? Does it feel like you’re numb all over?

3. Name the feeling. Look up an emotion chart if you need to. Find the feeling that resonates the most with what you’re feeling. Is it disappointment? Heartbreak? Anxiety? Anger? Humiliation?

4. Validate the feeling. Sometimes feelings misfire or are disproportionately big, but they’re still valid. You don’t have to justify what you’re feeling, it’s just valid. Tell yourself “yeah it makes sense that you feel that right now.” Or something as simple as “I hear you.” For example: If I get really big feelings of humiliation when I lose at a game of chess, the feeling may not be necessary, but it is valid and makes sense if I grew up with parents who berated me every time I did something wrong. So I could say “Yeah I understand why we are feeling that way given how we were treated growing up. That’s valid.”

5. Do something with your body that’s not a mental distraction from the feeling. Something where you can still think. Go on a walk. Do something with your hands like art or crochet or baking. Journal. Clean a room. Figure out what works best for you.

6. Repeat, it takes practice but is a skill you can learn :)

[4thethriving]

[bacchuschucklefuck]

space sweepers but they're delivery people and are at no point on screen through the entire movie

[undying-doll]

trying to talk about cult trauma is so frustrating.

I say "I was in a cult" and people think of basement rituals and human sacrifices not an unassuming church right down the road. not of blue chairs in rows and coffee tables and children's play areas. my cult looked so happy, so average. it's so easy to gloss over the pain that place inflicts on everyone who walks through those doors.

I feel like I can't call myself a cult survivor to most of the people who I know because they don't fucking understand. the word is too sensationalized.

[hateaintwinning]

Spreading awareness, protecting a community

Images are censored for the safety and privacy of others.

[wisteria-grows-here]

My first ever published piece!

Coming from such a restrictive and mind controlling background, writing a prose piece this brutally honest has been such an incredible and liberating experience.

You can also find it online at:

https://wp.towson.edu/grubstreetlitmag/

[unwelcome-ozian]

‘You are alienated from yourself and your own feelings and your own thoughts and from your surroundings […] So that you lose yourself, you lose your loved ones, and you lose your place in the world.’ ID 10.

[ex-cogtfi]

The hypersexalization of women and girls in COG-TFI was not limited to cult members or even to humans. Spiritual beings were also sexualized, including angels or spirits that the cult described as assisting children and teenagers. This image is one of many sexually charged publications that cult children and teens were saturated with. This artwork served to indoctrinate cult children into believing that expressions of sexuality and sexual acts corresponded to spirituality and, indeed, that resistence or hesitancy toward such signified a lack of spirituality and closeness to God.

[the-song-system]

Why is it that the endogenic side of the system community is way more accepting of trauma survivors like us, RAMCOA survivors. Those anti-endo spaces are fucking horrid and just push you away - Awesamdude