-Caveat Lector-
Hi !
Below please find excerpts from an article in my latest newsletter. I have
been told that survivors of MC are especially prone to love bombing (see
article below for more info.) and that survivors should be careful about
this. I have also been told that there is a lot of recruitment going on right
now by "doomsday millenium cults" and that survivors should be careful of
this and aware of it.
Sincerely, Neil Brick
Cult Information Article
The following article was written by the editor. Please use caution while
reading this article. It may be triggering.
Survivors may leave cults due to geographic changes in their lives. "...it is
most often some of the alter personalities in survivors with...MPD that get
reinvolved with the cult or a cult in another city, without the "birth
person's" conscious knowledge." Sometimes survivors are programmed to return
to the cult or another one later in life. ("Breaking the Circle" - pg 31)
"...ritual abuse groups may share the following characteristics with coercive
cults:
...dogma is more important than people, ...a radical separation of good
and evil,...a demand for purity," members are watched all the time and their
loyalty is tested "...the dogma is enacted through rituals,... regularly
observe(d) rituals, rituals frequently invoke supernatural intervention,...
staged events such as planned spontaneity... mystical manipulations, cults
capitalize on members' fear and ignorance,...a sense of separateness (is
promoted) through an "us" and "them" mentality, ... siege mentality with a
paranoid view of the outside world, humor is forbidden, resistance of members
is worn down through physical and emotional manipulations, a person's
identity is destroyed... to create a new one," members give up their autonomy
to be approved," mind control is used to indoctrinate the victim into the
group's belief system, individuality is uniformly suppressed,... a
well-defined hierarchy," members are used to benefit leader(s), "mind control
is used ...to convert the victim to the group's belief system,... to insure
secrecy... and to carry out cult instructions."("Safe Passage to Healing" - p
47 - 48)
Survivors in cults may be taught to feel superior to others. This creates
feelings of alienation. They may be programmed how to behave outside the
cult and who to have as friends.
Can people "unknowingly" reporting back to the original cult or other cults
(online or offline)?
"Safe Passage to Healing" states that protector or maintainer alters, may
sound like they are still cult active. Occasionally, this may be the case.
Usually they are not. Some alters could continue rituals on their own. Caryn
StarDancer (p 157-158) explains that when repressed alters begin to become
conscious in recovery, survivors may experience "an increased drive to become
cult-active..." The outside person might not know this. A survivor could
receive "a phone call with a message which contains a programmed cue," this
triggers "an alter who... goes to a cult meeting." Hours or days may be lost,
and when the "host" is back, "it may only feel vaguely confusing." Something
may be wrong but the survivor "doesn't know what... and that is a chronic
feeling for many survivors. There is usually a story in the mind that
"explains" what happened, and it doesn't seem quite right..." Journalling
can help alters become more aware of each other.
I believe it is very important to cut all contact with possible cult members
and/or unhealthy groups that may have handlers (people that know the triggers
and use them for their own or someone else's benefit.)
My thoughts after reading "Traumatic Abuse in Cults": A malevolent group may
insist on following rules without a discussion of the rules. The strong need
for some survivors to be a part of something, anything, even if it may be
harmful to the person. Ends justify the means. Doing immoral things to help
"protect" the group. A malevolent group may phrase their letters or end their
letters with certain greetings meant to trigger people or remind members of
their group affiliation. A survivor's alter may be in the group and not the
host. This could be done via triggers. This explains how a someone could be
spying for the group, and not know it. This may be done with aliases.
Survivors join the group to heal, but the malevolent groups hidden goal could
be to keep them from healing by "messing them up." This group may be
controlled or may have been formed by an outside group, cult or organization.
It is difficult to know when one is brainwashed, esp. if this is occurring in
an alter. Many survivors of MC are very suggestible and may be easily mind
controlled through triggers or fear. Survivors are sometimes attracted to
what is familiar from their past. Unfortunately, that may not always be a
good thing.
Love bombing (being extra or overly nice to survivors) may set survivors up
for being mind controlled. After survivors feel "welcomed" they could discuss
their triggers which could later be used against them. It is very important
to be sure that a group is safe before joining or discussing important
secrets with them. Many dangerous groups have bad records that many other
people may know about, so check a group out throughly before joining. And
even then be very careful and watch for the possible signs of a dysfunctional
group or a cult like group.
There are no easy answers to healing. If someone is extremely open or overly
friendly, there may be a hidden agenda.
Codependency characteristics can be used by some groups to revictimize
survivors, making them emotionally dependent on the group. "Codependency can
be defined as a condition marked by an inordinate reliance on person(s),
thing(s), or activities, for personal well-being and self-esteem." ("Breaking
the Circle..." - preface section.) This could include the use of guilt or
strong emotions to bond a person to the group.
In S.M.A.R.T. Issue #8, I list Hassan's ("Combatting Cult Mind Control")
criteria for mind control in a group.
Here is my interpretation of how these could be misused in a malevolent
group or organization.
The leader is always right and dissent is frowned upon or squelched.
The organization considers themselves a team and not allow others in, or
other survivor orgs. are considered bad.
They are the best org. - their team is the best.
The leader or leadership group makes all the important decisions, all
must follow, public dissent is squelched.
Some people may take the name of the leader or imitate the leader.
In a malevolent org. those that follow the leader's rules are
complimented, those that dissent are told they are difficult or impolite.
Other orgs. are out to get the group, their opinions are dismissed as an
attack, not acknowledged that they might have some validity.
People in the organization are "buddies," but way too much so. (See love
bombing and codependency above.)
Now one can recover in the organization, but before they couldn't or not
nearly as well without the group.
Organizations and their members may not even know that what they are doing is
cultlike. One of my hopes in writing this is that people will read it and
leave those groups.
Sources:
"Breaking the Circle of Satanic Ritual Abuse - Recognizing and Recovering
from the Hidden Trauma" Daniel Ryder CCDC, LSW, CompCare Publishers, 2415
Annapolis Lane, Minn., MN 55441 1-800-328-3330 c 1992
"Safe Passage to Healing - A Guide for Survivors of Ritual Abuse"
Chrystine Oksana, HarperCollins, c 1994
"Traumatic Abuse in Cults: An Exploration of an Unfamiliar Social
Problem" by Daniel Shaw, C.S.W. at http://www.cyberpass.net/truth/essay.htm
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