I really love and appreciate Dr. Macavoy's perspective on this. It really brings to light how flawed and intertwined both the health education system and the healthcare system is, and I hope it helps people to realize that having an education about psychology doesn't necessarily mean you are impervious to psychological manipulation. In many cases, it can result in the opposite due exactly to that assumption.
oh man, i really needed this right now. i’ve been processing a lot more around the narcissistic abuse i left almost 2 years ago - i’ve always been interested in learning about cults, but it really ramped up for me once i left that relationship, and began to realise what had happened to me. so having a cult expert frame it as a “1:1 cult”, as i have privately/to myself, is very validating, and i’m grateful for this. watching now! :)
Grew up with this alongside religious abuse. Thank you for sharing. I saw so many parallels when he was elected to my own parents. I was so confused how people couldn’t see it.
I grew up in a cult, and have been in 4 serious narcissistic relationships. Now that I’m finally coming out of all that and find myself feeling free again, I’m now slammed into the Trump’s America cult and there is NO WAY OUT! Can’t “just leave.” 😱
I feel, while it might a hard time for all of us, those of us with such experiences and an awareness of the reality that is will be a beacon in our communities without realizing it. 💔 I know it will be tough, but no more real double think from all of this sh*t.
Being raised by a narcissist parent in a narcissistic family system (grand parent and siblings on the narcissistic spectrum), feels really like growing up in a cult...
As a gueer non-binary person who pushed themselves into the closet in my early teens and stayed there for decades, the idea of submerging yourself is very relatable. I think I really did this with, not all of myselft, but all the parts I thought were "unacceptable". I have also been both in controlling relationships and a cult, so this was really important thing for me to understand. When I came out (to myself) as non-binary and then realized that I was also not straight, it really made it hard for me to repress those parts of myself again.
I relate! I was invisible. It wasn’t safe to voice my ideas and opinions. When I did, it was used against me. Hide, fawn and freeze. Children need to be safe. Adolescents are interested in justice. Adults supposedly want “peace”.
This resonates with me... the overcomer ministry was and still is a cult! I never lived there but was very much affected by the mental and spiritual and residual abuse, it was awful. It was narcissistic abuse, ive experienced it from a singular person as well as from a cult group and its always the same. For me, the cognitive dissonance is the worst part.
Listening to this, I guess my family system was cult-like. Five kids, it was run a bit like the army- many rules, discipline, expectations, assumptions. Being the youngest, I had to distance myself in order to find myself.
I like different colored wigs and thrift clothes - I used to make creative space for myself that way. I really like how you emphasized wearing your own style and having fun with it.
I really love and appreciate Dr. Macavoy's perspective on this. It really brings to light how flawed and intertwined both the health education system and the healthcare system is, and I hope it helps people to realize that having an education about psychology doesn't necessarily mean you are impervious to psychological manipulation. In many cases, it can result in the opposite due exactly to that assumption.
oh man, i really needed this right now. i’ve been processing a lot more around the narcissistic abuse i left almost 2 years ago - i’ve always been interested in learning about cults, but it really ramped up for me once i left that relationship, and began to realise what had happened to me. so having a cult expert frame it as a “1:1 cult”, as i have privately/to myself, is very validating, and i’m grateful for this. watching now! :)
She was such a great guest. Thanks so much for being here
Grew up with this alongside religious abuse. Thank you for sharing. I saw so many parallels when he was elected to my own parents. I was so confused how people couldn’t see it.
Love the new intro and outro!!
I grew up in a cult, and have been in 4 serious narcissistic relationships. Now that I’m finally coming out of all that and find myself feeling free again, I’m now slammed into the Trump’s America cult and there is NO WAY OUT! Can’t “just leave.” 😱
I feel, while it might a hard time for all of us, those of us with such experiences and an awareness of the reality that is will be a beacon in our communities without realizing it. 💔 I know it will be tough, but no more real double think from all of this sh*t.
Being raised by a narcissist parent in a narcissistic family system (grand parent and siblings on the narcissistic spectrum), feels really like growing up in a cult...
As a gueer non-binary person who pushed themselves into the closet in my early teens and stayed there for decades, the idea of submerging yourself is very relatable. I think I really did this with, not all of myselft, but all the parts I thought were "unacceptable". I have also been both in controlling relationships and a cult, so this was really important thing for me to understand. When I came out (to myself) as non-binary and then realized that I was also not straight, it really made it hard for me to repress those parts of myself again.
@@omnichrome9784 yes, I found that once you stop repressing it’s almost impossible to make yourself start doing it again
I relate! I was invisible. It wasn’t safe to voice my ideas and opinions. When I did, it was used against me. Hide, fawn and freeze. Children need to be safe. Adolescents are interested in justice. Adults supposedly want “peace”.
This resonates with me...
the overcomer ministry was and still is a cult! I never lived there but was very much affected by the mental and spiritual and residual abuse, it was awful. It was narcissistic abuse, ive experienced it from a singular person as well as from a cult group and its always the same. For me, the cognitive dissonance is the worst part.
Listening to this, I guess my family system was cult-like. Five kids, it was run a bit like the army- many rules, discipline, expectations, assumptions. Being the youngest, I had to distance myself in order to find myself.
I like different colored wigs and thrift clothes - I used to make creative space for myself that way. I really like how you emphasized wearing your own style and having fun with it.
I am also a performer Daniella!
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