
USA: The Existential Risks and Trauma of Leaving a Cult
Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen Publication (Outlet/Website): Secularism is a Women’s Issue Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2018/05/10 Scott is the Founder of Skeptic Meditations. He spe…
There is a certain degree of an annihilation of self that occurs upon entering, staying, and psychologically leaving the cult doctrine. That is perhaps why many former members who leave cults hold onto the underlying beliefs that led them and kept them in the group in the first place.