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Long-form writing and analysis on high-control groups, cult psychology, and recovery, drawing on more than 14 years of research and documentation.
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Freedom Doesn't Always Mean Happiness (opens the original)
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When I was in a cult, I was happier. There. I said it. Life as a Jehovah’s Witness was heavily constrained. The most intimate parts of my identity were closely monitored and configured by a New York-based group of aging men in suits and their network of goons. My sexuality was filtered, moderated and distorted. I skipped all the usual fun and innocent experimentation most people go through in their 20s. Subscribe nowMy ambitions and aspirations were throttled, with any tangible succes
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