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Rachel Bernstein

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Nobody Should Believe Me
Case Files 15: Everyday Cults with Rachel Bernstein

Now do you have to look at all of those times and all of the symptoms your child might have started to have and all the times you didn't jump in to protect them? And all the times maybe you had a sense or an inkling and your conscience was telling you something and you ignored it. That's also very hard to look at.

Nobody Should Believe Me
Case Files 15: Everyday Cults with Rachel Bernstein

So I think a lot of people are kind of protecting the perpetrator because they're protecting themselves. And then... You have the people, I think, who are concerned, and rightfully so, that the system is going to be against women and against mothers. Because it's, by and large, women who are engaging in this, and not all, but most. And then... Yes, women are not believed.

Nobody Should Believe Me
Case Files 15: Everyday Cults with Rachel Bernstein

So I think a lot of people are kind of protecting the perpetrator because they're protecting themselves. And then... You have the people, I think, who are concerned, and rightfully so, that the system is going to be against women and against mothers. Because it's, by and large, women who are engaging in this, and not all, but most. And then... Yes, women are not believed.

Nobody Should Believe Me
Case Files 15: Everyday Cults with Rachel Bernstein

So I think a lot of people are kind of protecting the perpetrator because they're protecting themselves. And then... You have the people, I think, who are concerned, and rightfully so, that the system is going to be against women and against mothers. Because it's, by and large, women who are engaging in this, and not all, but most. And then... Yes, women are not believed.

Nobody Should Believe Me
Case Files 15: Everyday Cults with Rachel Bernstein

Women are not believed when they bring a story of rape to the courts. They're not believed when they go to the doctor about having certain symptoms and things are overlooked and they're told they're hysterical. And so I think there are people who get tangled in this in a way that gets messy because they're there championing the rights of women.

Nobody Should Believe Me
Case Files 15: Everyday Cults with Rachel Bernstein

Women are not believed when they bring a story of rape to the courts. They're not believed when they go to the doctor about having certain symptoms and things are overlooked and they're told they're hysterical. And so I think there are people who get tangled in this in a way that gets messy because they're there championing the rights of women.

Nobody Should Believe Me
Case Files 15: Everyday Cults with Rachel Bernstein

Women are not believed when they bring a story of rape to the courts. They're not believed when they go to the doctor about having certain symptoms and things are overlooked and they're told they're hysterical. And so I think there are people who get tangled in this in a way that gets messy because they're there championing the rights of women.

Nobody Should Believe Me
Case Files 15: Everyday Cults with Rachel Bernstein

And then there are other people who just have a mistrust of the legal system, have a mistrust of the medical system who are also involved in this. But I do think that people who are close, like a father-in-law, I think he might feel like he's being a really good person.

Nobody Should Believe Me
Case Files 15: Everyday Cults with Rachel Bernstein

And then there are other people who just have a mistrust of the legal system, have a mistrust of the medical system who are also involved in this. But I do think that people who are close, like a father-in-law, I think he might feel like he's being a really good person.

Nobody Should Believe Me
Case Files 15: Everyday Cults with Rachel Bernstein

And then there are other people who just have a mistrust of the legal system, have a mistrust of the medical system who are also involved in this. But I do think that people who are close, like a father-in-law, I think he might feel like he's being a really good person.

Nobody Should Believe Me
Case Files 15: Everyday Cults with Rachel Bernstein

And he might feel like he is able to be the superhero here when everyone else is against someone and he just hasn't seen it or he doesn't want to see it. So it's kind of... For a lot of reasons, it winds up being something that, at the end of the day, leaves the child totally unprotected.

Nobody Should Believe Me
Case Files 15: Everyday Cults with Rachel Bernstein

And he might feel like he is able to be the superhero here when everyone else is against someone and he just hasn't seen it or he doesn't want to see it. So it's kind of... For a lot of reasons, it winds up being something that, at the end of the day, leaves the child totally unprotected.

Nobody Should Believe Me
Case Files 15: Everyday Cults with Rachel Bernstein

And he might feel like he is able to be the superhero here when everyone else is against someone and he just hasn't seen it or he doesn't want to see it. So it's kind of... For a lot of reasons, it winds up being something that, at the end of the day, leaves the child totally unprotected.

Nobody Should Believe Me
Case Files 15: Everyday Cults with Rachel Bernstein

So, right. So yes, there is the sunk cost fallacy. It's also, it gets ramped up when it's not just that you're like putting your money into multi-level marketing. These are the people you love. These are the people who you're trying to protect. Or that you might have to look at having not protected. So I do think that it is very hard for people to be open to seeing.

Nobody Should Believe Me
Case Files 15: Everyday Cults with Rachel Bernstein

So, right. So yes, there is the sunk cost fallacy. It's also, it gets ramped up when it's not just that you're like putting your money into multi-level marketing. These are the people you love. These are the people who you're trying to protect. Or that you might have to look at having not protected. So I do think that it is very hard for people to be open to seeing.

Nobody Should Believe Me
Case Files 15: Everyday Cults with Rachel Bernstein

So, right. So yes, there is the sunk cost fallacy. It's also, it gets ramped up when it's not just that you're like putting your money into multi-level marketing. These are the people you love. These are the people who you're trying to protect. Or that you might have to look at having not protected. So I do think that it is very hard for people to be open to seeing.

Nobody Should Believe Me
Case Files 15: Everyday Cults with Rachel Bernstein

Some people are able and they have more wherewithal. They have more personal strength. They have more ability emotionally to take things on. You're one of those people. And not everyone is like that.

Nobody Should Believe Me
Case Files 15: Everyday Cults with Rachel Bernstein

Some people are able and they have more wherewithal. They have more personal strength. They have more ability emotionally to take things on. You're one of those people. And not everyone is like that.

Nobody Should Believe Me
Case Files 15: Everyday Cults with Rachel Bernstein

Some people are able and they have more wherewithal. They have more personal strength. They have more ability emotionally to take things on. You're one of those people. And not everyone is like that.

Nobody Should Believe Me
Case Files 15: Everyday Cults with Rachel Bernstein

And there are a lot of people who would much rather just go back into the dark and do the la, la, la, la, la, Mary had a little, because that's just where they need to live their life because they think that's the only way for them to survive. And it could be that they just don't have the emotional ability to have the courage or the strength. to really look.