Rick Ross

And so when people leave destructive cults, many times they have not sorted things out and they feel there's something wrong with me. I couldn't hack it. I wasn't good enough. I wasn't loyal enough. Very similar to people in abusive controlling relationships, self-blaming, you know, hurt looking at themselves and saying, look, it's really, it's my fault what happened.

And so when people leave destructive cults, many times they have not sorted things out and they feel there's something wrong with me. I couldn't hack it. I wasn't good enough. I wasn't loyal enough. Very similar to people in abusive controlling relationships, self-blaming, you know, hurt looking at themselves and saying, look, it's really, it's my fault what happened.

Instead of looking at the person who was an abusive controlling partner or the organization that was abusive and controlling and recognizing that they were to blame and that the person who was hurt is really a victim. So for people leaving cults, it's a process. of sorting it out, of, in essence, deprogramming themselves.

Instead of looking at the person who was an abusive controlling partner or the organization that was abusive and controlling and recognizing that they were to blame and that the person who was hurt is really a victim. So for people leaving cults, it's a process. of sorting it out, of, in essence, deprogramming themselves.

Instead of looking at the person who was an abusive controlling partner or the organization that was abusive and controlling and recognizing that they were to blame and that the person who was hurt is really a victim. So for people leaving cults, it's a process. of sorting it out, of, in essence, deprogramming themselves.

And what they often do is, this is done through a process of education where they read about cults, they read about the manipulation that goes on in cults, what we call brainwashing, and they sort it out and they begin to recognize what happened to them. But until they do that, they may blame themselves rather than the organization that hurt them. Wow.

And what they often do is, this is done through a process of education where they read about cults, they read about the manipulation that goes on in cults, what we call brainwashing, and they sort it out and they begin to recognize what happened to them. But until they do that, they may blame themselves rather than the organization that hurt them. Wow.

And what they often do is, this is done through a process of education where they read about cults, they read about the manipulation that goes on in cults, what we call brainwashing, and they sort it out and they begin to recognize what happened to them. But until they do that, they may blame themselves rather than the organization that hurt them. Wow.

There have been books and research done about the process of manipulation that is orchestrated, mandated systematically within cult groups. For example, the book Coercive Persuasion by Edgar Schein, a psychologist, a professor at MIT, and the books Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism by the psychiatrist Robert J. Lifton, who taught at Harvard.

There have been books and research done about the process of manipulation that is orchestrated, mandated systematically within cult groups. For example, the book Coercive Persuasion by Edgar Schein, a psychologist, a professor at MIT, and the books Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism by the psychiatrist Robert J. Lifton, who taught at Harvard.

There have been books and research done about the process of manipulation that is orchestrated, mandated systematically within cult groups. For example, the book Coercive Persuasion by Edgar Schein, a psychologist, a professor at MIT, and the books Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism by the psychiatrist Robert J. Lifton, who taught at Harvard.

And so these books inform, in large part, our understanding. Another excellent book is Influence by Robert Cialdini, which explores the basic structure of influence, the six principles, as he would identify them. So by understanding this research, this body of research, we can better understand what happens to people in destructive cults.

And so these books inform, in large part, our understanding. Another excellent book is Influence by Robert Cialdini, which explores the basic structure of influence, the six principles, as he would identify them. So by understanding this research, this body of research, we can better understand what happens to people in destructive cults.

And so these books inform, in large part, our understanding. Another excellent book is Influence by Robert Cialdini, which explores the basic structure of influence, the six principles, as he would identify them. So by understanding this research, this body of research, we can better understand what happens to people in destructive cults.

Schein would say there are three stages of coercive persuasion. First, you break people down. Then, when they are broken down, you then provide the means and the process of change that you want. And they become changed. You manipulate them in that diminished, broken state to be changed. And then after that, you refreeze them.

Schein would say there are three stages of coercive persuasion. First, you break people down. Then, when they are broken down, you then provide the means and the process of change that you want. And they become changed. You manipulate them in that diminished, broken state to be changed. And then after that, you refreeze them.

Schein would say there are three stages of coercive persuasion. First, you break people down. Then, when they are broken down, you then provide the means and the process of change that you want. And they become changed. You manipulate them in that diminished, broken state to be changed. And then after that, you refreeze them.

in that changed state, which is accomplished in large part by social isolation, peer reinforcement, and so on. So what happens to people in a group, like I'll give you an example. Synanon was a drug rehab community that then became a destructive cult. founded by Charles Diedrich in California. And they came up with what is called attack therapy, or the hot seat.

in that changed state, which is accomplished in large part by social isolation, peer reinforcement, and so on. So what happens to people in a group, like I'll give you an example. Synanon was a drug rehab community that then became a destructive cult. founded by Charles Diedrich in California. And they came up with what is called attack therapy, or the hot seat.

in that changed state, which is accomplished in large part by social isolation, peer reinforcement, and so on. So what happens to people in a group, like I'll give you an example. Synanon was a drug rehab community that then became a destructive cult. founded by Charles Diedrich in California. And they came up with what is called attack therapy, or the hot seat.