Destructive Cults -
How To Spot Them
This is the first part of a 3 part article. You can read cult and destructive cults definitions here.
What the experts say
Margaret Singer, clinical psychologist and cult researcher, says of destructive groups that:
They are authoritarian in their power structure - the all-powerful leader is answerable to no-one. Any power the subordinates have is usually to allow them to keep the members in line and doing the bidding of the leader.
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My Daughter Is Living With A Sociopath.
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Is My Family Member a Psychopath?
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40 Years Married To A Sociopath
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It Was Hard To Accept I Was In Love With A Psychopath
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Help for my son!
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The road to hell is paved with good intentions; its all cruel irony really.
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A Friendship in Grade School- Rekindled 41 Years Later Into Abuse
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The window of opportunity
I am turning 30 this year and have been through more years of experience than I ever wanted or wished to go through.
I married Evil, I believed so …
My 3 years of deception??? Make that 7!!!
I don't think I ever was going to escape mind control.
At age 13 my mother of 57 had already "locked me in" with all manner of phobias.
I thought …
Airplane romance turned out to be a sociopath
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The abusing narcissist, who demanded constant praise!!
I suppose in life, we go down the path we know all too well. I had been raised by a narcissistic mother and that allowed me to run from her... into the …
My daughter is married to a sociopath or psycopath.
My daughter has been in a relationship with a sociopath for five years.
She married him a year and a half ago. He has worked only 1 1/2 years out …
Narcs are also victims
-Characteristics of a narc
-Consequences of a narc's personality on individual
-Individual blames narc for his/her pain
-BUT Narcissism is a disorder …
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Work Related Seminar
I went to a 5 day 'seminar' advertised to improve my teaching skills. It turned into a nightmare.
The techniques they used read exactly as described …
The Day the World Ended.
Tall, dark, handsome. I should have known this was too good to be true.
I met him the day the world was supposed to end in December at a party. He …
Murdering Cult in Downy and Pico Rivera
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Cults In Any Situation
Any person can run into a cult in the most unlikely place. Who would have thought that in a seminar for parents I would have found a cult…
That's how …
Crossing paths with a psychopath
I had the misfortune to cross paths with a psychopath and his cult at the worst moment in my life. And at that time I had no idea what a psychopath was, …
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Mind Control
You have probably noticed that I am moving the whole Mind Control section to a new site. Please excuse any inconvenience. I expect to have made the whole move in the next few days.
This is the new site www.pschobegone.com. Feel free to come and visit. Any suggestions will be gratefully received!