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Sunday, July 24, 2016

Cult leaders are artful manipulators in persuasion and indoctrination.

https://freedomofmind.com/index.php/Info/articles/indeppendentResearch.php

Symptoms of cult PTSD [post traumatic stress disorder pre and post treatment]:

"Anxiety, especially panic attacks 93%
Nightmares, sleeping disorders 86%
Fear of losing one’s sanity 77%
Feeling of emptiness 88%
Difficulty handling emotions 91%
Difficulty concentrating 75%
Feeling of loss of identity 60%
Difficulty handling decisions 74%
Feelings of guilt 93%
Difficulties with social contacts 72%
Psychosomatic symptoms 63%
Attempted suicide 23%
Suicidal thoughts 63% (p. 82).
In comparison, the MCMI-I showed a percentage of subjects with a base-rate of 75 or higher for pre and post-treatment as follows:
Pre-treatment Post-treatment
Dependent-Submissive 58.2% 28.4%
Histrionic-gregarious 32.8% 43.3%
Narcissistic 16.4% 31.3%
Anxiety 52.2% 26.9%
Dysthymia 47.8% 25.4%" (p. 235).

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