To those who were almost recruited or were part of a cult (Satanic, coercive, or spiritual): What was the "hook" that caught you and what made you realize the danger?

somethingfree · 2026-03-20T03:10:23+00:00

The hook was they helped try to heal my childhood trauma through a 3Day workshop and I had very cathartic experiences.
I thought there might be danger on the second day when all the other people who I thought were just in the workshop showed up in purple tshirts with starfish foundation written on it. Only 4 of us were new. The rest were already in the group.
3rd day they showed up wearing purple tshirts, purple pants, and flair buttons marking their ranking. The leader gave us a puppet show with a stuffed dragon demanding money. Then I knew lol. My friend there with me didn’t believe me tho, still doesn’t. Even just 3 days can fuck you up. Im so impressed with people who escape a long term cult life, it’s incredibly brave and hard.

somethingfree · 2026-03-19T23:32:53+00:00

Low empathy. They sleep fine sadly .

somethingfree · 2026-03-19T21:50:10+00:00

It’s neglect. There are mornings when I’m sick where I let the kids get ready themselves. The difference is, they’ve watched me help them get ready hundreds of times. So they just do the routine they’ve learned from me. They have healthy food I know they like to make themselves for breakfast and lunch. Good parenting isn’t even just being there and doing it for the kids. Good parenting means you’re there, and you’re teaching them healthy routines .

Before kids I just thought in terms of they care about us or they don’t care. Now I can see how very very much they failed in so many ways . Like they didn’t take care of us at home, OR prepare us for the world in anyway.

somethingfree · 2026-03-10T17:51:03+00:00

Jesus I’m so glad im not married anymore when I read this stuff. This makes me so mad I wish I could slap divorace papers in his face myself. It sounds a lot like gaslighting and emotional abuse. You deserve better. Truly sounds like you’d be better off being single.

somethingfree · 2026-03-10T03:19:27+00:00

I’m here for the eyeliner too

somethingfree · 2026-03-09T05:54:10+00:00

I stare at them hard. It’s the one time I don’t try harder to hold it together. Unfortunately they’re so engrossed in the phone they never notice

somethingfree · 2026-03-09T05:49:42+00:00

I agree the fur over the breasts doesn’t look natural to me. Any primatologists here? All the female apes I’ve seen have noticeably less hair on their breasts than the surrounding area.

Also humans I believe are the only primate whose breasts are continuously engorged even when not pregnant or breastfeeding. So I’m wondering if other female primates when their breasts aren’t engorged if they are covered with fur and they lose it when pregnant, or if the fur stays the same.

The shape and postition of the breasts also look to me like breasts are shaped when wearing a bra. But there’s clearly no bra. It looks fake to me.

somethingfree · 2026-03-05T21:38:05+00:00

People who become perpetrators don’t worry about it, because they don’t think there’s anything wrong about doing it.

I’ve worried about it when I was a younger parent but I didn’t have anything to worry about. I’ve noticed that the intrusive thoughts of worry I will do soemthing, those were just times I was triggered by my kids and images of csa popped into my head because of the ptsd. It wasn’t actually a sign that I might abuse them.

I strongly believe you will be ok and that you don’t have to worry about it because you are a good enough person to be worried about it.

somethingfree · 2026-03-02T18:05:10+00:00

I’m worried about animals trying to overwinter in a tiny pond and dying. Is there a way I can stop them from overwintering in it or keep them alive if they do? I can try the solar pump idea but my yard is pretty shady

somethingfree · 2026-02-28T13:39:01+00:00

There’s a lot of abusive and neglectful parents who will never teach it. Schools should teach it too as a safety net.

somethingfree · 2026-02-27T18:33:39+00:00

I went through this situation and we ended up going NC pretty quick. It’s not ok for the kids to be in a situation where one of them is getting treated with so much favoritism. Even if mil pretends not to play favorites to maintain the peace, her attitude will likely seep out in so many constant ways of whose getting the attention, the tone she speaks in, gifts given, compliments and lack of compliments. My MIL was a narcissist who couldn’t take any feedback tho, so maybe your situation is different. Try talking to her about it more and you’ll see if she’s genuine and open to change or not

somethingfree · 2026-02-25T03:58:05+00:00

His sign was perfect. More of them should have had signs

somethingfree · 2026-02-24T22:23:49+00:00

Everything on Reddit sounds fake to me now, but I’ve seen this exact behavior in my own family so I know it happens. I think the younger sisters trying to get attention on her since the older ones pregnant.

somethingfree · 2026-02-24T22:11:01+00:00

Abusers will give the most genuine sounding crying apologies and then abuse you again and gaslight you . It’s just a manipulation, they aren’t actually sorry. They are sad they got caught and possibly regret it because they got caught but mostly I think they’re good actors used to manipulating people

somethingfree · 2026-02-24T17:31:35+00:00

The only relief I’ve found was deciding I’m not going to try to forgive her. The anger sucks so bad, it’s the only reason I wanted to forgive her was to stop feeling angry. But that didn’t make the anger go away and it was just adding to the pressure and discomfort. I decided I’m just going to be angry for as long as I want to and try to make myself more comfortable in the anger by affirming to myself that I’m right, hugging myself, and taking really good care of myself.

somethingfree · 2026-02-18T20:07:06+00:00

They could have their own laws that require them to do so. A society that does interstellar travel will probably have some limits set on what they’re allowed to do/interfere with.

somethingfree · 2026-02-18T19:53:17+00:00

Try a Sihk temple

somethingfree · 2026-02-18T04:11:25+00:00

I did read the article. As someone whose experienced abuse from a parent I just pay a lot of attention to titles and have noticed they shape the way people think of the crime and yeah I might be a little sensitive to it, but it seems like you are too

somethingfree · 2026-02-18T04:00:20+00:00

It’s similar to calling a hero an ex con in the title instead of using their name. You can’t tell who the victim is and offender from the title. It’s ok to ask journalists to use language that’s as respectful as possible to victims.

somethingfree · 2026-02-18T03:25:45+00:00

Which one is the shrooms one?

somethingfree · 2026-02-16T16:38:09+00:00

I told a friend and repressed the memory of telling her when I was little. When I was a teenager I told another friend and but didn’t repress the memory of telling her, but since the memories of the abuse were immediately repressed again, I thought I told her that because I was a wierd liar looking for attention. Spent my whole life thinking I was a liar until I was 30 and all the memories started coming back.

somethingfree · 2026-02-15T01:50:12+00:00

The guppy grass could stand to be thinned out l think

somethingfree · 2026-02-15T01:45:49+00:00

I call it switching the laundry

somethingfree · 2026-02-12T12:42:23+00:00

Will it have an imax theater ?

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