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A Day In My Life As A Cult Member

A Day In My Life As A Cult Member

Keep busy so you can’t question anything
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Heidi Thompson
This Is What Happens When You Leave A Cult

This Is What Happens When You Leave A Cult

If you experience any of these, you are normal
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Heidi Thompson
I Attended A Sweat Lodge And Ended Up In A Cult

I Attended A Sweat Lodge And Ended Up In A Cult

It altered the course of my life, possibly forever
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Heidi Thompson
3 Psychological Tricks Cults Use To Capture New People

3 Psychological Tricks Cults Use To Capture New People

Most people who hear my cult story are fascinated.
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Heidi Thompson
15 Reasons People Stay In Harmful Cults

15 Reasons People Stay In Harmful Cults

For 10 years I was part of a destructive new age sex cult.
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Heidi Thompson
5 Bizarre Secret Rites Of The Deer Tribe Sex Cult

5 Bizarre Secret Rites Of The Deer Tribe Sex Cult

This article contains graphic sexual content.
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Heidi Thompson
Why Do People Join Cults?

Why Do People Join Cults?

For the most part, people don’t join cults. Cults recruit people. — Steven Hassan, cult expert
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Heidi Thompson
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