(October 8, 2021 at 8:20 am)Ten Wrote:(October 8, 2021 at 8:09 am)brewer Wrote: Don't you think the 'cult' also took/is taking advantage of the people in you life? They're probably also victims but their programming won't let them see it.
Yes. This is something I try to remember.
But amidst the frustration of the occasional time doctrine comes up, it's hard to remember that when they stand in as a representative for those falsehoods. And I've had it occur to me mid-discussion before that the person I'm talking to has been lied to just like I was, but I double down on frustration because I wish I could save them, snap them out of it. It's not about saving them though, it's about me. Because I think I was so so dumb to have fallen for it, to have been in it so much for so long. And that's what I think I need guidance processing. I think it's called projection. I can name it, identify it when it has occurred, but I don't know how to stop doing it.
There's a difference between dumb and indoctrinated, even the intelligent can be brainwashed. Try therapy but also cut yourself some slack.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
