A cultic group can be very unassuming. It can be based on religion, personal development programs, the New Age realm, political ideologies, pyramid selling, or a one-on-one relationship. It is very confusing and upsetting when someone close to you has been manipulated and recruited into a destructive cult. You may notice: their personality has changed; that they are spending more and more time with the group they’re involved with; they are spending a lot of money on courses o

Cults specifically work on separating you from your family and friends. This is so that they can isolate you physically (and mentally), to ensure your thoughts are solely focused on the cult leader and the group you have become involved in. Before I escaped my cult I did not see or speak to my family for three years. Before the final separation, I rarely spoke to my parents and only saw them around once a year (for ten years). I was living 11 hours drive north of them and had