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