I think I'm currently in a phase of recovery where outside circumstances got better and now my brain is letting go of some more of that sweet sweet denial and struggling to find a balance of brain chemicals and hormones and the lack of acute trauma feels... boring, mundane, meaningless, sad, unimportant. As though I was suddenly unimportant. I had some hints of mania previously, sometimes more and sometimes less, and that was the medicine my own brain produced to protect me and get me through alive. Now it's missing and everything seems "bleh".

Plus, more trauma material is coming up. But that's as usual.

Plus, cycling through self doubts and thought hangups that I thought I already dealt with like "how can I live without the logical fallacies I had brainwashed into me my entire life, it seems so hard to live without black and white thinking and us versus them!" (even though I had long ago swapped out who was in which category, because I wanted to be an sjw, woke etc)

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Still struggling really hard with the badbrainz. Diving into research about cult stuff, interviews with ex members etc. But it's hard. I'm so stupid and uninformed because I was made to fear my own thoughts and curiosity and even moreso, outside information that could free my mind.

I have no idea how the world works or anything at all - is what some introject is currently making me believe. So, trying to reclaim my brain. It's physically exhausting to fight these remnants of control. They are very strong, because I am very strong. They are draining my energy and turning it against me.

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"First, it was church history. Then doctrine. Then the finances. Then the hypocrisy.” – Doc Bob

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I'm docbob49 and I was a mormon. A wasmormon.org profile.

Two solemn assemblies with the Brethren Standard story for small town mormon boy. 4 years of released time seminary, mission interview by Assistant Apostle Packer in 1962, mission to Mississippi where we were told not to contact the Negro. BYU faculty interview by Apostle Stapley in 1977. Salt Lake temple marriage, Branch president in Nebraska, high council in Flagstaff, bishopric in Cache Valley. Then I read church history and was amazed at what I did not know. Read my story to learn why I left the mormon church.

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The Mormon Church exhibits traits commonly associated with cult-like behavior. The BITE™ Model of Authoritarian control is a framework to identify and analyze the ways cults and other high-control groups manipulate their members with mind control or undue influence. BITE stands for Behavior, Information, Thought, and Emotional control.

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Mormonism and The BITE Model - wasmormon.org

Determining whether The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (commonly known as the Mormon Church) qualifies as a cult hinges on various criteria. According to the BITE model, we find evidence that it meets several characteristics associated with cults. Note that the term "cult" carries negative connotations and lacks a universally agreed-upon definition, and

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Kevin W. Pearson, Holy Ghost Not Active For Doubters or Apostates - wasmormon.org

Salt Lake Area held a YSA conference where they also held a speed dating event which set a new world record for the number of people at a speed dating event (at 2,060). After receiving the award, Elder Pearson gave the keynote address to the YSA conference attendees. Kevin Pearson described three types of people:

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After being ghosted by the Holy Ghost, Jana found the strength to detach herself from the confines of Mormonism, choosing instead to create a life where she could be true to herself and find genuine happiness.

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I'm Jana Tapircorn and I was a mormon. A wasmormon.org profile.

Hi, I'm Jana. I am a nerd with ADHD, who has found a love for critical thinking. I was a mormon. Read my story to learn why I left the mormon church.

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Thank you St. Louis Post-Dispatch for your cover story on #IGotOut & our upcoming event, Story Jam, 10/21 in #STL, featuring Shelly Snow Pordea, Gerette Buglion, and T. Brown, aka QuitYourCult on YouTube! https://bit.ly/48Pts3o

#IGotOutStoryJam aims to present many sides of the same story, the getting in, life in the #cult, & getting out and be free. It’s for #survivors and their supporters. It’s for everyone.

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'I got out': Cult survivors to perform their stories in St. Louis

The pandemic lockdown, along with a boom in programs about cults and the connection of survivors through social media, prompted many to reexamine their relationships with their tight-knit groups and

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Sometimes control looks like love: Be careful!

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(If love prevents you from moving freely, you're a prisoner)