What’s It Like To Be Lured Into A Cult
How long were you a cult member, and what was the organization like?
I was brainwashed for a little under a decade. It was a small but fervent, insular organization led by a very charismatic, psychologically imbalanced “prophet.” His message was simple, but convincing: That our only responsibility was to love each other and the rest would fall into place. Not a difficult mantra to embrace! Contact with the outside world was prohibited, but once I was fully indoctrinated I wasn’t even interested in the outside world. I wanted to stay pure and radiate love like my brothers and sisters.
Beyond the Abyss: Crafting Your Comeback, One Step at a Time
Most people think rock bottom is a single catastrophic moment. A divorce. A firing. A relapse. A bankruptcy. A phone call at 2 a.m. that changes your life forever.
But most of the time, the abyss arrives quietly.
It looks like waking up exhausted every day.
It looks like slowly becoming someone you don’t recognize.
It looks like drinking too much, doomscrolling until 1 a.m., avoiding your bank account, and promising yourself you’ll “get it together next week” for six straight months.
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“My daughter says I chose my new family over her and I think she’s being unfair”
My wife died suddenly when our daughter was 2. I was drowning and I knew I could not raise her the way she deserved, so my late wife’s sister stepped in. She eventually adopted my daughter and moved to Europe with her. For years my daughter came to visit during the summers, but those visits have become less and less frequent. Now my sister in law says she will not send her here because of concerns about the current administration. She offered discounted hotels if we wanted to visit instead, but for a family of six, flights and food alone make the trip impossible.
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“How do I tell my sons that I’m not going to be living with them anymore? “
I’m divorcing my wife after multiple affairs, and once we figure out the finances, I’ll be moving out and getting my own place. We have two sons together. Our youngest just turned 4, and our oldest will be 6 soon.
I don’t know how I’m supposed to tell them that I won’t be living with them anymore. My oldest is incredibly intelligent, observant, and sensitive. He looks at me like I’m a superhero, and I’m terrified he’s going to feel abandoned or think I don’t want to be with him anymore.
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Linkage
Fake “FBI Agents” Scammed This Retired Couple Out of $850K – Shield And Fortify
24 Nostalgic Photos That Feel Like a Time Machine – Ned Hardy
If you cook a lot and want cookware that heats evenly, lasts forever, and genuinely makes cooking feel better, these are a no brainer – Amazon
SpaceX files for stock market debut that could make Elon Musk a trillionaire – BBC News
Jeff Bezos says raising taxes on the wealthy wouldn’t help the average American – NBC News
US indicts former Cuban President Raúl Castro over 1996 downing of planes – CBS News
How I Choose Which Cloudflare Employees to Replace With AI – WSJ
The Boys Is Officially Over, and the Internet Has Plenty of Thoughts – IGN
I Lost My Boyfriend to the Manosphere – Cosmopolitan
36 Plumbers Reveal What They Really Earn Each Year – Ned Hardy
If you want to be wealthy without obsessing over stocks, timing the market, or pretending to be a finance genius, I’d seriously recommend this book – Amazon
How Do We Teach Kids To “Read The Room”? – Scary Mommy
Vintage Photos of Mob Molls: The Women Who Lived Alongside New York’s Most Notorious Gangsters – Rare Historical Photos
A $5 Million Donation From Big Tobacco Preceded F.D.A. Vape Decision – NYTimes
SpaceX not the behemoth everyone thought – Axios
Ranked: The World’s Biggest Economies by 2031 – Visual Capitalist
The First Time Everyday Things Actually Happened – Ranker
The Dumping Grounds
Poll of the Day
If Elon Musk eventually becomes the world’s first trillionaire, what do you think that says about modern society and the economy?
“I think my partner may be going down the red pill path.”
It is not anything massive yet, just small things, and I do not know if my gut feeling is off or if it is worth intervening.
He follows this weird “women’s red flags and cheating signs” page, as well as one influencer who duets women complaining about men. Instead of responding to what they are saying, the influencer just picks on their looks. It feels weird and mean spirited for no reason.
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“Is it okay for your girlfriend to have dinner with another guy?”
Okay, so I’ve been dating this girl for about a year. She recently made a new group of friends that I have not met and it includes several guys. One of the guys in this group asked her if she would have dinner with him just as friends. He knows she’s dating me. They went out to dinner and split the bill. She said he didn’t hit on her.
I’m completely against the situation, I think it’s too easy to turn into a bad situation. If they had known each other for a long time i would feel differently. Am I being too jealous?
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