Essentially that's what my #AbuseCulture model does. It addresses those beliefs, not just within an individual survivor, but for all of us, in how we help abusers with our language, beliefs, preferences, in who we choose to defend, in our moral systems, in our laws and biases.

I've taken what I've learned from my own abuse recovery and therapy of many years, my studies on psychology and trauma, but most importantly, from learning about cults, high-demand groups, coercive persuasion, and religious trauma recovery, and merged those into a unified theory.

There really isn't much difference between domestic abuse and cult membership.

And cult recovery involves deconstructing those beliefs, making yourself aware of them so that you can consciously choose which to keep and which to throw away.

I've been out of Mormonism for 24 years, and I still find beliefs I have not been aware of this whole time. I've been away from my worst abuser for almost a decade, and still find beliefs he instilled in me that I have not yet examined.

The undue influence techniques used by cults are almost identical to those used by abusers and manipulators. These techniques are used at the societal and political levels as well, and can also demonstrate how racism, sexism, etc all work.

I can't tell you specifically which beliefs you have in you, but I can show you the purposes they serve... there will be beliefs about who you can and cannot trust, what you should be afraid of, what punishments await you for misbehaving, and a couple dozen others. Knowing that framework can guide you through discovering your own induced phobias, milieu control, and thought-terminating clichés.

(Brief plug for my book, Recovering Agency, which outlines 31 manipulation techniques in context of Mormonism, but that can be applied elsewhere.)

#ReligiousTrauma #Abuse
#PTSD #CPTSD #cults #MindControl

Problem ist dass die klassischen #Nazis die für die #CIA ihre #Experimente mit #PsychedelischenDrogen weiterführen durften eigentlich mehr an #Folter interessiert waren als an #Forschung.

So ne richtige Nutzanwendung ist aus dem Programm nicht entstanden, #MindControl blieb ein ferner Traum, das #WahrheitsSerum eine Phantasie und der #SuperSoldier kam auch nicht.

Es brauchte erst die zivile Forschung zu therapeutischen Zwecken, um brauchbare Ergebnisse zu erzielen.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41386-020-00883-6

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@claasgefroi
Was ist da los, liebes #zdf ?

Keinen Bock mehr auf investigativen, kritischen Journalismus?

Das Team von Jan Böhmermann sollte die Sendung einfach auf youtube stellen oder so.

Feige, peinlich, armselig.

From https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/04/19/1091505/companies-brain-computer-interfaces/ :
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There’s a drawback to all these high-bandwidth devices, though. They all require open brain surgery, [...]
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@patrickcmiller , you probably would not have boosted this article on infosec.exchange if you don't see any other drawbacks (like I do), so for other readers:

Such implants may also replace Star Trek's holodeck, and let you have fun (the porn industry and their customers will *love* it).

OTOH, considering https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/04/cops-can-force-suspect-to-unlock-phone-with-thumbprint-us-court-rules/ - what if your're arrested (for whatever reason) and you happen to have an RJ-45 connector in your head?

What if, during a job interview, your're told that a -one-way- "mind meld" is a non-negotiable requirement?

What if "correct" thoughts can be uploaded to your brain (or is "downloaded" more appropriate)? And/or "bad" thoughs can be deleted or overwritten?

I see advantages for disabled people, but this technology mostly scares the hell out of me.

In fact, “seeking” is the most uncult thing you can do. It’s someone making you certain that you’ve found, that’s when it crosses the line.

I don't have time to watch the full thing, but I love how her goal is to help people "seek safely." Spirituality and finding deeper meaning is not the problem. Manipulators who are deceptive, abusive, and exploitative are the problem.