>> in my work counseling people who've left cults, you know, physically leaving the cult doesn't get it out of your head, especially if you've been in for years. people tend to blame the members. they do not appreciate the robust amount of social, psychological, destructive mind-control techniques that were systematically applied. they made people cut off from their family and friends. they made people be in couples so they had no privacy. they changed their names. they changed their clothing. they changed their diet. it's classic mind control, in my opinion, to create a new pseudo