Comments on: Emotional Wound Thesaurus: Growing Up in a Cult https://writershelpingwriters.net/2016/05/emotional-wounds-thesaurus-raised-controlling-parents/ Helping writers become bestselling authors Tue, 30 Apr 2024 06:26:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: ANGELA ACKERMAN https://writershelpingwriters.net/2016/05/emotional-wounds-thesaurus-raised-controlling-parents/#comment-442739 Wed, 11 May 2016 00:41:01 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=20111#comment-442739 In reply to Sacha Black.

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]]> By: Sacha Black https://writershelpingwriters.net/2016/05/emotional-wounds-thesaurus-raised-controlling-parents/#comment-442691 Tue, 10 May 2016 19:00:06 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=20111#comment-442691 In reply to ANGELA ACKERMAN.

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!! Cannot wait 😀

]]> By: ANGELA ACKERMAN https://writershelpingwriters.net/2016/05/emotional-wounds-thesaurus-raised-controlling-parents/#comment-442097 Sun, 08 May 2016 16:23:24 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=20111#comment-442097 In reply to Sacha Black.

LOL, would it make you happy to know then that Becca and I have decided to turn this one into a book next? 🙂

]]> By: Sacha Black https://writershelpingwriters.net/2016/05/emotional-wounds-thesaurus-raised-controlling-parents/#comment-441950 Sat, 07 May 2016 22:56:06 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=20111#comment-441950 So I totally know you’re bringing out the settings thesaurus next month, which (YAY by the way) but seriously… this is becoming such a tease! These are SO good. Do I need to get on my knees and beg you to collate these into another thesaurus?! :p <3

]]> By: BECCA PUGLISI https://writershelpingwriters.net/2016/05/emotional-wounds-thesaurus-raised-controlling-parents/#comment-441926 Sat, 07 May 2016 20:15:21 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=20111#comment-441926 In reply to Sara Beth.

Thank you for sharing your experience, Sara Beth. Events like these are tough to write about because you know they’re real things that have happened to real people. It’s good to see that with cults there are varying degrees of intensity in regard to their impact on the community. But the control issue seems to be constant.

]]> By: Sara Beth https://writershelpingwriters.net/2016/05/emotional-wounds-thesaurus-raised-controlling-parents/#comment-441887 Sat, 07 May 2016 16:25:47 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=20111#comment-441887 This is an unexpected addition! I grew up in a cult but I have almost no memory of most of what happened. It wasn’t a particularly dangerous cult. My parents were kicked out, but they would have left regardless. After we left, many other families left, and it dissolved on it’s own. When I mean not dangerous, I mean, the main purpose was to control people within the group, not necessarily inflict physical harm upon people, or harm upon people outside of the group. Pretty sure there wasn’t any massive brainwashing going on, but definitely the Pastor was in complete control and he had spies and if people didn’t do what they were supposed to, then they would rat you out and embarrass you in front of everyone. I’m blessed to have no memory. My family has fared extremely well compared to other people I met who were among our group. We are still together. Many families broke apart (divorce, etc) The biggest result is that people fear religion altogether, and they fear being controlled.

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