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Thoughts and Musings


How Cults Exploit Social Instincts to Recruit Members and Establish Undue Influence
Like many animals that evolved by surviving in groups, humans have strong social instincts. Photo by Tati Halabi People who have never been in a cultic group frequently ask, “Why would someone subject themselves to that level of control and abuse?” While the answer is far too complicated to be attributed to just one reason, a large portion of it relates to the collective instincts with which we’re all born. As social beings, we’re wired for belonging to and participating in

Rachel Oblak, LCMHC
Jun 278 min read
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