Yep, it's true, I googled it. But seriously, culty sh*t is gross and it's horrible and it's sooo easy to get sucked into when you don't know what you're looking at. I've got my own stories. So, when I started deep diving into everything culty, I began to understand some of the bits and pieces of my own life and develop a profound empathy for people who have been through this sh*t.
This page is a collection of resources and sh*t I've discovered so far. Culty sh*t can be religious, spiritual, business-related (corporate cults and/or mlm's) or any other way in which a person can get sucked in by a narcissist exerting coercive control in the name of any kind of bullish*t.
*disclaimer about links...I've linked to as many things as I can. Sometimes things get moved or disappeared but hopefully there's enough info for you to search for yourself if you need to.
A Little Bit Culty They get into all the culty sh*t in the cultiverse. Personally, I would recommend going back to seasons 1 & 2, and I would maybe recommend starting with this one for understanding how anyone can be susceptible to this sh*t. Or this one from Nadia Bolz-Weber about religious sh*t, because religion is at it's best a little bit culty and at it's worst well, idk, it can be really baad.
Sacred Intersections A great podcast for anyone who has been a victim of religious abuse but needs to hear supportive voices about your experience from people of faith. I recommend all the episodes but scroll and find what resonates with you.
Navigating Narcissism with Dr. Ramani. Any episode. Scroll through and you can see which ones are the culty ones. Also, you don't have to be in a cult to be a victim of a narcissist or find yourself in some icky cult-adjacent sh*t.
The Body Doesn't Lie w Manon Mathews an episode on the Mark Groves podcast. This is a story for anyone who has ever been love bombed by a narcissist.
Twin Flames on Wondery- a deep dive into a culty couple (the dude thinks he's Jesus, of course) doing super awful culty sh*t to people in the name of finding true love. More of a cautionary tale and a train wreck you can't take your ears off of.
Anti MLM starter kit ALBC podcast just in case you're thinking about joining that incredible business opportunity selling a life changing product...
Julie Bogart on critical thinking another ALBC podcast that they advertise as "cult-proofing" but I just think critical thinking is necessary everywhere. I've listened to this episode at least 3 times.
Take Back Your Life: Recovering from Cults and Abusive Relationships-Janja Lalich & Madeleine Tobias
Scarred: The True Story of How I Escaped NXVIM, the Cult That Bound My Life-Sarah Edmonson
Unveiled: How Western Liberals Empower Radical Islam-Yasmine Mohammed *this is for anyone who has been harmed within the Muslim faith and/or interested in the way in which cultural relativism goes really wrong.
igotout.org cult survivors supporting the #igotout movement
daretodoubt.org so much good stuff here, geared toward religious trauma
International Cultic Studies Association tons of information and resources
Life After Dogma this is Andrew Jasko's website. I recommend checking out the blog for sooo many good articles. I was introduced to him in my religious trauma certification training and he was one of my favorite voices. His discussions on how religion affects sexuality are of particular interest to me.
Reclamation Collective resource for navigating religious trauma, including a 'find a therapist' resource.
journeyfree.org website by Dr. Winell who originated the term Religious Trauma Syndrome. Lots of resources here.
Rapture Anxiety: The Real-Life Effects of End-Times Fear an article by Dan Foster for the "Left Behind" generation.
Religious Trauma Still Haunts Millions of LGBTQ Americans This is an article link and it needs to go in Relational Sh*t and Body Sh*t too.
The Vow-the NXVIM documentary, there are others but this is the best if you have access to HBOMax (or whatever it's called now)
The Deep End-if you think women can't be culty narcissistic creeps, you'd be wrong. I'm not typing her name here but ughhh. There is a pattern ALL these people follow, watch and learn.
The Way Down-another HBO doc. Dear lord is this an absolute sh*t show. This is one of those ways religion goes horribly wrong.
Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God -HBO again. Ok, so maybe I have to take back what I said above about women doing culty sh*t because so far, three out of four recommendations are sh*t shows led by women... *shrug*.
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