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13 Truly Horrible Stories From People Who Used To Be Trapped In A Cult
Tina Fey, creator and star of NBC”s 30 Rock, has a new show on Netflix called Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. The sitcom features the titular young woman trying to rehabilitate herself after living in an apocalyptic-obsessed cult for 15 years.
Like all Tina Fey projects, Kimmy Schmidt is reliably funny and strangely hopeful, despite the dark subject matter. Unfortunately, actually being in a cult might not be such a barrel, as you will see from these real-life accounts published on Reddit by real cult survivors. The accounts are graphic, and should serve as warnings that cults are very real and very dangerous.
01938: “I want everyone to know that, [yeah], it was fucking crazy, but it all seemed so real. It WAS going to happen. We believed it with every breath we took and in every pulse we had.”
EasternShieldMaiden: “I was made to sit in the front and the “pastor” was conducting the service specifically for me. I realized it when I looked around and saw that everyone was looking at me. I felt like I was in a horror movie. Wide eyed, silent stares.”
Leapercolony: “When my brother and I did speak about that time much later on, he told me that he wasn”t even allowed to live with our momand he was just 3 years old when we separated! I can”t even imagine how sad he must have felt to be taken from his entire family at such a young age.”
Newcycl: “For the girls…they had it worse. He would convince each one they had a sex problem (i.e. idolatry), and he would proceed to sexually abuse them.”
forever_gaijin: “Their leader genuinely believes that he is Jesus, so he is spreading his seed (having kids with as many women as possible). Their belief is that women are nothing but wombs…”
cultchildthrowaway: “The cult leader was a man who believed that spirituality was closely tied to sexual freedom, and that even young children should be having sexual experiences.”
MrMonitorMoniker: “The building itself was in terrible shapeinfested with rats and cockroaches. I would wake up at night to find mouse droppings in my sheets.”
gatorpower: “A lot of things seemed to stress her out more than it would other people. She had problems with reality. Sometimes, it made her very moody and unpredictable. There was something off about her. It was tragic.”
nein_danke: “To this day, it is still difficult to convince myself that it is OK to have a firm opinion without asking someone else whether it is alright for me to do that. I left when I was fifteen, and I am now thirty-five.”
ellveeghs: “Fast forward about 10 years and my dad pulls out a local paper showing the old “leader” and his girlfriend who were having sex with and raping a 16-year-old girl (they were in their 40s, I believe).”
bluelev: “One time, my brother befriended a black person at school and my dad physically assaulted the parent of the black kid. He was charged with assault and battery, and now he has left the Klan. Well, that”s what he tells me. I haven”t seen him in 2 years.”
Julie6100: “The worst thing about being in the cult was not being able to speak what was in our hearts. The freedom to act and speak in the way we personally feel is important and has been a beautiful experience.”
The_Amazing_Chode: “Years later in high school, I met a childhood church friend who told me that the church became a cult and my dad pretty much claimed that he was God…I”m so thankful I had a strong and loving mother who raised me right.”
It”s a tribute to the writing staff of Unbreakable that they deal with Kimmy”s cult-induced trauma realistically, yet still make the show hilarious and sunny. This was no easy task, given the darkness that surrounds some of these stories. It”s still incredible to hear these people”s grim and gritty stories, and amazing to hear just how they”re no longer involved in such terrible organizations.
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