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Leaving a cult is never an easy decision but by the time you have reached it, it's likely that you've thought long and hard and you're prepared.
 
Leaving a cult is never an easy decision but by the time you have reached it, it's likely that you've thought long and hard and you're prepared.
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== Steps ==
 
== Steps ==
 
#Recognize that you're in an abusive religious group.  In some places these are called "cults"; in others, "sects" or "fundamentalist" groups.  Cults generally involve aggressive misinformation or misinterpretation ("brainwashing"), self-aggrandizement and even worship of a leader, isolation from and disrespect of outsiders, and undermining members' self-esteem.
 
#Recognize that you're in an abusive religious group.  In some places these are called "cults"; in others, "sects" or "fundamentalist" groups.  Cults generally involve aggressive misinformation or misinterpretation ("brainwashing"), self-aggrandizement and even worship of a leader, isolation from and disrespect of outsiders, and undermining members' self-esteem.