WebInvolved With a High-Demand Group (Cult) By Steve K. D. Eichel1 How can I tell if my loved one is in a high-demand group (HDG) or cultic relationship? Deception is the key to whether a group or person is cultic, or just more dedicated than the rest of us. Historically, groups and persons who have had a beneficial WebMany researchers, myself included, prefer the term, “high-demand group,” because it is more descriptive, even if it is more of a mouthful. A high-demand group, or cult, instills complete trust in its members and demands an inordinate amount of time, energy, and money, using a totalist and inflexible ideology that permeates most or all aspects of the …

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Web1 de jan. de 2015 · 1. Most specialists eschew the term “cult” in favor of more accurate and descriptive terms such as “high demand group” (HDG), “extremist movement” or, at a minimum, “destructive cult” to distinguish them from benign, harmless and typically loose-knit groups such as the “Elvis cult” or a “surfing cult.”. However, in an ... WebA frequent consequence of cult involvement—and one that may have dramatic implications for diagnosis and treat-ment of former members—is the assault that these groups make upon family units among their adherents. Perhaps the most common pattern is that cults become “fictive families” that demand commitments that parallel those made by dys- order denying motion for modification of bail

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Web8 de ago. de 2016 · Realize it or not, being a member of a controlling, high-demand, identity-crushing group can qualify as psychological, emotional, spiritual, and occasionally physical abuse. Whether you want to consider yourself traumatically wounded, or not, sooner or later you will have to admit that you have been wounded or traumatized by … Webcults exist not only in religious groups, but also in political, therapeutic, business, academic, technological, artistic, and almost any other kind of community. I will use the word cult … Web1 de jan. de 2015 · The term “cult” has religious, sociological, and social/clinical psychological definitions; some may overlap but none are identical. Sociologists of … order denying motion for continuance