Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
Ex-JW Stephen Mather explains how cults and high-control groups manipulate members into self-policing their own thoughts. Discover how this internalization of control damages the authentic self and shuts down critical thinking, making it easier to accept the group's ‘truth.’ Is freedom really an illusion? #cults #manipulation #mindcontrol #brainwashing #psychology #exjw #apostate #exvangelical #cult #cults #cultpsychology
Ex-JW Stephen Mather explains how cults and high-control groups manipulate members into self-policing their own thoughts. Discover how this internalization of control damages the authentic self and shuts down critical thinking, making it easier to accept the group's ‘truth.’ Is freedom really an illusion? #cults #manipulation #mindcontrol #brainwashing #psychology #exjw #apostate #exvangelical #cult #cults #cultpsychology










