There was one person that I ended up DMing with on Discord. We talked every day about all kinds of things. Our friendship seemed genuine. Yet, because I had spent the last decade in a cult, I didn’t understand many pop culture references and hadn’t seen any recent shows, etc.

When I left the cult, the covid lockdown was just starting. I had moved from New Windsor, New York to Brunswick, Maryland where I didn’t know anyone except my family.

“Go to a jazz club” was on my to-do list after leaving the cult.

Things I can now do that I wasn’t allowed or supposed to do while a member of the WMSCOG:

Below are examples of religious abuse quoted from Dr. Laura E Anderson’s book, When Religion Hurts You, all of which can be found in the WMSCOG.