Interesting. My (trans-identifying) 20-year-old daughter also claims to remember nothing from childhood. She had a lovely childhood, and no signs of gender dysphoria at all. No family trauma. Strangely, I saw her post on reddit that one of her siblings had died (not true).
Interesting. My (trans-identifying) 20-year-old daughter also claims to remember nothing from childhood. She had a lovely childhood, and no signs of gender dysphoria at all. No family trauma. Strangely, I saw her post on reddit that one of her siblings had died (not true).
"the actual childhood past might not support the present condition, so it has to be disappeared"
That's what I think is happening. Yes, learning about other cults has been useful. "Heaven's Gate: Cult of Cults" was a great documentary series. I had no idea there was a castration component!
“A Very British Cult” podcast was useful in that there’s a lot about the families. The family that tried to get someone out of the cult failed and is still cut off. The family that stood by, tried not to openly intervene (but didn’t cheerlead, either), has their family member back now, and that person said it was easier to turn to his family to help him leave precisely because they hadn’t tried to force the issue before.
Cults don’t want members to be around their families, and they insist that any family resistance is grounds for excommunication, making it harder for members to leave the cult because they’re cut off from their families. So hard for families to watch the destruction but not try to intervene in order to just maintain contact!
While families of more traditional cults might find a cult expert to advise them this way, families of the trans identified are trapped by the overwhelming force of a mostly united mental health system operating as the muscle for the cult.
Catalonia - my daughter (21, trans-identifying) also claims to have almost no memories of childhood. But seeing that post must have been disturbing- I'm sorry to hear that.
Interesting. My (trans-identifying) 20-year-old daughter also claims to remember nothing from childhood. She had a lovely childhood, and no signs of gender dysphoria at all. No family trauma. Strangely, I saw her post on reddit that one of her siblings had died (not true).
I wonder--the actual childhood past might not support the present condition, so it has to be disappeared?
All of this suggests how much more malleable humans are than most of us like to think.
I’m finding that learning about cults is useful.
"the actual childhood past might not support the present condition, so it has to be disappeared"
That's what I think is happening. Yes, learning about other cults has been useful. "Heaven's Gate: Cult of Cults" was a great documentary series. I had no idea there was a castration component!
“A Very British Cult” podcast was useful in that there’s a lot about the families. The family that tried to get someone out of the cult failed and is still cut off. The family that stood by, tried not to openly intervene (but didn’t cheerlead, either), has their family member back now, and that person said it was easier to turn to his family to help him leave precisely because they hadn’t tried to force the issue before.
Cults don’t want members to be around their families, and they insist that any family resistance is grounds for excommunication, making it harder for members to leave the cult because they’re cut off from their families. So hard for families to watch the destruction but not try to intervene in order to just maintain contact!
While families of more traditional cults might find a cult expert to advise them this way, families of the trans identified are trapped by the overwhelming force of a mostly united mental health system operating as the muscle for the cult.
This was a good one and really got me to start seeing the parallels. It's chilling.
Catalonia - my daughter (21, trans-identifying) also claims to have almost no memories of childhood. But seeing that post must have been disturbing- I'm sorry to hear that.