<story><title>We are sorry to inform you that you are in a cult</title><url>https://labskausleben.bearblog.dev/youre-in-a-cult/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>peepee1982</author><text>A lot of people here seem to be offended by this essay because of the literal definition of the term &amp;quot;cult&amp;quot; and start looking for potential cults they may be part of. I think they are mistaken.&lt;p&gt;To me, this essay clearly speaks about the maladaptive conditioning we receive from our families and society in general during childhood and adolescence which causes us to suppress our feelings and authentic selves and treat the pain of it with medication, distraction, and OCD behaviors instead of healthy emotional release.&lt;p&gt;But I might just be projecting.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>deltarholamda</author><text>&amp;gt;maladaptive conditioning we receive from our families and society in general&lt;p&gt;We adapted to the world through our families and society. A human alone 50,000 years ago was a delicious meal, not a rugged individualist.&lt;p&gt;I would suggest that anything that encourages you to live an atomized life is maladaptive. We can get away with some degree of that now, but only due to thousands of years of various cult-like behaviors that built the world to be more fit for humans.</text></comment>
<story><title>We are sorry to inform you that you are in a cult</title><url>https://labskausleben.bearblog.dev/youre-in-a-cult/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>peepee1982</author><text>A lot of people here seem to be offended by this essay because of the literal definition of the term &amp;quot;cult&amp;quot; and start looking for potential cults they may be part of. I think they are mistaken.&lt;p&gt;To me, this essay clearly speaks about the maladaptive conditioning we receive from our families and society in general during childhood and adolescence which causes us to suppress our feelings and authentic selves and treat the pain of it with medication, distraction, and OCD behaviors instead of healthy emotional release.&lt;p&gt;But I might just be projecting.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mcv</author><text>While reading it, I couldn&amp;#x27;t help but think: but what if &lt;i&gt;this&lt;/i&gt; is the cult?&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ve got to admit I have no idea what the difference is between brainwashing and deprogramming.</text></comment>