text: The only way to escape a cult is to be deprogrammed, which is a difficult and lengthy process. It requires that you accept that you have been brainwashed, after which – with assistance – you willingly pursue the education that you need to learn to think in a new and realistic way.
  The assistance is crucial. It is extremely challenging to change one?s mind, all the way down to the established patterns in the electro-chemical formation of your thoughts, on your own. It is much, much easier if you have a good teacher.