Nobody joins a Cult : The psyche of how people get trapped

Nobody joins a cult. They think they're joining a community. By the time they realise the difference... it's already too late.

In this episode of Unusual Practice, Charli breaks down the truth in cult psychology: the people who get recruited aren't broken, damaged, or gullible. Research shows they're typically intelligent, middle-class, and caught in an ordinary moment of vulnerability, a breakup, a move, a loss. They're you. They're me.

We're going into the mechanics of love bombing, information control, identity destruction, and why leaving feels psychologically impossible even when you can see what's happening.

And then, we're applying all of it to the communities, wellness spaces, and online movements you're probably already in.

The question isn't whether you'd recognise a cult. It's whether you already would have.

Hit play... Quietly ;)