Anonymous
Post 04/17/2014 23:46     Subject: I escaped an informal cult: Ask me anything
Can you tell us what type it was, without naming the group?
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2014 23:36     Subject: I escaped an informal cult: Ask me anything
Were you part of Kip McKean's church of Christ?
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2014 23:33     Subject: I escaped an informal cult: Ask me anything
Anonymous wrote:Do you have any contact with your parents or siblings? Do you have extended family that were not in the cult?

How old were you when you escaped?


No contact since I left.
If there are other family members, I don't know of them.
I was a month shy of 17.
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2014 23:24     Subject: I escaped an informal cult: Ask me anything
Do you have any contact with your parents or siblings? Do you have extended family that were not in the cult?

How old were you when you escaped?
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2014 23:13     Subject: I escaped an informal cult: Ask me anything
Anonymous wrote:OP,

I am glad you got out. It sounds like you are trying really hard. Have you considered (if you are able to) seeing a therapist to process the experience and gain support for your new life?


Thanks. No. I got out many years ago and have worked through the worst of it.
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2014 23:10     Subject: I escaped an informal cult: Ask me anything
OP,

I am glad you got out. It sounds like you are trying really hard. Have you considered (if you are able to) seeing a therapist to process the experience and gain support for your new life?
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2014 23:08     Subject: I escaped an informal cult: Ask me anything
Anonymous wrote:How hard was it to establish yourself once you left?


Really, really hard. As much as I thought I wanted out, it provided a sense of structure and without that I was really lost and very overwhelmed. Also, the logistics of establishing myself was super confusing. A social security card? A driver's license? Health insurance? I had panic attacks. I thought about going back all the time.
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2014 22:59     Subject: I escaped an informal cult: Ask me anything
How hard was it to establish yourself once you left?
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2014 22:58     Subject: I escaped an informal cult: Ask me anything
Anonymous wrote:A you, or have you ever been, a Duggar?


No. I am really not comfortable saying which one, even though it's probably not one the average person has heard of.
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2014 22:37     Subject: I escaped an informal cult: Ask me anything
A you, or have you ever been, a Duggar?
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2014 22:37     Subject: I escaped an informal cult: Ask me anything
She said ask me anything, but apparently never promised answers!

I was also thinking some type polygamist or quiverful cult, but maybe I just watch too much TLC.
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2014 22:31     Subject: I escaped an informal cult: Ask me anything
Message of the hour? FLDS?
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2014 22:12     Subject: I escaped an informal cult: Ask me anything
Anonymous wrote:What state (or area of the country) is the cult in?


West Coast.
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2014 22:11     Subject: I escaped an informal cult: Ask me anything
Anonymous wrote:Is there something about your personality that might make you particularly susceptible to a cult?


The OP was a child forced in by parents...!!
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2014 22:10     Subject: I escaped an informal cult: Ask me anything
Is there something about your personality that might make you particularly susceptible to a cult?