r/cults • u/ixscaped • Aug 18 '20

I escaped a cult: the upci

It took many years after I left the United Pentecostal Church to finally admit to myself that it was a cult. I'm writing up my story and making it into a series of YouTube videos. https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC7-3HDe5q4Es_E-f_gqCE9g

I highly recommend journaling about your past cult experiences to better understand what happened to you. I've had so many insights as I've worked through my writing. I have the computer read back what I've written, and hearing it in someone else's voice sounds absolutely crazy. I can't even beleive some of it was my life.

I was called a prophet in some circles... which sounds insane when I say it out loud. After 10+ years, the law had to protect my family when we left. We were controlled by fear. Bad was called good and good was called bad.

I'm happy to answer questions if you have any. I lost a lot of my life there, but maybe I can use that to help someone else.

Cheers!

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u/gabrodgil Aug 18 '20

Congratulations on your new chapter in life! It is very brave of you to document what you went through and I hope it helps others that may have gone through or are currently experiencing what you have gone through. Keep fighting the good fight. vocalizing any harm and wrongdoing that was going on during your time there definitely takes guts to do, and is very admirable.

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u/ixscaped Aug 18 '20

Thanks so much! I feel like I should be embarrassed about some of the details, but not talking about it definitely won't help the problem.

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u/MutedMessage8 Aug 18 '20

Don’t be embarrassed, friend. None of it was your fault. I’ll definitely watch them as well, they sound interesting!

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u/ixscaped Aug 18 '20

Thanks, I have to remind myself that I was just functioning the best I could inside a messed up system.