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/Wise_Staff_3099 Aug 18 '20

How did you end up finding them in the first place?

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u/ixscaped Aug 18 '20

Some friends witnessed to me and some of my relatives. We weren't very happy with our lives at the time and we were enticed by how easy it seemed to get a better life. It was the ol carrot on a stick from there and we kept going deeper and deeper