Sex Cult Survivor Speaks

Psychology In Seattle Podcast

Kirk Honda

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2022

⏱️ 105 minutes

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Christina Babin speaks about growing up in the infamous Children of God cult.

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0:00.0	Hey, deserving listeners. Today we have a special guest on the podcast.
0:03.4	She emailed me and said that she wanted to talk about her experiences as a sex cult survivor.
0:10.8	So welcome to the podcast, Kristina. Thanks, Kirk. I'm super excited to be here.
0:15.4	So can you introduce yourself so people know who you are and where you're coming from? That sort of thing.
0:20.3	My name is Kristina Babin. I'm here to talk about it and hopefully to create less secrecy and stigma
0:28.1	in the area of surviving cults and high control groups. And I think it's something that is not
0:34.8	as far in the past as people think. And it's a the current thing that still occurs and will keep
0:40.0	occurring unless we really educate ourselves. Yeah, it's interesting how I think I would have thought
0:45.6	with the internet and with all the documentaries about cults. There would be a lower prevalence,
0:51.2	but it doesn't seem to be slowing down. Yes, I do have a little bit of hope because it does seem
0:56.4	like the groups that have been forming like Nexium and Teal Swan. They don't seem to be able
1:03.0	to get as far as they would in the past. So I just want to put a little hope out there,
1:08.8	just finished watching the documentary about Teal Swan. And one of the things I was thinking the
1:14.3	whole time was like, wow, she definitely seems like a cult leader. And if this was way back in the 1960s
1:22.8	and people didn't know that cults even existed, it probably would have gotten crazy out of hand.
1:29.6	And still may, but I think their power is not as strong with as many people, but you always have
1:36.3	that core group. And like you've said many times on your podcast, a cult can be, you know, a high
1:41.6	control relationship. It's the same thing as a cult, really. You can have that with just two people.
1:46.6	And there's a lot of similarities in cult like behaviors and thought reform that happened in
1:53.2	small groups or large groups. It's just something we have to be aware of. But yeah, yeah,
1:58.8	it's amazing that it still does happen. But I think to me that says a lot about the needs that
2:05.6	us humans have that maybe get overlooked. And also the importance of what you're doing. And people
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