Warning signs that someone may be in a cult

The following behavior changes do not necessarily imply there is a cult problem, but if someone you know has become deeply involved with a new group or organization and exhibits many of these changes it may indicate a cultish involvement.

• Thinking in black and white terms
  
  
• Using a new language/cultic jargon
  
  
• Saying goodbye to all old friends and only seeing people affiliated with, or not critical of the cult
  
  
• Creating distance from family, especially during holidays and family events
  
  
• Euphoric, yet simultaneously tired and worn
  
  
• Humorless
  
  
• A change in diet and sleep patterns
  
  
• Low on money
  
  
• Poor grades
  
  
• A dismissal of their life prior to involvement with the group as "all bad"
  
  
• A change in goals, priorities, and life plan
  
  
• Return to child-like behavior
  
  
• Dogmatic adherence to new beliefs/ideas, with the inability, or lack of interest to logically assess these new beliefs
  
  
• Secrecy

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