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ISSUE 04 | APRIL 2020 Cult members often have no idea they're in a cult Although it can be obvious to those around them, people in cults often don't realize what they have become a part of. It is found that most people enter a cult willingly, without realizing the power it is bound to have over them. It is noted that this is partly because some people are more willing to see the perceived benefits than they are the potential dangers. Many people assume cults are only religious, though, in truth, cults can also be political groups, lifestyle groups, or business groups. B I K E R S C L U B ® | www.bikersclub.in BIKERS CLUB ® MAGAZINE | PAGE 39 Cult life can have a dangerous and lasting effect Cult victims often spend years overcoming the emotional damage incurred during their time spent in a cult. Psychologists who treat former cult members routinely describe the long term effects being in a cult environment can have on the human body. It is observed that the "symptoms of temporal lobe epilepsy are similar to those seen or reported as resulted from the cult conversation; increase irritability, loss of libido or altered sexual interest, ritualism, compulsive attention to detail, mystical states, humorlessness and sobriety, heightened paranoia.