# You've Been Brainwashed! How Manipulators Train You to Never Leave

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Podcast: [Breaking Free from Narcissistic Abuse](https://stenobird.com/podcast/breaking-free-from-narcissistic-abuse-5336427)
Published: 2026-06-11T06:00:00+00:00
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Were you brainwashed to stay — and didn't even know it? A cult doesn't need a compound, robes, or a manifesto. All it needs is two people: one who sets the rules and one who lives by them. Dr. Kerry reads your most powerful wake-up moments — from the woman who recognized every cult trait laid down in the first three months of a nine-year relationship, to the viewer who grew up in a home where productivity meant safety, to the one who finally had a word for what she'd survived: br...

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