As a fellow cult survivor, I agree with your view.

Almost 10 years out, my spouse and I still make inside jokes for the insider speech and content. However, the exit process is one that seems exclusively designed to prevent dignity from being maintained.

Ed:

> They have never experienced the ongoing heartbreak of losing your entire world when you leave - your family, your friends, your job, your social life, your religion, your everything.

On the flip side, many years down the way, I love that I got to start over and define my own life rather than be forced to live the terms handed to me. It was damn hard, letting go. I would never assert otherwise. The path since has been an adventure, without question.