These are comments I might get when people learn about my lifestyle. I’m one of those annoying people who eat lots of fruits and vegetables, exercise five times a week, save a portion of their salary, ...

Self-control refers to the ability to resist impulses and conflicting desires in pursuit of goal-directed behaviors. For instance, a person who intends to lose weight must resist the temptation of ...

In 1990, when I was 21 and living states away from my family of origin and the fundamentalist community I had left four years earlier, I was washing dishes in the sink when I noticed that the water ...

President of Cult Information and Family Support explains how Christians can aid loved ones through the long journey out. In CT’s coverage of the Korea-based sect Shincheonji, sources touched on the ...

The term "control freak" is obviously not a clinical one, but it has meaning nonetheless because the term so clearly defines a problem: Men and women who have a high need for control can often be too ...

A Victorian parliament probe into the impacts of cults and organised fringe groups has heard lived experience testimony from two women who grew up in high-control religious groups. Their evidence has ...