ABSTRACT

The family, which is supposed to be the safe haven in which we are nurtured as we grow from a small, helpless infant into a mature adult, has been turned instead into a frightening place where safety is non-existent, and the lessons of compliance and secrecy are well learnt. Children become dissociative because it is the only way to survive in such a family. This chapter focuses on some survivors' personal stories to see how their family life affected them. It shows how to deal with the family of origin in the present, and at the situation survivors are dealing with if they are in a relationship and have children. Some survivors had loving parents, but were abused outside the home, for example, through schools, religious organisations, or day-care centres. Some adults who are aware that they are survivors of mind control and/or ritual abuse are confused about whether their parents were involved in the abuse.