Parents With Strange Beliefs
My mom and stepdad are really into “new age” science and beliefs. I’ve never agreed with them on this but didn’t know how extreme it was. Recently, they have become involved in an extremely weird “support group.”
I say that in quotes because I have no clue who they are. When I’m around they never mention any group names or what “organization” they work for or are a part of.
Because of this, I have not had much luck finding out stuff as “new age cult” gives too many results to look into. This Monday, my mom and stepdad sat me and my four siblings down. They told us that we will be moving at the end of the month to a more “stable” location within a spiritual community.
Oh, and that’s just the start. According to them, they plan to pull all five of us out of school here and enroll us in their “mind awakening” school wherever we move.
I tried to get anything out of them but they refused to talk to me at all about it. According to them, because I’m still a child in “mind, body, and spirit,” I need to listen to them not ask questions. I’m 16.
I’ve actually been freaking out since then and have been trying to get advice but I’ve been unable to. They cut off the internet, phone, and TV and they have been keeping a laser focus on me and my siblings since then.
I’m currently at a friend’s house and this is the only way I’ve actually got access to the internet. This seems like a cult 100% to me. Last night they had three people come and talk to me and my siblings, and what they told us was absolutely crazy.
I was talked to alone by an old man who told me about how my mind is “closed” and that I will slowly learn to open it as my parents have and that the “leaders” will love to meet me and put me in their programs.
I need to know what I can do here. My dad has shared custody of me but I’ve had no contact with him since they told us. He is supposed to have a call with me every night but my mom claims he’s been “informed” and supports this 100%.
I tried calling him this morning but he didn’t answer. He lives in another state so it’s kind of hard to get into contact with him outside of phone and email.
I’m at a friend’s house because I was able to leave the house for the first time in a week this morning after I told my parents I wanted to go to the park, but came here and told my friend everything.
Her parents are not home but she’s trying to call them and I plan to stay here tonight if I can. My parents have forbid me from using the internet because it’s “full of lies from them.”
I’m so lost right now it makes me sick. I do not want to go with them to this obvious compound. I also will be going and buying a burner phone tomorrow and withdrawing all my money from the bank. Story credit: Reddit / AboutToBeTaken21