In this episode, Dorian Wallace (he/him) reads his latest essay from Substack, Understanding High-Control Dynamics: From cults to toxic workplaces, many high-control environments share similar patterns of manipulation and abuse. Drawing from his work in cult recovery, hospice care, and prison music therapy, Dorian explores how coercive control operates across various environments—cults, gangs, abusive relationships, workplaces, and more. Learn to recognize patterns of manipulation, abuse, and hierarchy, and why activists should understand these dynamics to organize in healthier, more effective ways.
Read the full essay here
Understanding High-Control Dynamics
Narcissistic abuse, cults, abusive relationships, hate groups, traffickers, gangs, insular communities, toxic workplaces, the troubled teen industry, and narcissistic family systems can appear different on the surface, whether it be outward-facing aesthetics, presented ideology, different victimology, etc. However, in actuality, they operate using the
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