Crystal Ball Releases New Memoir – Diary of a Cult Girl That Exposes the Dark Side of Faith-Based Control
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“When you’re raised to fear the world, you never question the cage.” With these haunting words, Crystal Ball’s new memoir, Diary of a Cult Girl, launches readers into a gripping firsthand account of life inside one of America’s most quietly dangerous religious cults.
Diary of a Cult Girl (ISBN: 978734363623) is an unflinching record of psychological captivity. Told through real-time journals and letters written during her teenage years, Crystal reveals what it was like to grow up under the heavy hand of the Bill Gothard-led “Shiny Happy People” movement, where blind obedience was mistaken for holiness and submission was demanded in the name of God.
Raised in rural Alabama with no schooling beyond the home, no access to the outside world, and six siblings depending on her, Crystal survived a childhood ruled by control, shame, and fear. But through journal entries and emotional letters, she began carving a path to freedom.
Diary of a Cult Girl not only details her chilling experiences, but also introduces the 3P Framework—Personal Psychological Perceptions, a model Crystal uses to examine how mental control takes root and why so many survivors struggle long after leaving such environments. It’s a powerful resource for those recovering from high-control groups, religious trauma, or authoritarian families.
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