Ritual Abuse, Sex Trafficking and Mind Control
Neil Brick | September 20 | 3:15-4:15 pm
Topic: Experience, Conceptual | Knowledge Level: Intermediate
This presentation will explain how ritual abuse, mind control, and different suggestive techniques work to control sex trafficking survivors (Karriker, 2008). The presenter will describe different historical examples of how mind control and ritual abuse have been used. Legal cases will also be discussed from various parts of the world (McGonigle, 1999; New York Times, 1988). Research studies, like the Extreme Abuse Survivors Survey, will be presented, as well as examples of different cults and their techniques (Hassan, 2018). Mental health diagnoses, like Dissociative Identity Disorder and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and their origins in sex trafficking survivors will be explained. The presenter will discuss his personal experiences of being in a cult as a child experiencing torture, sexual abuse, and mind control techniques. The forced development of these diagnoses and their symptoms will be connected to how they are used to control sex trafficking survivors. Ways to expose and prevent ritual abuse, mind control, and sex trafficking will be discussed. Finally, there will be a discussion of the future of advocacy efforts to stop ritual abuse, sex trafficking, and mind control.
Presentation Objectives:
· Discuss techniques used to control sex trafficking survivors
· Describe research studies that show how these techniques work
· Explain how different mental health diagnoses symptoms are used to help sex trafficking survivors
· Discuss ways people can educate others to help stop future occurrences of ritual abuse, sex trafficking, and mind control