The reason I started this topic, is that there a lot of fans of Steven Hassans Theories, and iidolizing, and adoring his ideas..( see interview with John Cedars). If you want to beliefe in his BITE model you have this freedom, But I wanted to inform you all that there are other books, from scholars and other therapies that are also succesfull in helping people to leave destructive Cults. But I would advice to go to a recognized psychologist, and follow an intense therapy, and don't let pseudo science manipulate you in accepting ideas that are not accepted iby scholars in the psychiatric community..
But I have seen that this topic seems to be very sensitive to certain of you, because you have accepted the BITE model as your Believe system, and are not open to any constructive criticism, thus I will stop commenting and give my opinion on this topic. And wish you the best in your research of real freedom...