So The Monsters refer "themselves" as "we." So fucking what? I was in a program too and am all too familiar with the evils of groupthink, but I don't let the "we" stuff bother me. I suggest you stop letting it bother you. Either The Monsters really are more than one, or it's just a gimmick. Either way, it's certainly nothing to get so freaked out by. Learn to differentiate a little.
Thanks, I “differentiate” ok. I don’t freak when someone says, “manipulate” or “trust,” but an individual presenting herself as a collective unconscious disturbs me. Period.
I’m not the only one disturbed, either. How long you been out? How long “in”? I’m not out long, and was “in” long, so perhaps I’m more sensitive. No one has to change anything for me, but it would be nice not to use cult-trauma specific “triggers” in a forum for torture-cult survivors.
Likewise, going to a rape survivor forum with an avatar or a girl being raped, and including the words “I’m going to rape you” in every verbal exchange is not nice too.
One of my cults couched every exchange in the plural “we” as in, “’we’ feel you are being dishonest,” so it gets to me, especially.