Quizzes

This 30-question assessment helps you evaluate the level of behavioral, informational, thought, and emotional control present in any group you are part of — or are considering joining. Answer honestly based on what you have personally observed or experienced. There are no wrong answers. Results are never stored or shared.

When you first encounter a new group or community, intense warmth and attention can feel wonderful. This quiz helps you distinguish between authentic hospitality and the calculated affection-as-recruitment strategy that cult-recovery researchers call 'love-bombing'. Answer based on your experience in the first weeks or months of contact.

Leaving a high-control group can involve real risks — social, financial, emotional, and in some cases physical. This quiz does not make the decision for you. It helps you assess the likely consequences you may face and identify areas where you might need outside support before, during, or after leaving. This quiz does not provide legal or safety advice — please consult professionals and resources like ICSA for personalised guidance.

If someone you care about has joined a new group — religious, spiritual, wellness, or political — and you have noticed concerning changes, this quiz can help you assess what you're observing. Answer based on what you have personally witnessed. Your concern is valid; many families go through this experience and effective support is available.

The internet has made it easier than ever to access spiritual teachers, wellness communities, and self-development groups — and easier than ever for high-control dynamics to form in digital spaces. This quiz helps you evaluate whether an online teacher, community, or programme you are involved in shows patterns researchers associate with guru dynamics or online cults. It covers social media influencers, online courses, private Discord servers, and similar communities.

A 12-question reflective quiz for someone currently inside a religious, spiritual, wellness or political community who has started to wonder whether the relationship is healthy. Less about the group and more about your felt experience inside it.

Workplaces are not religions, but a meaningful subset of US, UK, and tech-startup workplaces exhibit cult-like patterns — extreme work hours framed as devotion, total identity capture, severance from non-work relationships, and exit treated as betrayal. This 10-question screen applies the BITE framework to your job. Answer about your current employer; honest answers serve you, not the company.

Therapy works through a real human relationship. Most therapists hold the role with ethical care; a small minority — and many self-styled 'coaches', 'mentors', and 'spiritual guides' who operate outside clinical regulation — exploit the trust the role generates. This screen surfaces patterns that therapy ethics boards (BPS, APA, BACP, AAMFT) flag as boundary violations. Answer about your current practitioner.

Multi-level marketing companies are legal in most jurisdictions and a small minority of distributors do earn meaningful income. The published economics, however, are stark: across published Income Disclosure Statements, the median active distributor earns under $200/month and the bottom 80% earn nothing or lose money. This pre-join screen applies the FTC's pyramid-scheme criteria plus cult-recovery red flags to the specific opportunity in front of you.

After leaving a high-control group, recovery is multi-year work that resembles complex-PTSD recovery more than ordinary grief. This screen helps you locate where you are: whether you're in acute exit, mid-stage identity work, integration, or somewhere oscillating across these phases. There is no 'right' answer set; the band guidance points to the next-step resources most-cited by survivors at each stage.