Trauma Bonding : The Pull to the Perpetrator
child that they "owe their life" to them. Not only that, but the warning is given: if the child ever tries to break free, they will return to the state of dying. Other set ups will include burying a child alive in a box or coffin; again, the perpetrators will rescue the horrified child who is almost out of their mind with terror (after several long hours) under one condition: undying loyalty to the group and the rescuers. Traumatized beyond belief, the child readily complies. This time of avowal and loyalty will be buried in a deep, subconscious layer of the mind, and the older adult or survivor may not be aware that part of the draw to the group is the belief that they "owe their life to them." The subconscious fear needs to be dealt with: that leaving the group does NOT have to mean death, as they were taught in early childhood traumatizations.
After any training session, all Illuminati trainers know that the most important time is the "kindness bonding" after the trauma is over. The best trainers will have kind personas that will come out, talk lovingly to the "subject" and tell them how well they did, how needed the subject is to the group, how "special" and unique they are. Rewards such as a special food, drugs, or a sexual partner will be given as well. This "kindness" after the trauma is the hook that will often draw programmed personalities back to the cult, since some personalities may know only of the rewards and kindness, and will block the abuse. Heavily abused alters have less of an investment in returning to the cult; but heavily rewarded and praised alters will, and must be helped in therapy to see the whole picture.
Siblings and other children will often form a trauma bond with each other, much as soldiers in a war setting, or prisoners, will do. "Twinning" with a non-biological twin will carry this to an extreme. In different situations, the children are allowed to "rescue" each other, increasing their loyalty and bond to each other. They will go through the same programming and torture together, and will feel the bond of "surviving it" together. A "battlefield" mentality may literally develop, as friendships deepen in youth and vows to be willing to die for one another are given and taken. But all too often, these friends and twins and
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