Star of Skins and Game of ThronesAfter being seduced into a “wellness cult” that she believed to be a “sex cult,” Hannah Murray vowed never to attend therapy.
The 36-year-old actress, who has decided to remain nameless, has openly discussed leaving the cult after experiencing mental health problems that led to her being recruited with a variety of costly inductions.
Hannah, who portrayed Gilly in the popular HBO fantasy series, talked about her trauma in an interview with The Guardian. Her book, The Make-Believe: A Memoir of Magic and Madness, will be released next month.
In addition to discussing the effects on her mental health, the actress described how, while filming the 2017 movie Detroit, she was enticed into costly lessons and therapies by a personal trainer who introduced her to a “energy healer,” whom she refers to as Grace.
She has vowed to forgo therapy because “wellness culture is causing things it’s meant to cure,” but she was able to break out from the leader’s hold after experiencing a psychotic episode, which she claims made her believe the organization was “a sex cult.”
Hannah Murray, star of Game of Thrones and Skins, has vowed never to go to therapy after falling for a “wellness cult” that she thought was a “sex cult” (seen in 2019).
Hannah has talked extensively about her experiences in the cult, where she was coerced by talking about a range of subjects like magic circles, salt baths, shamanic and Kabbalistic rites, and higher selves.
She now discusses how the cult and its leader—whom she refers to as Steve—were making money off of the experiences.
Hannah disclosed that at the beginning of her adventure, a card reader asked her to pay $150 (£111) for a “healing session.”
Following the session, she disclosed that Grace had given her a bottle of “drops,” which she claimed were crucial. “They were probably nothing more than water, beautifully packaged, harmlessly useless, and dishonestly overpriced,” Hannah remembers.
After returning to the UK, she paid £700 ($945) for additional sessions, this time from Grace’s English equivalent Siobhan, whom Hannah acknowledges she does not believe to be a con artist but rather a “guileless true believer.”
In her book, she describes the cult’s organizational structure as follows: “The pyramid was structured to exploit everyone who tried to climb it.” aside from a single individual, a guy, who occupied the highest seat.
She talked about how Steve’s sexual comments made her question whether she was a member of “a sex cult,” but when she told a teacher about it, they said, “Oh my God, that’s hilarious.” No, a lot of sexual stuff may come out because he’s simply really skilled at shattering your ego.
“My own experience felt highly eroticized, without anything explicitly physical happening,” Hannah reported. The energy in the room was simply charged. These hierarchical spiritual organizations, in my opinion, frequently have…
The lecturers and the healer were mostly female, so I thought it was fascinating that this man entered the room and was so charismatic and self-assured.
He makes a joke about sex right away. Suddenly, it was like, “Hey, I’m here,” and “Let’s f**k,” from this kind of airy, mild, wishy-washy energy. I believe he did that on purpose.
She didn’t realize until then that the followers were told to wear skirts and that the majority of the professors were female.
When Hannah remembered her behavior becoming more manic and unpredictable during a course at a hotel in London, things started to make sense. She recalled having a headache that made her feel as though she was “giving birth through my skull.”
After using a restroom cubicle, she was quickly mobbed by other members who yelled, “Be gone, evil spirit in Hannah.”
on 2007, she became well-known for her role as disturbed adolescent Cassie on Skins.
In the popular HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones, Hannah portrayed Gilly.
The celebrity acknowledged that a part of her recognized it was “f***ing hilarious,” despite what she was going through at the moment.
Hannah was eventually taken to a hospital for 28 days under the Mental Health Act when a friend contacted for assistance. Additionally, she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, which she described as a “relief.”
Hannah acknowledges that she has witnessed the detrimental effects of therapy since leaving the cult.
She said, “No,” when asked if she was still receiving therapy. Therapy, in my opinion, can occasionally be presented as a cure-all. Many of the things that I find useful don’t depend on the advice or knowledge of another individual.
Cooking, exercising, and taking walks are things that help me stay stable. Some of the issues that wellness culture purports to be able to solve may instead be contributing factors.
