Modern cults reach their peak with The Deep End documentary that follows the community that stemmed from Teal Swan's teachings.
The Big Picture When we think about cults, we usually think back on the well-known historical cult leaders and activities with the benefit of hindsight. Last year’s Hulu limited series, The Deep End, changed the perception of cults by documenting a modern-day cultish community that stemmed from the teachings of Teal Swan.
However, Swan has no professional credentials, education, or certification to practice her healing techniques. She places a heavy emphasis on embracing negative feelings and revisiting trauma, saying that recalling all repressed memories is the only way to grow past the pain. Repressed memory therapy, also known as recovered memory therapy, can be a tricky technique to navigate, considering the fine line between repressed memory and false memory.
This isn’t to say that all recovered memories featured in The Deep End are false ones; it’s dangerous to assume as much. But it’s even more dangerous to practice exercises that have just as good a chance of implanting false memories as it does recovering real ones, especially when the result of these exercises leaves patients cutting ties with family and friends and devoting themselves entirely to Swan’s brand of healing.
Julianna, who gave up a life in Germany with her family to marry long-time Swan follower Blake Dyer, started having slight disagreements with Swan’s direction according to The Deep End. Not long after she voices one or two of her disagreements, she is verbally attacked during a meeting when Swan encourages the rest of the inner circle members to take turns gaslighting Julianna and trying to tell her what she thinks of Swan.
It’s easy to play around with perceptions when telling a true story, and documentaries will always have an inherent bias, but The Deep End is not careful with its portrayals of the people it films. In fact, the miniseries takes the time and effort to edit the documentary’s scenes for maximum drama, often at the price of transparency.
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