[Trapped]

They have a great little system set up for this kind of stuff.

Having problems? You are too much in your mind.

Speaking up? You are rebellious.

Leaving to get help? You just remained in unforgiven offense.

Speaking up after you leave? DCP goes after you.

And then they circle tighter and shun the struggling member so their echo chamber reinforces itself all the more.

It's sad because the effect is on human lives. But since they circled tighter they don't see the effect. And even when they do see the effect, they, uncomprehendingly, don't care.

They are so steeped in a ministry that requires them to suspend logical thought to accept it that when they are confronted with reasonable discourse and logic it literally does not compute. It truly is so strange to encounter.