\n<\/aside>\n\u201cI would\u2019ve assumed I couldn\u2019t, that I was safe. I was well educated, from a middle-class family; everything should have been fine,\u201d the \u201cSkins\u201d alum told the outlet.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought, \u2018I\u2019m smart. I make good choices.\u2019 Well, I made terrible choices. But it\u2019s important to understand why people do these things, rather than going, \u2018Oh, they must be idiots.\u2019 Or, \u2018How stupid could you be?\u2019\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
Murray, 36, said she was first introduced to the alleged cult by an \u201cenergy healer,\u201d whom she met through her personal trainer while on the set of \u201cDetroit.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cMy own experience felt highly eroticized, without anything explicitly physical happening. There was just this charge to the energy in the room,\u201d she told the Guardian. (Pictured: Murray at the Venice Film Festival in 2018.) Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nMurray (seen above at the \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d Season 8 premiere in 2019) said the cult leader would constantly make jokes about sex. Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cMy own experience felt highly eroticized, without anything explicitly physical happening. There was just this charge to the energy in the room. I think there often is in these hierarchical spiritual organizations,\u201d she recalled.<\/p>\n
\u201cI found it interesting that it was a primarily quite female space \u2014 the teachers, the healer \u2014 and then this man walks in and he\u2019s incredibly confident and magnetic,\u201d Murray, who would name the cult or the leader, added. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe first thing he says is a joke about sex. From this quite floaty, quite gentle, wishy-washy energy, it was suddenly, like, \u2018Hey, I\u2019m here,\u2019 and, \u2018Let\u2019s f\u2013k.\u2019 I think he was doing that deliberately.\u201d<\/p>\nMurray (seen above in \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d) said she spent thousands of dollars trying to obtain \u201cwisdom and specialness.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe actress (seen above at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival) was admitted to a psychiatric unit after having a psychotic episode and was later diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nMurray said she spent thousands of dollars trying to obtain \u201cwisdom and specialness,\u201d but was rather admitted to a psychiatric unit after having a psychotic episode. She was later diagnosed with bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n
Now, the \u201cCharlie Says\u201d star is staying away from anything connected to the wellness industry.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven the tame stuff can feel quite distressing. I don\u2019t meditate any more. I wouldn\u2019t go into a crystal shop. I\u00a0don\u2019t do yoga, because I don\u2019t quite know what might come up that might feel a bit too woo-woo for my personal threshold,\u201d she told the Guardian. <\/p>\n
\u201cBut I realize now how pervasive it is. How often people you don\u2019t know will offer it as a remedy. You\u2019ll say, \u2018I\u2019m not really sleeping,\u2019 and they\u2019ll say, \u2018Have you tried meditation?\u2019 It\u2019s everywhere, seen as an inherently positive solution,\u201d Murray shared.<\/p>\nMurray (seen above) is best known for her roles as Cassie Ainsworth on \u201cSkins\u201d and Gilly on \u201cGame of Thrones.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nShe retired from acting. (Pictured: Murray at the BAFTA Craft Awards in 2018.) Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cAnd there\u00a0are<\/em>\u00a0harmless or positive versions. But as someone looking for something to fix me entirely, a magic wand or silver bullet, the promise felt seductive and addictive.\u201d <\/p>\nMurray, best known for her roles as Cassie Ainsworth on \u201cSkins\u201d and Gilly on \u201cGame of Thrones,\u201d has retired from acting.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Make-Believe: A Memoir of Magic and Madness\u201d will be released on June 23.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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