Elishaba Doerksen, Part 2 - Escaping Alaska and the Road to Recovery

Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation

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🗓️ 2 November 2022

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Lola and Meagan continue their conversation with Elishaba Doerksen, author of Out of the Wilderness: Escaping My Father's Prison and My Journey to Forgiveness. Elishaba discuess her family's move to Alaska, how her father's physical abuse turned sexual after years of grooming, how she finally escaped, how she mentally adjusted to life in normal society, and the process of healing that many layers of trauma. Got your own story about cults, extreme belief, or abuse of power? Leave a voicemail or text us at 347-86-TRUST (347-868-7878) OR shoot us an email at Trust Me Pod @gmail.com INSTAGRAM: @TrustMePodcast @oohlalola @meaganelizabeth11 TWITTER: @TrustMeCultPod @ohlalola @baberahamhicks TIKTOK: @TrustMeCultPodcast

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0:00.0	If you have your own story of being in a cult or a high control group or if you've had
0:04.1	experience with manipulation or abuse the power that you'd like to share, leave us a message
0:08.4	on our hotline number at 347-86 trust. That's 347-868-7878 or shoot us an e-mail at TrustMePod
0:18.2	at gmail.com. Trust me, do you trust me? Trust me, I'm like a smart person. Yeah, I've never
0:25.6	lied to you. I never have lied. If you think that one person has all the answers, don't!
0:32.5	Welcome to TrustMe, the podcast about cults, extreme belief and manipulation from two future
0:38.0	ghosts who've actually experienced it. I'm Lola Blanc. I'm Megan Elizabeth. Today is part two of
0:43.7	our interview with Alicia Bedurksen, author of Out of the Wilderness and survivor of her father's
0:48.6	abusive family cult. Last week we talked about her hippie-turned Christian dad and how he raised
0:53.7	his family in the wilderness and put Alicia Bath through hell and in this week's episode we'll
0:57.5	discuss their move to Alaska, how its abuse turned sexual after years of grooming and how she finally
1:03.0	escaped. We'll also talk about what her mental state was after she left, how she adjusted to life
1:08.4	in regular society and what the process of healing that many layers of trauma was like. Yeah, so
1:14.3	warning again, one more time here. This is extremely harrowing stuff. There are pretty graphic
1:21.6	descriptions of sexual abuse and just a lot of trauma. If you're not prepared to hear that today,
1:29.5	maybe skip this episode, but she does get into also what life is like after and how she is doing
1:35.1	much better now. Before we dive in with her, we are recording this on Halloween. Happy Halloween,
1:41.1	Megan. Happy Halloween, Lola. I feel like this is your favorite holiday, am I correct? You're not.
1:46.1	It's Christmas. What? Love Christmas. Love Christmas. I am shocked. Okay, okay. The cult of Christmas.
1:53.1	You know what it is. I think most of you probably don't know what I look like or like what my vibe is.
1:57.7	I dress up a lot throughout the year. It's because I'm a singer and I like fashion and whatever.
2:04.0	So I like will get dressed up like any time I go to an event. So Halloween doesn't feel like
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