Narconon, and On and On... w/ Pam

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Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 566 Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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In the late 1970s, while Pam was in college, she got involved with Scientology doing many courses and counseling with them. She stayed in Scientology a long time, but around 2001, Pam was in a terrible accident where she broke her neck throwing her into the medical world of surgeries, medicines, doctors, etc. During her recovery, Pam wanted off the medicines, so she got involved with Scientology’s form of “Drug Rehab” called “Narconon”. Not knowing what to expect, she first went to their facility in the LA area which turned out to be a 3-month nightmare for her, so they flew her to Montreal, Canada to a sister Narconon for many months. Pam desperately hoped they would keep their promises to help her, but this did not happen. These unbelievable experiences badly affected both her mental and physical health. At one point she was down to 84 lbs often having continuous seizures with no one qualified to watch over her, finding herself staying alone in an old Canadian farmhouse for months with little food, medical care, or even a phone- which also turned out to be deadly for her. She felt like a prisoner jailed in a foreign country not knowing anyone or even being able to speak their language. What could she do? This is her grueling story as to how it all happened, Narconon’s lack of any help whatsoever, and how she managed to escape back to her parents in the United States where her years of recovery began. In this conclusion of Rachel's two-part conversation with Pam, she tells the story of how she ended up being transferred to a remote Canadian farmhouse, where she was trapped alone and suffering for weeks. She details the heroic steps a young girl took to help get her to a travel agency where she was eventually able to get home to her parents. Rachel provides insights on the trauma Pam experienced and her long and difficult road to recovery. Before You Go: Rachel provides some psychological context to what Pam experienced throughout her ordeal. She breaks down the difficulties of complex trauma and the Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome many in her position struggle with. Thanks to all our newest Patreon supporters! We couldn't do it without you! You can help the show for free by leaving a review on Apple/ iTunes. It really helps the visibility of the show! To help support the show monthly and sign up for cool Indoctrination stickers and tote bags, please visit: www.patreon.com/indoctrination Want to support the IndoctriNation show with a one-time donation? Use this link! www.paypal.me/indoctriNATION Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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0:00.0	Welcome to indoctrination, a weekly conversation series about protecting yourself from systems of control.
0:11.2	I'm your host, Rachel Bernstein.
0:13.5	Hi, everybody.
0:14.6	Here is part two of my conversation with Pam.
0:19.1	I know that the people who heard the first part are very moved by her story.
0:29.3	Everyone who hears her story is actually very moved by her story.
0:33.3	And one of the things that happens when people hear a story like this,
0:36.9	when they're not
0:37.5	familiar with the group itself that you're dealing with or that she was dealing with, people
0:42.3	can say, how does this happen?
0:46.0	Why is it that people don't stop these things?
0:49.2	Why is it that people just don't know?
0:51.3	How do they get away with it?
0:53.4	You can ask this question of many different
0:56.6	situations, many different cultic groups, many of these residential, awful teen treatment centers,
1:04.9	and I use treatment with air quotes around it, and things that just happened under our noses and police brutality and and and
1:14.5	there's just so much there's too much that people get away with and that's why it's so important
1:20.6	for people to finally be telling their stories so here is is part two, again, of Pam's story where she continues
1:32.8	where she left off and you get to hear how things go from bad to worse and then better.
1:40.6	So here is Pam's bio, her intro. She writes, Narcanon, fueled or fooled. In the late 1970s,
1:54.1	while Pam was in college, she got involved with Scientology doing many courses and counseling
1:59.5	with them. She stayed in Scientology a long time, but around
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