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[ama] Marti, medical coder, mother of 6, former cultist, polyamorous, etc.


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I also recently started medical marijuana for my fibromyalgia so I can answer questions about that, too

Rogal Dorn
Cultist?

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Rogal Dorn
: I spent 15 years in an evangelical cult. Left in 2013, had been in since 1998

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I'd love to hear that story sometime

Rogal Dorn
A friend of mine went to Liberty university and they have some stories

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It's like that kind of thing, yeah, but more restrictive and more on the Pentecostal side

Rogal Dorn
Yeah they went from straight presenting cis male to nonbinary Gay AF

Rogal Dorn
Marrying a trans dude I'm just so happy for them

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Awesome!

Lucy
Whoaaa

Lucy
If it’s not too triggering, what got you out? If it is, how tf do you manage six kiddos?!

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Lucy
: I actually just plurk pasted the conversation I had with
Rogal Dorn
after we chatted above

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We talked about which cult it was, resources on learning more about that, and how I got out

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And the thing with having 6 of them is the older 4 were all between ages 6 and 12 when I left, so they were old enough to come to understand and accept it over time without it being too painful really

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I remember having a few really key conversations with them, especially with my oldest

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Like when her aunt (who's still in the cult) was kind of pressuring her to have a crush on a guy and think about eventually marrying someone, and I explained asexuality to her

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Now, as a 21yo she doesn't identify as asexual, but it was something really helpful for her to know as a 13-14yo getting that kind of weird pressure

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It was the first conversation we really had where it was like, yes, alternate sexual orientations are a thing, and they're okay

Lucy
Mom of the century for that


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Thank you!