Born Into a Cult: The Unbelievable True Story of One Man's Escape from Scientology
Born Into a Cult: The Unbelievable True Story of One Man's Escape from Scientology
Change Your Brain Every Day
77 minutes

Episode Description

<div> Abandoned at birth and handed over to Scientology's paramilitary wing, Jamie Mustard spent his first years in a slum-like "orphanage" where babies were stacked in bunks, starved of human touch, and bathed only once a week in filthy water. Decades later, he's a celebrated author, artist, and survivor. And now, he's exposing the global network of abuse that destroyed thousands of children's lives.</div> <div>  </div> <div> In this jaw-dropping conversation with Dr. Daniel Amen and Tana Amen, Jamie reveals how he escaped a billion-year contract, overcame illiteracy and shame, and discovered the neuroscience of healing trauma through brain health. This is one of the most harrowing—and hopeful—survivor stories ever told on the podcast.</div> <div>  </div> <div> <strong>You'll learn:</strong></div> <div> • What really happened to children inside Scientology's secret compounds</div> <div> • Why he called himself "Child X"</div> <div> • How he survived a pressure-cooker environment "kind of like <em>Lord of the Flies</em>"</div> <div> • How medical neglect nearly cost him his hearing… and his life</div> <div> • How a celebrated author could grow up feeling "stupid"</div> <div> • Why shame kept him silent for decades</div> <div> • How trauma rewires the nervous system… and how to reset it</div> <div> • The radical treatment that erased decades of his anxiety in 20 minutes</div> <div> • Why so many of the kids he grew up with were lost to addiction and suicide</div> <div>  </div> <div> Jamie's new book, Child X: https://www.amazon.com/Child-Slavery-Poverty-Celebrity-Scientology/dp/163774708X</div>

Special Guests

  • Jamie Mustard