Allison Miller - Interstitial Cystitis, Orthorexia, and an Alternative Medicine Cult

Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation

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🗓️ 7 June 2023

⏱️ 78 minutes

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A Million Little Things star Allison Miller shares with Lola & Meagan how she was once a client of a culty alternative medicine clinic run by a couple who claimed to know how to heal her chronic bladder condition, Interstitial Cystitis (also known as Painful Bladder Syndrome). They dig into the societal reason why women have to resort to these measures to begin with, the extremely controlled diet and lifestyle she was told to adhere to—even when she began feeling worse, and how she became severely orthorexic, terrified of most foods, chemicals, and places. Plus, how she eventually stepped away from the group. Trust Me is brought to you by BetterHelp! Visit BetterHelp.com/trust to get 10% off your first month! ZocDoc: Go to Zocdoc.com/trustme and download the Zocdoc app for FREE! 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 [email protected] CHECK OUT OUR MERCH!! bit.ly/trustmemerch 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'll never have lied. If you think that one person has all the answers, don't!
0:32.4	Welcome to TrustMe. If I guess about cults, extreme belief, and manipulation from two fake doctors
0:38.5	who've actually experienced it, I'm Lola Blom. And I'm Megan Elizabeth. Today, our guest is
0:42.9	Alison Miller, actress, filmmaker, and former client of a culty health clinic run by a couple
0:47.6	who claimed to know how to heal her chronic bladder condition called interstitial cystitis,
0:52.2	also known as IC, also now known as painful bladder syndrome. We're going to talk about when
0:56.0	the pain began for her, how all three of us, and so many more people we know have experienced
1:00.6	recurring health issues in the pelvic region, and how little studied women's conditions are
1:04.5	leaving an opening for people searching for answers to be preyed upon by those who claim to have them.
1:09.2	She'll tell us how she first met the couple, we'll call Theresa and Bell, how at first their
1:13.6	treatment seemed to help, and how over time they put her on a regimen that had her stop,
1:18.4	her antidepressants restrict her diet to the point where she was only eating three foods and
1:23.5	limit her activities to where she was no longer engaging with life, plus how she stepped away from
1:28.4	the couple and their message boards and how much better she's feeling now. All that and more coming
1:33.9	right after Megan tells me her goal to this thing. Yeah, and I mean, I guess a little like
1:38.7	warning, we do talk a lot about the vagina today. We talk a lot about the vagina today in the
1:43.9	vaginal region. If there's any squeamish listeners listening, you know, you can skip it. Lots of
1:49.5	vagina talk. Yeah. Well, my cultiest thing does involve pussy, but it's cats. I'm obsessed with
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