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Maisie Williams Says She Was “Indoctrinated” By Her Abusive Father Into A “Child Cult” Against Her Mother
"Ever since I can remember, I've really struggled sleeping. And I think a lot of the traumatic things that were happening, I didn't realize that they were wrong."

Maisie Williams Says She Was “Indoctrinated” By Her Abusive Father Into A “Child Cult” Against Her Mother

Maisie Williams just opened up about her relationship with her father for the first time — and it’s heartbreaking.

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“Ever since I can remember, I’ve really struggled sleeping. And I think a lot of the traumatic things that were happening, I didn’t realize that they were wrong,” Maisie explained.

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The teacher pulled her aside and began asking her if she was hungry and if she had eaten breakfast. When Maisie said no, the teacher realized that there were issues even bigger than a missed meal.

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When her mom came to pick up Maisie and her siblings, she says, “It was the first time that all of the doors were sort of open and all of these things that we were experiencing were out on the table.”

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“I was indoctrinated in a way. I think that’s why I’m obsessed with cults. I get it. I get it,” she said. “I was in a child cult against my mother. … So, I really was fighting it in the beginning.”

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“Even though all these things that I was feeling, I thought, ‘Oh my God, I’m so glad I don’t have to see my dad anymore.’ It still was, like, against everything that I had ever known to be true,” she admitted.

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“There’s never an end destination for that freedom. And it comes from within. When are you going to let yourself be free from the pain?” she shared.

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“What if I said it wasn’t because of me that that happened? If I wasn’t there, it would’ve been someone else. It’s not because something is wrong with me that these things happened when I was a child,” Maisie concluded.

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If you are concerned that a child is experiencing or may be in danger of abuse, you can call or text the ​National Child Abuse Hotline​ at​ 1-800-422-4453 (4.A.CHILD); service can be provided in over 140 languages.