One year after her abduction Elizabeth Smart continues to recover from her ordeal, reports the Desert News
Her father said, “It’s like we’re fully re-engaged, as much as that can be done,” and added, “Elizabeth is doing great.”
The Smart family sought the advice of another kidnap “cult” victim Patty Hearst, to better understand the problems posed within the recovery process.
An apparent roving lunatic and sexual predator kidnapped Elizabeth. That self-proclaimed “prophet” Brian David Mitchell and his accomplice/wife, Wanda Barzee, remain in jail awaiting trial.
The Smart family hopes to avoid subjecting Elizabeth to the personal pain of having to recount her horrific experience as a court witness.
The Smart case once again brought to public attention the power of “brainwashing.”
For nine months the teenager traveled with the deranged duo that abducted her, seemingly cooperating with them and taking on their mindset.
As the story unfolded subsequent to Elizabeth’s rescue it became clear that Mitchell isolated and terrorized the girl for two months before beginning their travels.
During that time as an act of self-preservation and a byproduct of controlled influence Elizabeth largely lost her sense of identity and assumed a new “cult-like” persona.
Returned to the security of her family that cultic identity quickly crumbled and the girl resumed her former life.
This fall Elizabeth plans to attend her regular school and once again will be amongst old friends and classmates.
However, as the Smart family and Elizabeth know, their life will never really be the same again.
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