About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of high-control religions on individuals, featuring insights from therapist Christine Parker.

Trigger Warning: In this series we are discussing religious trauma and deconstructing from high-control religions. I want to be clear that I deeply respect personal faith journeys, and this is absolutely not an attack on spirituality or mainstream religion. We are talking specifically about high-control groups—the ones that attempt to dictate your life by using fear, guilt, and shame to enforce compliance. The Series Intro This is a special two-part series with therapist Christine Parker, who I originally found on TikTok because her content unpacking purity culture was entirely too relatable! We sit down to discuss the absolute fever dream that is leaving and healing from a high-control religion. We laugh a lot in these episodes —but the real value is Christine bringing actual clinical insight into how these environments can affect us long-term. Part 1: The Damage Report T’sha, Christine, and I basically play a game of "You know you grew up in a high-control religion when..." We cover all the classics: chronic rapture anxiety, intense guilt over basic human connections, and the unnecessarily traumatic church plays we were all forced to watch. Part 2: The Aftermath & Spicy…

People in this episode

Host: Sharon Gutierrez

Guest: Christine Parker

Topics covered

• religious trauma
• high-control religion
• purity culture
• healing
• boundaries
• guilt

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Organizations: TikTok

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