What we were taught to call tradition was actually control. In this episode, we expose how religion inside a high-control group governed every part of daily life. From mandatory rituals and prayer schedules to education, relationships, weddings, and funerals, nothing was left to choice. We break down how religious customs and repeated ceremonies shaped behavior, enforced obedience, and maintained loyalty to a single belief system. What once felt like faith now reveals itself as indoctrination.This episode explores cult control, religious trauma, and how devotion quietly became compliance.
As kids in a high-control religious group, we were taught that questioning was dangerous. But growing up comes with instincts—quiet, sharp, undeniable—and this is the moment those instincts began to wake up.In this episode, we revisit the first signs that the world we lived in wasn’t what it seemed. Subtle slips, forbidden glimpses, and unspoken rules revealed how controlled our lives truly were. Adolescence sharpened our awareness: noticing inconsistencies, decoding the power structure, and realizing that the group’s rituals weren’t just traditions… they were tactics.As the illusion cracked, internal conflict rose with it—loyalty, fear, doubt, and the silent reasoning that kept us compliant even as everything inside us whispered that something was wrong.This is the turning point in every cult survivor’s story: when innocence meets suspicion, instinct meets indoctrination, and the truth starts to whisper from the edges.
Step into the world we were raised in - a closed, unquestionable system where faith masked control. In this episode, we expose the group’s origins, the promises that drew our parents in, and the subtle tactics that shaped our every move. Childhood memories become clues: rituals disguised as routine, watchful leaders, lessons designed to mold obedience, and a schooling system that blurred the line between devotion and domination. What once felt normal now reads like a carefully crafted illusion. This is the opening crack in the façade - the beginning of a truth we were never supposed to see