Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
“We didn’t even know we were allowed to have needs… let alone voice them.”
Brooke Deanne—therapist and former third-generation Jehovah’s Witness—shares what it’s like to grow up in a system where your voice is never part of the equation.
When your needs are ignored long enough, you stop recognizing them at all.
In Part 1, we get into control disguised as truth, abuse, trauma bonding, and the pressure to be the “good girl” in a system that was never built for you to win.
“We didn’t even know we were allowed to have needs… let alone voice them.”
Brooke Deanne—therapist and former third-generation Jehovah’s Witness—shares what it’s like to grow up in a system where your voice is never part of the equation.
When your needs are ignored long enough, you stop recognizing them at all.
In Part 1, we get into control disguised as truth, abuse, trauma bonding, and the pressure to be the “good girl” in a system that was never built for you to win.
