Dr. Grisel Lopez-Escobar, PhD (in Counseling),
Licensed Mental Health Counselor Providing Virtual Therapy to Adult Clients
in the States of AK, AZ, CA, CO, DE, FL, ID, IN, LA, MA, ME, NV, OR, SC, TX, UT, VT, WI & WY, USA
Specializing in Supporting Clients who are Newly Secular or Deconstructing from High Control Religions, Groups or Cults: Religious Trauma / Faith Crisis, Religious Deconstruction / Purity Culture / Religious Residue / Mixed-Faith Relationships / Secular Therapy
Lack of Interoception
A reduced ability to sense and interpret internal bodily or emotional cues
You don’t realize you’re hungry, tired, or anxious until it’s overwhelming.
You suppress emotions because they’re seen as sinful or unreliable.
You confuse guilt or spiritual conviction with physical or emotional distress.
Potential clinical implications (especially in high control settings)
It can lead to emotional dysregulation and difficulty processing trauma.
It can result in dissociation or numbing in response to stress.
It may impair treatment compliance due to misreading somatic cues.