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
Normalization of Lack of Privacy
When constant surveillance or forced transparency is treated as normal, especially in religious or authoritarian contexts.
You were expected to confess personal sins publicly.
Your internet use, clothing, or friendships were constantly monitored.
You had no safe space to explore thoughts or feelings.
Potential clinical implications (especially in high control settings)
Hypervigilance and distrust in self or others.
Difficulty setting boundaries.
Trauma responses around control or invasion of personal space.