Brandi: Cult Control and Social Anxiety

Brandi: Cult Control and Social Anxiety

Author: CBC May 19, 2025 Duration: 35:58

Brandi (not her real name) has social anxiety because she grew up in a cult where members gathered regularly around her family’s dinner table to talk about mortality and sin. To cope, Brandi hid at the top of the stairs in silence, afraid to even go get a snack. In this session using cannabis, she imagines herself and Hillary bulldozing into the room, taking a stand on the kitchen table together, and demanding freedom.


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Author: Language: en-ca Episodes: 56

Other People's Problems
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Duration: 13:39
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Duration: 29:49
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Maggie: When good moms need to be bad [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 25:05
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Sloane: Childhood trauma changes everything [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 26:39
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