Why I Felt Completely Unprepared for Adulthood After Homeschooling

<p>If you want to support the channel, like, comment, share, or consider buying me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/exhsclub</p><p>Today, I&#39;m sitting down with Rachael to unpack her experience growing up homeschooled in a deeply evangelical Christian environment. Rachael shares how undiagnosed ADHD, dyslexia, and dyscalculia made school difficult while the pressure to be a “perfect” homeschool kid led her to blame herself rather than question the system. She also talks about purity culture, rigid gender roles, the pressure to discover God’s perfect plan for her life, and why she felt completely unprepared to launch into adulthood after graduation. Her journey eventually took her to YWAM and overseas to Thailand, where new experiences helped her begin recognizing emotions she had spent years denying (including anger). Today, Rachael is working through years of religious deconstruction and therapy while reconnecting with the creativity and artistic identity she once felt ashamed to embrace.</p><p>If you enjoyed this conversation, be sure to subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a friend who might benefit from hearing this story. </p><p><strong>Connect with me</strong></p><ul><li>BuyMeACoffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/exhsclub</li><li>Email me at exhsclub@gmail.com</li><li>Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/exhsclub/</li><li>TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@exhsclub</li><li>Newsletter: https://exhsclub.beehiiv.com/</li><li>Substack: https://exhsclub.substack.com</li></ul><p><strong>Chapters</strong></p><p>00:00 Welcome Back To The Ex-Homeschoolers Club</p><p>00:41 Meet Rachel</p><p>02:02 How Cancer Traumatized A Family</p><p>05:19 What The Early Years Of Homeschooling Looked Like</p><p>08:28 The Struggle Of Undiagnosed Learning Struggles</p><p>11:23 How Faith Fostered An Environment Of Perfectionism</p><p>15:00 What Did Homeschool Community Look Like For You?</p><p>19:11 What Role Did Gender Roles And Purity Culture Play In Your Life?</p><p>22:11 Moving To Colorado</p><p>26:50 Finding Homeschool Friends Via Seminary</p><p>29:25 Taking Public School Classes As A Homeschooler</p><p>33:36 Homeschool Hierarchy Pressure</p><p>36:19 Preparing Your Kids To Launch Into Adulthood</p><p>37:50 Rachael Was Unprepared To Launch</p><p>41:47 Crashing After High School Graduation</p><p>43:42 What Is Gods Will In My Life</p><p>47:35 Finding YWAM And Launching Into Adulthood</p><p>54:32 Red Flags Of YWAM</p><p>58:11 Discovering Anger</p><p>01:02:41 Find Myself And Reclaiming Creativity</p><p>01:08:35 Where Do You Stand With Homeschooling?</p><p>01:14:00 Find Your Self-Autonomy</p><p>01:16:19 Thanks For Tuning In</p>