Why I Felt Completely Unprepared for Adulthood After Homeschooling

If you want to support the channel, like, comment, share, or consider buying me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/exhsclubToday, I'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.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. Connect with meBuyMeACoffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/exhsclubEmail me at [email protected]: https://www.instagram.com/exhsclub/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@exhsclubNewsletter: https://exhsclub.beehiiv.com/Substack: https://exhsclub.substack.comChapters00:00 Welcome Back To The Ex-Homeschoolers Club00:41 Meet Rachel02:02 How Cancer Traumatized A Family05:19 What The Early Years Of Homeschooling Looked Like08:28 The Struggle Of Undiagnosed Learning Struggles11:23 How Faith Fostered An Environment Of Perfectionism15:00 What Did Homeschool Community Look Like For You?19:11 What Role Did Gender Roles And Purity Culture Play In Your Life?22:11 Moving To Colorado26:50 Finding Homeschool Friends Via Seminary29:25 Taking Public School Classes As A Homeschooler33:36 Homeschool Hierarchy Pressure36:19 Preparing Your Kids To Launch Into Adulthood37:50 Rachael Was Unprepared To Launch41:47 Crashing After High School Graduation43:42 What Is Gods Will In My Life47:35 Finding YWAM And Launching Into Adulthood54:32 Red Flags Of YWAM58:11 Discovering Anger01:02:41 Find Myself And Reclaiming Creativity01:08:35 Where Do You Stand With Homeschooling?01:14:00 Find Your Self-Autonomy01:16:19 Thanks For Tuning In