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WHY FORGIVENESS IS THE F-WORD:
-Hijacked by religion
-Weaponized by abusers to enforce compliance
-Victim blaming "Why can't you just forgive?"
Instead, ACCEPT REALITY by asking:
What happened? Who did it? Is it a pattern?
Then use that knowledge to make appropriate choices - including whether to give the guilty party continued access to your life. #forgiveness #abuse #ReligiousTrauma #wisdom #reality #criticalthinking #exchristian #psychology #counselor

#religioustrauma is like chewing gum: Sticky, messy, & hard to remove. It is pervasive, impacting:
-thoughts
-speech
-appearance
-behaviour
-finances
-career
-relationships
-time
-energy
-mental health, and more.
Every religion has the potential to cause #religioustraumasyndrome. #psychology #cults #coercivecontrol #abuse #exchristian #atheist

#free #ReligiousTrauma #supportgroup I am offering a free online support group for those recovering from religious trauma syndrome. If you are interested, you can reach me through my website www.divorcing-religion.com

Amazing. The #sineadoconner documentary.

She really got that right early - the fact that the religion affected her mother and made many parents abusive. Now, in the US, more people are deconstructing than 20 years ago, but it's all about the effect on ourselves. But the fact is, christianity stunts personal growth and creates immature parents who physically or emotionally abuse their kids.

#ReligiousTrauma #deconversion #deconstruction #nothingcompares

#ReligiousTrauma #ptsd #cptsd #compassion

I was in the #CatholicChurch for the first 25 years of my life. So I really appreciated this podcast ep about #ReligiousTrauma (a new learning area for me) by two therapists who survived even higher-control churches. Like me, they experienced turning points after seeing how their churches treated LGBTQ+ people. "Sunday School Dropouts" 🎧 https://pca.st/episode/b2671def-a064-494e-8757-a196a9519970

Tfw your mom posts this and you realize you're the crackhead? I guess? Lol. It's a low key #passiveaggressive #shunning i guess.

Well at least maybe she's letting go and not blaming herself. That's the bright side.

#religioustrauma #deconversion #exchurch #exchristian

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Check out my latest reading. It's been wild but slowly I am finding my identity.

"Fawn Unmasked"

#ExConservativeHoliness #ExCult #ReligiousTrauma #PhysicalTrauma #Deconstruction #Cult #Fawning #Martry

https://youtu.be/lOcd0cjHuIM

Check out my latest reading. It's been wild but slowly I am finding my identity.
#ExConservativeHoliness #ExCult #ReligiousTrauma #PhysicalTrauma #Deconstruction #Cult #Fawning

https://youtu.be/lOcd0cjHuIM

#thankyou you for following me here. It means a lot. I appreciate the higher level of engagement than on the bird site. I will try to keep making interesting, funny, and helpful posts about #ReligiousTrauma #criticalthinking #christiannationalism #politics #science and more.

#ReligiousTrauma #ChristianNationlism #Bible Texas Rationalized Killing Poor People With Water Saws By Using Creationism. The Establishment Clause Is Done. - Above the Law https://abovethelaw.com/2023/08/texas-rationalized-killing-poor-people-with-water-saws-by-using-creationism-the-establishment-clause-is-done/?noamp=mobile

It is disturbing that teens are being encouraged (coerced) to embrace spiritually flavoured #MagicalThinking & look to an outside source to solve their problems. #exchristian #criticalthinking #ReligiousTrauma #athiest Over 11,000 students seeking Jesus' love attend worship event | Church & Ministries News https://www.christianpost.com/news/over-11000-students-seeking-jesus-love-attend-worship-event.html

EXCLUSIVE: Son of Mormon billionaire suing church for $5million over alleged fraud says followers are 'fleeing' faith after leaders 'lied' to them over how it spent secretive $175BILLION investment fund https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12393819/amp/Son-Mormon-billionaire-Jon-Huntsman-accuses-church-lying-billions.html?ito=smartnews #exmo #lds #fraud #ReligiousTrauma #magicalthinking

#ReligiousTrauma Syndrome: How some organized religion leads to #mentalhealth problems - Alternet.org https://www.alternet.org/amp/religious-trauma-syndrome-how-some-organized-religion-leads-to-mental-health-problems-2663546097

(A fairly spoilery moment in Milo's character development, but I feel like sharing it anyway. He's an Episcopal priest and a living saint according to all who know him, who falls in love with and tries to heal a traumatized, rough-around-the-edges ghost-whisperer, and accidentally uncovers his own trauma in the process. Here he's having a sort of flashback review of childhood family dinners growing up in a traditionalist Catholic household. It's worth noting that, to this day, Milo talks to God and hears God talk back. [This excerpt, I think, kind of works as a response to #PennedPossibilities 27—how does your MC self-soothe?])

They are screaming at each other again. I wish I could make them stop.

At least they are not screaming at me.

They hardly ever look at me at all.

Divine Mercy. The Lord looks at me always, from the painting on the kitchen wall, with his big, beautiful eyes. He is so quiet and kind. He listens. He never, ever screams.

Stay quiet. Don't draw their attention out of turn.

Stay kind, so they can’t bring themselves to hurt you.

When they speak to you, listen attentively. Eyes on them. Nod so they know you are a good boy and you are listening.

Eyes on them. Learn to notice the signs they are going to erupt. Submit. Appease. Make a joke. Disarm. Head off danger at the pass.

Getting tall…don’t stand too tall. Don’t give them a reason to fear you.

Stay their small, sweet, godly boy so they’ll never be angry at you.

Something wrong? Fix it. Hurry. Before they notice. You are smart and resourceful and can fix it before they notice.

You are getting older, wiser. Sometimes they listen now. Mediate. Support. Harmonize. Hold the moral high ground.

Keep the peace. Keep the peace. Keep the peace.

…And maybe, just maybe, if you are good enough and patient enough for long enough, and never ever ask anything for yourself, they will repent and heal and turn toward you and you will finally have a family.

You are strong. You can bear this burden.

...Too deprived. Too disappointed. Too little. Too much.

Surrender your desires to the Lord.

You are my beloved child, in whom I am well pleased. Your reward is in heaven and not of this world.

God is with me. Nothing hurts me anymore.

I can take on the pain of the world. I was born for it.

Milo wants nothing.

Milo needs nothing.

Milo is but a vessel of Divine Mercy.

Milo doesn’t exist.

#TakeOnMe

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Don’t keep looking back; you’re not going that way. #ReligiousTrauma #exchristian #recovery #education #growth #curiosity #selflove

Plagued by unrelenting shame for “normal” activities like masturbation, sex, or enjoying time doing nothing? SHAME IS OFTEN FUNDAMENTALIST RESIDUE. Wipe that sh!t off your shoe and give FREEDOM a try. Start small & work your way up to Big Ticket items. Life is a grand buffet - don’t starve to death because of religion. #ReligiousTrauma #shame #fundamentalism #suffering #freedom #humanism #joy #exchristian #explore