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Eventually, we want to process all of our emotions and release them – even anger, resentment, etc. But you don't have to approve of anything to let it go. It's for your own sake so you can move on. Have you been able to find some release in your process of deconstruction?
Anger is something we feel when something crosses our values. It's energizing and there's nothing wrong with it. You can use it to fight injustice. What has been your experience of anger?
Religion constantly reiterates that you have "sinned." But what do YOU think about what you’ve done? Learning self-compassion is required for healing from religious trauma. Have you been able to find compassion for yourself?
I have not looked into the link provided, but I support the sentiment in the post. When I talk to ex-evangelicals, I hear a lot asking, "But, what if ...?" Regardless of age, the indoctrination and fear were very real.
I have not looked into the link provided, but I support the sentiment in the post. When I talk to ex-evangelicals, I hear a lot asking, "But, what if ...?" Regardless of age, the indoctrination and fear were very real.
This is something I hear often. You are still affected because you were a child and the indoctrination was intense. A child has a vulnerable, immature brain, so all the religious ideas made a deep impression. What has helped you to process your experience?
@Theocracidal @unshawpodcast @theocraticwar @s1ntropy55 @Danish_SMF @Urtoez75_2 @AtheismActually @cselway @carin_glea50403 Indeed. Science and reason provided a safe place for me to land. As doctor @marlenewinell points out in her excellent book “Leaving the Fold,” having something to fall back on when you leave a religion that told you you’re worthless is an important thing. Had I not built a…
On Easter, they say Jesus rose from the dead. Yet, coming out of this religion, many of us feel like we are the ones who are coming to life. We are here, we are good, and we proclaim our humanity.
Someone had to do it.
Couldn’t agree more!
Part of reclaiming our lives means learning to acknowledge our right to our own thoughts and choices, and to acknowledge ourselves as valid. ✨ What holds meaning for you now? What do you value as important and worthy? ✨
Fundamentalism teaches that our emotions are something to avoid, suppress, control, overcome. They are “not to be trusted” - aka temptation or weakness. This couldn’t be further from the truth. Emotions help us feel and understand our experience. They are guideposts – not traps.
「我々の文化では宗教は基本的に良いものとして捉えられている。 宗教は集合的トラウマ、様々な苦痛や機能不全を抱えているにも関わらず、 それらが語られないのはなぜだろうか？」
「我々の文化では宗教は基本的に良いものとして捉えられている。 宗教は集合的トラウマ、様々な苦痛や機能不全を抱えているにも関わらず、 それらが語られないのはなぜだろうか？」
Fear, pain, loss, and grief are inevitable parts of it, and for those of us who have been taught that emotions are signals of sin or satan – this can be an especially fraught time. How did it feel for you to leave fundamentalism behind?
There’s an uncomfortable in-between part of deconstruction, where we don’t fit into the “religious side” of things, but we’re still seeing the world through the conditioned lens of religion, particularly when it’s the only one we’ve known. Read more here: journeyfree.org/existential-pa…
When I was emerging from the coma, so to speak, I had real anxiety about my identity. If I wasn't a Christian...who/what was I? It took me a long time to feel comfortable in my own skin. Fortunately today, there are resources like journeyfree.org - @SethAndrewsTTA
When I was emerging from the coma, so to speak, I had real anxiety about my identity. If I wasn't a Christian...who/what was I? It took me a long time to feel comfortable in my own skin. Fortunately today, there are resources like journeyfree.org - @SethAndrewsTTA
One member recently said in our Release & Reclaim support group that the struggle to find meaning and worth after leaving religion behind feels similar to the journey of addiction recovery. Can you relate? What tools have you gained to help you with this?
In our support group a member expressed feeling that “nothing is real, and there would be no reason for living if there is no life after this one...the fear and pain of this loss is enormous.” Has this been something you’ve struggled with?
Religious trauma is real.
“Imagine being told by everyone you trusted that you’re going to hell because you like men.” 1 in 3 adults in the U.S. have suffered from religious trauma at some point in their life, according to a study. nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-he…
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I have not looked into the link provided, but I support the sentiment in the post. When I talk to ex-evangelicals, I hear a lot asking, "But, what if ...?" Regardless of age, the indoctrination and fear were very real.
This is something I hear often. You are still affected because you were a child and the indoctrination was intense. A child has a vulnerable, immature brain, so all the religious ideas made a deep impression. What has helped you to process your experience?
This is something I hear often. You are still affected because you were a child and the indoctrination was intense. A child has a vulnerable, immature brain, so all the religious ideas made a deep impression. What has helped you to process your experience?
@Theocracidal @unshawpodcast @theocraticwar @s1ntropy55 @Danish_SMF @Urtoez75_2 @AtheismActually @cselway @carin_glea50403 Indeed. Science and reason provided a safe place for me to land. As doctor @marlenewinell points out in her excellent book “Leaving the Fold,” having something to fall back on when you leave a religion that told you you’re worthless is an important thing. Had I not built a…
On Easter, they say Jesus rose from the dead. Yet, coming out of this religion, many of us feel like we are the ones who are coming to life. We are here, we are good, and we proclaim our humanity.
Three years ago, I embarked on a terrifying journey: becoming a college student at the age of 50 after only having an 8th-grade education and spending 35 years in a totalitarian cult. After three years of hard work, long nights, tears, and wanting to give up so many times, I…
Someone had to do it.
Couldn’t agree more!
Part of reclaiming our lives means learning to acknowledge our right to our own thoughts and choices, and to acknowledge ourselves as valid. ✨ What holds meaning for you now? What do you value as important and worthy? ✨
Part of reclaiming our lives means learning to acknowledge our right to our own thoughts and choices, and to acknowledge ourselves as valid. ✨ What holds meaning for you now? What do you value as important and worthy? ✨
感じる事は罪ではない 原理主義は感情は避け、抑圧し、支配し、乗り越えるべきものだと教える。人間的な感情は信頼に値せず、誘惑や弱さの結果とされる。 真実は全くその反対で、感情のおかげで私たちは経験をより深く理解できるようになる。感情は罠では無く、私たちを導いてくれるものだ。
Fundamentalism teaches that our emotions are something to avoid, suppress, control, overcome. They are “not to be trusted” - aka temptation or weakness. This couldn’t be further from the truth. Emotions help us feel and understand our experience. They are guideposts – not traps.
Fundamentalism teaches that our emotions are something to avoid, suppress, control, overcome. They are “not to be trusted” - aka temptation or weakness. This couldn’t be further from the truth. Emotions help us feel and understand our experience. They are guideposts – not traps.
宗教的トラウマが植え付ける無力感 1. 世界で起こる事は神の意思によるもので、あなた自身が決めるものではない。 2. あなたは自分自身を救う事はできず、祈りと宗教が定めたルールを守る事以外に世界に対して意義ある貢献をする事はできない。
It’s a double whammy: 1. You are not responsible for what happens to the Earth. That’s “god’s domain.” 2. You are helpless to save yourself or contribute meaningfully to the world outside of prayer and obeying the rules set out for you by your religion or church. 🤯
「我々の文化では宗教は基本的に良いものとして捉えられている。 宗教は集合的トラウマ、様々な苦痛や機能不全を抱えているにも関わらず、 それらが語られないのはなぜだろうか？」
In our culture, religion is still considered a good thing. There is huge, collective trauma Pervasive pain and dysfunction …and yet all go unmentioned. Why?
@marlenewinell For me: “Freeing yourself from the shackles of ancient religion evokes the emotion Andy Dufresne had at Shawshank after he crawled through a river of shit and came out clean on the other side.” -- Mostly Harmful p 255
Fear, pain, loss, and grief are inevitable parts of it, and for those of us who have been taught that emotions are signals of sin or satan – this can be an especially fraught time. How did it feel for you to leave fundamentalism behind?
There’s an uncomfortable in-between part of deconstruction, where we don’t fit into the “religious side” of things, but we’re still seeing the world through the conditioned lens of religion, particularly when it’s the only one we’ve known. Read more here: journeyfree.org/existential-pa…
@ThinkingAtheist @SethAndrewsTTA That is when you need to start reading the work of well known Humanists. It’s beautiful when you become accountable to yourself and your loved ones.
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