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Former fundamentalists describe the trauma of leaving their faith


Former fundamentalists describe the trauma of leaving their faith

Former fundamentalists describe the trauma of leaving their faith. “Leaving the fold was then a long and wrenching process which tore at the fabric of my ...

Part 3: The Trauma of Leaving Religion - Journey Free

Losing one's faith, or leaving one's religion, is an analogous event because it essentially means the death of one's previous life – the end of reality as it ...

What to Expect when Leaving Fundamentalism

Coming out of fundamentalism is, for many, similar to suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Not knowing what you want is common with PTSD. Do not ...

Do you as a former fundamentalist Christian ever feel traumatised?

What has your most traumatic experience been, leaving Jehovah's Witnesses? ... Do people ever get over their religious trauma? It depends ...

My Problem(s) With Fundamentalism: A Blast from the Past

... Former Fundamentalists and Others Leaving their Religion”. She first identified the condition she called Religious Trauma Syndrome. If ...

Religion Is an Ex I'm Still Trying to Leave Behind | TIME

Many of us who were raised in religious extremism don't live in our bodies. Our days are spent in our heads and our nights are disrupted by the ...

Anyone else recovering from religious trauma from their ... - Reddit

90 votes, 24 comments. I have days where I still struggle with guilt & shame for leaving my fundamentalist evangelical upbringing.

Leaving the Fold – A Guide for Former Fundamentalists and Others ...

It provides insight into the psychological manipulations involved in authoritarian religion, and Christian fundamentalism in particular. Drawing from her own ...

The Hidden Trauma Of Life After Fundamentalism | by Kristen Hovet

Marlene Winell, author of Leaving the Fold: A Guide for Former Fundamentalists and Others Leaving Their Religion, has labeled Religious Trauma ...

Leaving the Fold: A Guide for Former Fundamentalists and Others ...

Psychologist Marlene Winell is uniquely qualified to address the subject of this book. In addition to her personal experience with leaving fundamentalist ...

Psychological Issues of Former Fundamentalists - ICSA Articles 2

Fundamentalist tenets form the believer's primary source of meaning and self definition. In leaving their religion, former fundamentalists leave behind what has ...

Surviving Religious Trauma - Friends Journal

The resulting religious trauma that I sustained from this backward theology as a child and young adult wasn't physical but it was emotional and ...

Religious trauma syndrome - Wikipedia

Religious trauma syndrome (RTS) is classified as a set of symptoms, ranging in severity, experienced by those who have participated in or left behind ...

"Religious Trauma Syndrome" - Tim Gilmore's deadpaper - Substack

The very fact of the fear proved the weakness of your faith and redoubled the fear. It's a conversation that's often accidentally popped up with ...

Finding Spirituality after Fundamentalist Religion ... - religious trauma

The list goes on and on. It's profoundly ironic that the practices Christian fundamentalism condemns as unspiritual are precisely what healed me ...

Dealing with the Confusion, Grief, and Existential Chaos of Leaving ...

It is not easy challenging beliefs we once deeply held. Over a period of time I questioned a number of fundamentalist beliefs I was taught.

Growing Up Fundy: An analysis of being raised in Christian ...

Hypocrisy, abuse, betrayal and hate are some of the main reasons people choose to leave their fundamental, evangelical Christian faith.

Your Nervous System and Leaving Fundamentalism Behind

In fact, when we only cognitively deconstruct from religion, but do not resolve the religious trauma living in our bodies, we are prone to re- ...

John Vervaeke on Fundamentalism Trauma, and Embodying Wisdom

That religion, for all of its toxic effects, and also because my mom, to give her credit, encouraged me to think and to learn and grow, it left ...

Religious Trauma Syndrome: How Some Organized Religion Leads ...

... Leaving the Fold – A Guide for Former Fundamentalists and Others Leaving their Religion. More information about Marlene Winell and resources ...