Welcome to Religious Trauma Resources
Reflections on healing the wounds of religious trauma.
Welcome to my Substack space for Religious Trauma Resources. You will find several newsletters already loaded on the page. A good place to begin would be the following two introductory newsletters:
As is often the case, I did not recognize the impact or symptoms of Religious Trauma in my life. Anytime there is abuse or control in a religious setting, religious trauma can occur. Trauma is not the event itself. It is the impact on your nervous system and what you came to believe about yourself as a result of the event. You might gain insights by reading, Is Religious Trauma Impacting You?
If you grew up in high control religious settings, the following two newsletters will probably be helpful:
There are five additional newsletters and more to come. Resources are embedded in many of these posts and more will be added.
My perspectives on this topic are as unique as my personal story. Though I experienced sexual abuse from those connected with the church, my father was a wonderful example of a servant-leader pastor and cared deeply for me. Sadly, this is not always the case. I have many happy memories of my childhood in the church even though I was never fully safe in those spaces. My story of deeply painful Religious Trauma began as a young adult. Some of this—as it connects to the book, Trauma in the Pews—is shared on my website blog: Trauma in the Pews: The Memory Behind the Metaphor.
Every story matters—your story matters!
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