religious trauma
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Why Practice Empathy When You Can Do Spiritual Bypassing
“Let me tell you about the time someone with greater faith than you went through the same situation and handled it so much better than you did.” If I opened my heart to you and told you about my struggles and this was your response, I would thank you very kindly for sharing your wisdom… Continue reading
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In the Margins of the Enlightened Narrative
The loudest part was being unheard. What was my pain to you but just another pulpit to preach from? No matter what hurt, you had a ready name for it, a cookie cutter verse from your book, a drawer for me to disappear in. How quick you were, always, to casually gesture towards a paradigm… Continue reading
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My therapist told me to make a list of my wins and this came out on top
I am now surrounded by people who pour life into me, not people who drain the life out of me. These days I only need to show up instead of put on a performance instead of keep my head down instead of parrot a script over and over until I start to believe it. To… Continue reading
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The People I was Raised to Look up to are Silent During a Genocide
I struggle to be around people whose hearts are not breaking at this time of great sorrow. I struggle to find peace these days, whereas some have identified a person of authority to tell them they are Good People, and that is enough to let them sleep at night, certain they are doing enough. Every… Continue reading
Rampant & Golden 