Most Recent Articles
Religious Trauma:
Trauma bonds often develop in response to narcissist abuse. Religious trauma bonds are similar, however, they often develop in the context of authoritarian religions.
Although often an ideal to strive for in religious communities, "Christ-like" behavior can manifest as a religious trauma fawn response to help folks survive the pressure of high control settings.
Religious patriarchy harms men too, albeit in different ways than it harms women and sexual minorities. This article discusses the ways men are also harmed.
Purity Culture
Purity culture indoctrination often creates deeply problematic internalized beliefs. This article explores the signs of indoctrination and how to begin deprogramming.
Many religions claim that remaining "pure" before marriage ensures marital success; however, there can be many downsides to purity culture marriages.
This article explores how purity culture harms men emotionally, culturally, relationally, sexually, and psychologically, emphasizing the shared impact on all people.
Childhood Indoctrination:
It's not uncommon for parents involved in high control religions to emotionally neglect their children. This article explains why this happens.
The article discusses the impact of authoritarian parenting, particularly in religious households, on the development of insecure attachment styles in children.
This post explores how authoritarian religious upbringings and emotional neglect can leave adults feeling "love starved," impacting self-worth, relationships, and emotional expression.
Coercive Control:
This article provides 5 red flags to help you determine whether the god you served was actually a narcissist, and the unique wounds that occur when you've been indoctrinated to love a narcissistic god.
This article gives you this in's and out's of religious indoctrination, cult programming, and religious trauma & provides 5 steps to start recovering.
This article explores the four stages of anger that many people experience as they identify patterns of coercive control in their former religion and begin the recovery process.
Post-Religion Growth
The article identifies the source of our social isolation and offers a few practical strategies to begin re-building your social network after leaving an insular religious group.
Spiritual bypassing shows up in many religious communities. This article explores common types of spiritual bypassing and provides healthier alternatives.
