Dissociation is a common symptom of religious trauma, and indoctrination into a high control religion (which often leads to religious trauma) can cause you to dissociate as a way of managing the extreme, chronic stress of your environment. This article explores the different types of dissociation and the specific ways high control religion may cause you to dissociate.
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Religious Trauma & OCD: Everything You Need To Know
The source of your religious OCD may be unhealed religious trauma. This article gives you an in-depth overview of what religious OCD is and how it could be connected to religious trauma, particularly for those who were indoctrinated into a high control religion.
Quitting Religion Doesn’t Mean You Quit Being a Fundamentalist
Religious indoctrination often results in rigid, black and white patterns of thinking. Even after leaving the religion, it’s common to continue these fundamentalist patterns. Most people simply transfer this rigidity onto something else. This “internalized fundamentalism” can be viewed as an ongoing symptom of religious trauma.
Setting Boundaries After Leaving Religion: The Complete Guide
High control religions tend to devalue personal needs, instead prioritizing self-sacrifice. When you’ve been indoctrinated into this mindset, setting boundaries can feel unfamiliar and even scary. This article breaks down everything you need to know about setting boundaries after leaving a high control religion.
Deconstructing Purity Culture: Start Now With These 4 Steps
Deconstructing faith and deconstructing purity culture often share areas of overlap, but there are a few specific things you’ll definitely want to do when you’re ready to deconstruct purity culture. This article gives you a step by step process for tackling this important issue.
A Therapist Reviews: Pure by Linda Kay Klein
As a religious trauma therapist, helping people work through the harmful aspects of purity culture is a significant part of my work. I often recommend this book to help people understand more about purity culture and the many ways it can affect people.
What You Need to Know About Phobia Indoctrination & Religious Cults
Phobia indoctrination is a tactic most commonly used by cults to convert and control followers. But did you know that high control religions also use phobia indoctrination with a similar intent — to convert people to their brand of religion and to then control them using fear-based tactics?
A Therapist Reviews: A Radical Awakening by Dr Shefali
This book was life-changing for me. It helps women understand the cultural forces and family of origin dynamics that lead them into total self-abandonment. But it doesn’t stop there — it also offers clear guidance for how to reclaim your power and step back into your authentic self.
How High Control Religions Create Perfectionism
If you were indoctrinated into a high control religion, chances are high you now struggle with perfectionistic tendencies. This article explains the connection between religious indoctrination and perfectionism and offers a solution for how to start recovering.
A Therapist Reviews: When Religion Hurts You by Dr. Laura Anderson
This book is an excellent primer on religious trauma and how it impacts those who have been affected by it. My review of this book gives my overall impressions of the book and who might benefit most from reading it.