#religious trauma syndrome

[lilyaceofdiamonds]

“I think cults are fascinating” no they suck please stop telling me about all the documentaries you’re watching. You have no idea.

You don’t know what it’s like to be shamed for having an opinion about — about anything. You’ve never had to cut little potential pieces of personality away before they have the chance to grow and shove them into fictional ocs in the deepest parts of your brain. You’ve never been hypervigilant about what you do/say/wear both at home and every time you leave your house, and terrified that you’ve fucked up at the slightest hint of disapproval.

#my ramblings #fuck the cult #cult survivor #religious trauma syndrome #exmo

[jesusinstilettos]

I have c-PTSD so I will randomly be hit with dread and panic throughout the day and in my monkey brain it feels like I’m being hunted down by a tiger. Just saying I feel anxious doesn’t fully describe what I’m experiencing. So my partner and I refer to my anxiety and panic as the tiger that’s hunting me down and it allows me to easily let him know if something is wrong and I can easily communicate how I’m feeling at any moment by saying how close the tiger is. Mildly anxious? The tiger is hunting me and about 10 miles away. Feeling like I’m dying? The tiger is hunting me and it’s literally in the room with us. It’s a validating and kind of secretive way to let my partner know how I’m feeling instead of just saying “I’m anxious.”

#deconstruction #ex christian #ex evangelical #just cptsd things #cptsd recovery #tw cptsd #cptsd thoughts #ptsd #religious trauma #religious trauma syndrome

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

"The implication is that you must not relax. You should live in fear about being right with God at all times. Especially for a small child, this can be terrifying."

-- Marlene Winell, "Leaving the Fold"

#Marlene Winell #Leaving the Fold #christianity #right with god #fear #fear of god #fear god #not today satan #religion of fear #religion #Religious Trauma Syndrome #religious trauma #religion is a mental illness

[connieaaa]

"It must be recognized that sexual abuse includes nonphysical abuse; inappropriate sexual comments and sexual teasing on the part of the adult often has a traumatic emotional impact."

The Adult Children of Alcoholics Syndrome by Wayne Kritsberg

I am sorry did you just classify purity culture as sexual abuse? Because I am pretty sure that's what you did. Well, it checks out.

#religious trauma syndrome #religious fundamentalists #ex religious #ex fundamentalist #religious trauma #ex christian #ex fundie #apostate #purity culture #purity rings

[victim-or-survivor]

going to church against my will and my entire family asking me later why i kept staring off into space like a ww2 vet

#ptsd #trauma vent #religion tw #religious trauma syndrome #ptsd problems

[baby--faced]

Blind Faith 💡

Oil on Canvas, Annika Cafiero 2022

https://www.instagram.com/annikacafiero/

#religious trauma #agnes pelton #spiritual trauma #surrealism #surrealism art #spiritual memes #surrealpainting #naive painting #naive art #religious trauma syndrome #oil painting #hilma af klint #transcendentalism #dorothea tanning #folk art #christian meme #leonora carrington #my art

[fenfuck]

Then with a grin you crucified me.

Said I was the one to blame.

(Vent)

#horrorcore #glitchcore #horror #eye strain #vent #vent post #ptsd recovery #ptsd vent #vent art #eyestrain #tw eyestrain #tw religious themes #religious trauma syndrome #bpd thoughts #tw blood #cw blood

[deservedgrace]

Sometimes seeing "inner child work" stuff just makes me sad because there is absolutely nothing I could do that would provide any consolation to my young self if they knew they would eventually leave the faith

Child indoctrination is evil

#i rbed a post a bit ago about how there are people that would rather i died a christian than live as a non christian #and i said how upsetting that is to me #well.. my past self would have felt the same about me. if i saw leaving the faith as a possibility of course (i didn't) #it just sucks that i was so indoctrinated that my existence right now would be one of the worst things young me could imagine #and that's something I've carried the weight of for a long time #ex christian #religious trauma #ex cult #religious trauma syndrome #ex religious #child indoctrination #personal

[miraclesandlove]

So maybe that's it. Maybe I'll never be able to participate in a church/religion. It is the fault of those religious ab*sers and why should I be damned because of what they did? They should be, I think.

#religion #exvangelical #ex evangelical #religious abuse #spiritual abuse #ex fundamentalist #ex cult #religious trauma syndrome #ptsd #complex ptsd #spiritual trauma #religious trauma

[evewasfreed]

linda kay klein, pure: inside the evangelical movement that shamed a generation of young women and how i broke free

#purity culture #religion crit #misogyny #religious trauma syndrome #ex christian

[poor-dumb-snek]

I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies

Prayer

An artwork from my artist book titled Bars on Stained Glass Windows. The book centres around my religious trauma, and how growing up queer in the church affected me in ways that I still notice to this day. Through my art I am able to come to terms with it all, and though my view on religion, especially Christianity, will forever remain complicated, I find an almost morbid beauty in it.

#religious trauma #art #illustration #artist #religious imagery #trauma #vent art #gay #queer #queer artist #lgbtq #lesbian #lesbian artist #rts #religious trauma syndrome #catholic gulit #the morbid beauty of religious imagery

[lilyaceofdiamonds]

One of my d&d mates: i watched that Duggar documentary

Me: hAhAhA i made it eleven minutes before i slammed my computer shut because they did a Thing the same way my cult did a Thing and i decided i needed to go buy more alcohol before attempting it again

Her: That’s fair, i thought about you a lot while watching it

#my ramblings #religious trauma syndrome #fuck the cult #exmo #(it was the baptism scene. fucking hell i stopped breathing.) #cult survivor #wow i don’t think i’ve ever used that tag for one of my posts before there’s a lot to unpack there

[mad-pride]

Hey question, would you be alright with someone neatening up / readjusting colors for your Religious Trauma Syndrome flag?

https:// www.tumblr.com/mad-pride/649630868971847680/ religious-trauma-syndrome-rts-a

of course, I would be alright. however, it should be noted that that flag is from the old blog whose admin is not here anymore. and it seems someone designed one distinct.

#religious trauma syndrome #y8 answers

[lamajaoscura]

#exvangelical #religious trauma syndrome

[connieaaa]

It should be said: the human spine is why I stopped believing in creation science, the human spine is the equivalent of playing Jenga with beans with a nuclear power plant inside. No one is that incompetent.

#evolution #Creation science #creationism #ken ham #exfundamentalist #ex fundamentalists #ex fundie #religious homeschooling #growing up religious #ex religious #ex baptist #ex christian #religious trauma syndrome

[agirldying]

I hate that anti-religion sentiments are amounted to alt-right bigotry in progressive spaces?

First of all im not going to tell somebody to drop their religion or spirituality, I never had that feeling of entitlement. I'm "anti-religion" (more like skeptical but anyway) because religion does measurable damage to critical thinking. Women belong under the servitude of men because god said so. Gay people are disgusting because god said so. Trans people are mentally ill because god said so. Grown men pursuing teenage girls is ok cause god said so.

I realized i have religious trauma when i noticed anything thats remotely related to religion, especially islam (i was raised muslim), gives me deep anxiety. i struggle to interact with or even look at religious people which i know is problematic so i dont need anons who are reading this to lecture me.

Not that i think science is unbiased or completely objective but its more reliable than old books that are interpreted in more ways i can count.

Hey anon,

I guess I'm not really in progressive spaces so I'll take your word for it.

I completely agree with your sentiments. Too often, homophobia, transphobia, misogyny, ableism, and other things are thinly veiled as religion. People use religion often times to justify discriminating against, being hateful to, or even committing hate crimes against certain persons just because their scripture or preacher condoned it. It's an extremely sad fact that people do this. At the end of the day I think that everyone has pretty much the same reason to be religious - to find meaning, and sometimes so desperately that they will harm another in the name of it.

I understand your anxiety and other things surrounding religion. My pfp is partly in tribute to the scar religion has left on me.

I'm not seeing how it could be problematic to struggle to interact with or look at religious people, especially in the context of having RTS. But yes, I do also tend to rely more on scientific answers or theories than religious ones at this point in my life. I feel like science is often more truthful, and I want to follow the truth instead of comforting lies.

You are not alone in your beliefs and experiences. This is a very interesting and multifaceted discussion so you're welcome to talk more about it anytime. Otherwise, I hope I could help and I'm here if you need anything.

#text #asks #religion #religious trauma #religious trauma syndrome #rts #trauma #vent #trauma vent #ptsd #cptsd