Has religion hurt you too? You are most welcome, as we speak about recovering from the impact of religion, especially the impact of growing up in a religion. Laura Anderson is a psychotherapist and has a PhD in Mind Body Medicine. She is also the founder of Religious Trauma Institute AND Center for Trauma Resolution and Recovery! Plus the author of "When religion hurts you : Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High-Control Religion" and she is podcaster in Sunday School dropout We talk about: -To leave a religion is not just stop believing - leaving church is just the beginning of the deconstruction process -Spiritual abuse - To identify with being a sinner aka shame -To be raised in the awareness that we do not deserve life -How you need to build internal resources to allow happiness and excitement to not overwhelm your system -Volunteer-work for God serving a higher vision while neglecting your own security requirement -I will just put in a few quotes from Dr. Laura Andersons IG: -"In healing religious trauma, it may be necessary to grieve your idea of who god was, or gods existence entirely" -"Denial is a defense mechanism that keeps us from seeing things how they truly are/were, because if we did see them for how they truly are/were, it would feel consciously intolerable" -"Recovering from high control religion often includes grieving the ways we were taught about the world, people, and how to navigate relationship." -"Recovering from high control religion often includes: Grieving normal childhood and adolescent development - Being able to make mistakes and learn from them- Privacy - Comprehensive sex education - Being threatened with the punishment of hell - Requirement to take on tasks that are meant for adults - Viewing your bodies as evil -"When we have a sense of internal safety, our boundaries are able to expand and change" - Hope you will tune in - we are sharing experiences as well as hearing Dr. Laura Andersons knowledge in this area she has specialized in around control and abuse. She is building communities and changing worldviews, I say that is an 11th house sun. I recommend Dr. Laura Andersons Instagram for inspiration: https://www.instagram.com/drlauraeanderson/ Here is her website: https://drlauraeanderson.com/ And her podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/sunday-school-dropouts/id1689312239 Feel free to contact me for comments: [email protected] I also just got myself a linktree, so modern I am: https://linktr.ee/therapeuticastrology - Mannah

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