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When a child hits another, we don’t say “well, they needed to learn a lesson.” We stop them. We say, “Use your words.” “That’s not kind.” “We don’t hit.”
So why is it different when the adult is the one doing the hitting?
When a child hits another, we don’t say “well, they needed to learn a lesson.” We stop them. We say, “Use your words.” “That’s not kind.” “We don’t hit.”
So why is it different when the adult is the one doing the hitting?
#shinyhappypeople #joshuaharris #exchristian
#shinyhappypeople #joshuaharris #exchristian
When churches handle harm “internally,” what they’re doing is protecting the institution. Not you.
If you felt more ashamed after counseling than before, I’m sorry.
That wasn’t healing. That was manipulation.
#ChristianCounseling #ReligiousAbuse #Exvangelical
When churches handle harm “internally,” what they’re doing is protecting the institution. Not you.
If you felt more ashamed after counseling than before, I’m sorry.
That wasn’t healing. That was manipulation.
#ChristianCounseling #ReligiousAbuse #Exvangelical
But what they really meant was:
“Be quiet.”
“Be small.”
“Make it easier for us to stay comfortable.”
That’s not healing. That’s harm with a smile on it.
Christian counseling is NOT therapy.
#ReligiousReckoning #SpiritualRecovery #DeconstructingFaith #ChristianGaslighting
But what they really meant was:
“Be quiet.”
“Be small.”
“Make it easier for us to stay comfortable.”
That’s not healing. That’s harm with a smile on it.
Christian counseling is NOT therapy.
#ReligiousReckoning #SpiritualRecovery #DeconstructingFaith #ChristianGaslighting
Sometimes it’s control.
Sometimes it’s spiritual gaslighting with a Bible verse taped on top.
If that was your experience, Darling, you’re not broken. You were spiritually managed instead of supported. #deconstruction #religioustrauma #counseling #exchristian
Sometimes it’s control.
Sometimes it’s spiritual gaslighting with a Bible verse taped on top.
If that was your experience, Darling, you’re not broken. You were spiritually managed instead of supported. #deconstruction #religioustrauma #counseling #exchristian
Healing doesn’t require repentance, submission or forgiveness.
Let’s name it. Let’s ghost it. Let’s heal for real.
#deconstruction #exchristiannarionalist
Healing doesn’t require repentance, submission or forgiveness.
Let’s name it. Let’s ghost it. Let’s heal for real.
#deconstruction #exchristiannarionalist
If you were spiritually manipulated in the name of healing, you’re not crazy babe, you were in a system designed to protect power, not people.
#ExvangelicalAF #SpiritualGaslighting #CallOutChurchHarm
#ReclaimHealing
If you were spiritually manipulated in the name of healing, you’re not crazy babe, you were in a system designed to protect power, not people.
#ExvangelicalAF #SpiritualGaslighting #CallOutChurchHarm
#ReclaimHealing
You went to heal, they told you to pray it away. #ChristianCounselingIsNotTherapy #ReligiousTraumaSurvivor #DeconstructAndHeal
You went to heal, they told you to pray it away. #ChristianCounselingIsNotTherapy #ReligiousTraumaSurvivor #DeconstructAndHeal
It’s often unlicensed, unregulated, and rooted in spiritual authority, not mental health training.
If you were told to pray instead of process, repent instead of recover, hi.
Let’s talk about it. #ReligiousTrauma #ChristianCounseling #Exvangelical
#MentalHealth
It’s often unlicensed, unregulated, and rooted in spiritual authority, not mental health training.
If you were told to pray instead of process, repent instead of recover, hi.
Let’s talk about it. #ReligiousTrauma #ChristianCounseling #Exvangelical
#MentalHealth
Now I know rest is resistance.
The dirt will come back tomorrow anyway.
At least I’ll be rested.
#deconstruction #exvangelical #religiontrauma #restasresistance
Now I know rest is resistance.
The dirt will come back tomorrow anyway.
At least I’ll be rested.
#deconstruction #exvangelical #religiontrauma #restasresistance