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Dear Jesus, Am I broken enough yet?
At youth group and church camp, I learned to perform my own unworthiness. It took years to recognize the spiritual harm this caused.
Religion that harms
Drawing on both research and personal experience, therapist Laura Anderson explores the trauma caused by high-control religion.
Miriam Toews explores religious trauma through the voice of a nine-year-old
Swiv isn’t an unreliable narrator, but she’s living in a world that feels unreliable.
by Amy Peterson