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:

therapeuticastrologer@gmail.com

I also just got myself a linktree, so modern I am:

https://linktr.ee/therapeuticastrology

 

- Mannah