janice3015Apr 73 minDIVINE TRAUMA BONDINGPatrick Carnes, PhD, developed the term “trauma bonding” in 1997. A specialist in addiction therapy and the founder of the International...
janice3015Feb 232 minSAVE ME FROM THE FUNDYSAs I prepare for the next Divorcing Religion Workshop (https://www.divorcing-religion.com/), CORT (Conference on Religious Trauma...
janice3015Feb 54 minCAN YOU OVERDOSE ON A BELIEF SYSTEMI spent about 40 years of my life as a Christian fundamentalist. I believed the Bible to be absolutely true, literal, and historical....
janice3015Dec 27, 20212 minYou Were Never a True BelieverThis has got to be one of the cheapest shots religionists aim at those who have left the faith. If my 40 years of regular church...
janice3015Nov 17, 20214 minComing Out as a NonbelieverIt's the most Wonderful time of the year... unless you are expected to participate in meals & attend services with still-religious loved...
janice3015Oct 18, 20213 minFEAR OF HELLHalloween was such a problem when I was religious: I wasn't comfortable letting my kids celebrate anything about death or ghosts, but I...
janice3015Jul 25, 20213 minIs Religion Actually Traumatizing?For millions upon millions, the answer is YES. As long as identity remains enmeshed with religious beliefs, however, most fail to make...
janice3015Jun 27, 20214 minChristianity, Residential Schooling, and the 60s ScoopIn 1974, my "new sister" arrived at our front door. What I saw was a small First Nations girl with pigtails and a blue suitcase. I was 4...