What Makes Religion Traumatizing?
Learn the different factors that make religion traumatizing for so many people.
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Janice Selbie
- Jun 8
- 3 min
FROM ANTI-CHOICE TO PRO-REPRODUCTIVE SOVEREIGNTY
*Actual picture of me as a self-righteous, anti-choice, religious ignoramus* As a Christian woman, I considered myself 100% "PRO-LIFE." I...
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Janice Selbie
- Apr 6
- 3 min
DIVINE TRAUMA BONDING
Patrick Carnes, PhD, developed the term “trauma bonding” in 1997. A specialist in addiction therapy and the founder of the International...
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Janice Selbie
- Feb 22
- 2 min
SAVE ME FROM THE FUNDYS
As I prepare for the next Divorcing Religion Workshop (https://www.divorcing-religion.com/), CORT (Conference on Religious Trauma...
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Janice Selbie
- Feb 5
- 4 min
CAN YOU OVERDOSE ON A BELIEF SYSTEM
I spent about 40 years of my life as a Christian fundamentalist. I believed the Bible to be absolutely true, literal, and historical....
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Janice Selbie
- Dec 27, 2021
- 2 min
You Were Never a True Believer
This 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...
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Janice Selbie
- Nov 17, 2021
- 4 min
Coming Out as a Nonbeliever
It's the most Wonderful time of the year... unless you are expected to participate in meals & attend services with still-religious loved...
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Janice Selbie
- Oct 18, 2021
- 3 min
FEAR OF HELL
Halloween was such a problem when I was religious: I wasn't comfortable letting my kids celebrate anything about death or ghosts, but I...
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Janice Selbie
- Jul 24, 2021
- 3 min
Is 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...
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Janice Selbie
- Jun 27, 2021
- 4 min
Christianity, Residential Schooling, and the 60s Scoop
In 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...
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