The Global Center for Religious Research (GCRR) has established the world's first and most comprehensive psychiatric research group to study the causes, manifestations, and treatment options for those suffering from "religious trauma" (RT). Religious Trauma can look like:
*Deep or chronic shame about being personally responsible for Christ's death, being a sinner, or not living up to expectations
*Feelings of unworthiness, being unlovable, or bad in some way
*Fear of rejection by God or the faith community
*Lack of self-compassion
*Lack of personal autonomy - an ingrained belief that one's life is for God's sole purpose, leading to challenges making decisions, creating personal boundaries and providing intentional consent
*Feeling that they can't trust themselves, their body or their emotions
Growing up with chronic fear or anxiety around salvation, rapture, H, S, or d****s
*Superstitious beliefs about what will lead to positive and negative outcomes in life
*Perfectionism or hyper-vigilance - fear of making mistakes
*Extreme dualistic thinking - judging every individual thought and action as "good" or "bad"
Spiritual bypassing - denying the presence and validity of mental health issues due to a belief that those feelings come from S or a lack of faith and if they pray enough or are favored then God will take it away
*Difficulty with experiencing pleasure
Feeling bad or wrong for having s thoughts or feelings, or having physical reactions to s* situations such as crying or feeling a disconnection from the body
Denying s***lity
*Lasting trauma from conversion therapy
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