"Religious Trauma Syndrome"

by leavingwt 4 Replies latest jw friends

  • leavingwt
    leavingwt

    From a recent article at Salon.com, mention of 'religious trauma syndrome' as a diagnosis that Marlene Winell would use for some.

    Psychotherapist Marlene Winell, who practises in Berkeley, California, specialises in “recovery from harmful religion” and advocates religious trauma syndrome as a psychological diagnosis. “There are so many places in the US that are just saturated with religion. Everything is interwoven – their families, their schools, their business – so that if you were not part of the club, part of the group, you get ostracised and people go through really horrible experiences of not belonging any more.” If that sounds like the experience of leaving a cult, perhaps that’s because, as Winell argues, “in its raw form, fundamentalist Christianity that believes that the Bible is the word of God is basically a giant cult.”

    http://www.slate.com/articles/life/ft/2012/02/atheism_in_america_why_won_t_the_u_s_accept_its_atheists_.single.html

  • ziddina
    ziddina

    Hah!! So true....

    Thanks for posting this, Leaving WT

  • 00DAD
    00DAD

    Interesting read. Thanks for posting!

    00DAD

  • Tater-T
    Tater-T

    bttt

  • Broken Promises
    Broken Promises

    Well durrr, we could have told her that

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