Millions of LGBTQ Americans have religious trauma. Psychiatrists want to help - eviltoast

Some mental health experts are advocating for religious trauma to be considered an official disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.

  • meyotch@slrpnk.netOP
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    10 months ago

    Oh, yes I left it behind long ago, never quite really believed any of it, although I conformed for social survival. All it took to leave was complete social suicide, I left behind my entire family for a few years (have since reconnected with the good ones). I lost all my friends from before the age of 30. It was an incredible cost. Fuck everything they stand for.

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      10 months ago

      Sorry that happen to you. Glad you were able to get away from it.

      I was happier with gay friends I could talk to about things. But my parents came around. They still were not happy but knew there was nothing that they could do. I was an adult and supporting myself.