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How Religious Trauma Outlasts Religious Belief

I left my religion two years ago but I still feel guilty for enjoying things that were forbidden, like my sexuality and ambition.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Departing from restrictive belief systems often leaves internalized shame and prohibition that persists long after intellectual rejection of the doctrine.

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