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How Former Religious Trauma Makes It Hard to Trust New Spiritual Paths

I left the Mormon church two years ago and now I'm exploring Zen but I'm terrified of committing to anything again because what if I'm wrong about this too.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A faith wounded by institutional betrayal often struggles to distinguish between healthy discernment and paralyzing fear.

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