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When spiritual community becomes group therapy

My spiritual book club turned into a therapy session where everyone trauma-dumps and I came here to discuss wisdom texts not hear about everyone's childhood wounds.

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The conflation of spiritual seeking with psychological healing can transform sacred study into amateur counseling that serves neither purpose well.

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