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When spiritual practice is dismissed as avoidance

My therapist says I use spiritual bypassing to avoid dealing with my trauma but when I pray I actually feel peace for the first time all day.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The boundary between genuine solace and psychological escape blurs when the soul seeks healing through transcendence.

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