"it is quite common for spiritual abuse victims to develop trauma triggers that are connected to Christian practices. In other words, their faith can become a trauma trigger."
timothyisaiahcho.medium.com/when-your-fait…
timothyisaiahcho.medium.com/when-your-fait…
Victims may experience years of spiritual depression and feeling like God is infinitely far away without realizing that it may be because the trauma they experienced made Bible reading and prayer a trigger. They feel helpless or angered suddenly when someone starts talking about
the gospel, even though in their hearts they know and love the Lord. They question their intentions and feelings, when all along, it may be trauma triggers that have been connected to practices of their faith.
I think this is exactly who Jesus has in mind when He told His
I think this is exactly who Jesus has in mind when He told His
disciples, “If anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea” (Matthew 18:6). Jesus knew how twisted things could become when the gospel
is mishandled by spiritual abusers. The practices and habits that are meant to be means of grace become liturgies of dearth. That which should give life, hope, and peace become twisted to become associated with pain, fear, and hopelessness.
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