Monday Club — An American Christian Mini-Post VII
The further down the rabbit hole one goes while deconstructing, the more isolating it can feel. Sometimes you feel as if you’ve lost your friends or family, and sometimes you do. Occasionally you’ll be shamed and intimidated by church leaders, both ones you know and ones you don’t.
It’s never easy to break free from a cult.
You may find that all you need is a healthy church, or you may find that you need to step away from religion altogether.
In lieu of another chapter, I’ll merely be posting some crowd-sourced resources that others have used on their deconstruction journey. I can’t personally vouch for all of these, but they have helped many people.
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While a lot of these can be helpful, there are two things that helped me that I believe are universal:
- Find others on the same journey.
It’s not easy breaking away from a religious mentality. Your friends and family are often involved, and they can make it very difficult to transition. Find a community online if you need to, but don’t isolate yourself. There are others, and you don’t have to be alone.
- Find a neutral therapist
Therapy should be a place where religious ideology doesn’t exist. Unfortunately, many churches either push congregants to seek a Christian therapist or provide their own through one of their pastors. You will not get the help you need, nor will you question anything in this environment thoroughly.
Christian therapists are meant to keep you in the church. Don’t feel obligated to stay within a religious community when it comes to mental health.
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