Tag: SurvivorStories

  • Group Conformity

    Content Warning & Reader Care This card discusses childhood abuse, depression, suicidal thoughts, religious conformity, and the pressure to change aspects of yourself to fit the expectations of a religious community. It also touches on the experience of struggling with religious teachings about sexuality, including same-sex attraction, and religious restrictions surrounding masturbation, pornography, sexual shame,…

  • My Why

    Why I Write About These Things I don’t think I ever intended to write a blog like this. I think I was trying to survive. I know people who left and never looked back. They rebuilt their lives, found new communities, started over, and never wanted to think about it again. I understand that. I…