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Deconstructing beliefs about God is one thing.

But deconstructing how you were taught to love others—through obedience, performance, submission, fear of abandonment, or spiritual duty?
That hits deeper.

High-control religion didn’t teac

In high control religion, conflict was likely framed as disobedience, rebellion, or spiritual threat.

Framing it this way meant that there were spiritual consequences for it.

As a child, I remember experiencing a lot of confusion around certain rul

Perfectionism is a form of self-protection.

It often develops in environments where love, safety, or belonging felt conditional—based on performance, purity, or obedience. In high-control religion, being “good enough” wasn’t

If your relationships feel hard, it’s not necessarily because you’re failing—it’s because you’re healing.

High-control religion didn’t prepare us for real-life relational tools. It handed us fear, shame, and unrea

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