Is it normal to be traumatized just by religion itself?

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I had a kind of fucked up religious background. We were paranoid, reclusive fundamentalists. After being "saved," I still wasn't treated like a Christian. My parents constantly pressured me to "make sure" that I was really saved, and almost everything I did was like a red flag to them that I was degenerate.

Sometimes I was actually threatened with God's judgment. It seemed better to have never been born. Just existing seemed risky. I learned to adopt a non-human identity just to cope with this paradigm.

Is it normal for someone to have PTSD from that? Most people don't take their religion that seriously, even if it teaches eternal damnation. What made me different? Is this normal? Is there something else causing my anxiety, and this is just an excuse?

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  • Flying_Carpet
    13 years ago

    Well considering that you were raised in such a forceful environment, yes that is normal. Religion does not need to be shoved down people's throats.

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  • saywhatt
    13 years ago

    Dude, I was raised in cult that focused far too much on Revelations. Given the circumstances... yes, that's "normal".

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  • boom
    13 years ago

    yeah. i am not religious at all

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  • howaminotmyself
    13 years ago

    I'm sorry you were given such a twisted reality. Religion is one of the most powerful human inventions so it is only natural to feel a bit traumatized when confronted with its power. But it is only powerful if you give it power. So take it away.

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  • DwayneHicks
    13 years ago

    ^^^^^....yup

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