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Originally Posted by awareness
I advise anyone leaving Lee's local church recovery system to go see a shrink. There's been advances in treatment for PTSD since I left.
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The LSM-directed local church is, for many, an immersive experience, a self-contained thought-world and equally comprehensive ministry-guided "church life" that swallows up one's very being.
For many, there were (and I suppose still are) communal living arrangements (brother's and sister's houses, and "sponsor families" [hosts]), meetings every day of the week, both official and informal, service groups, and eventually a "full time training" with subsequent "service to the ministry", i.e. a supervised campus recruiting job somewhere, and a ministry-approved spouse.
To walk away from that path is daunting. What follows?
I know this thread is on "God's economy" and "Processed God" teachings, but these teachings are presented in the context of an immersive thought-world and life. One must first break the strongholds, and then rebuild. A lot to take on.
"Just move on", says
Drake. "Go serve the Lord somewhere". After one has been systematically and thoroughly programmed to reflexively avoid any thoughts that didn't come from the ministry? Just move on?