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Trapped · 10-13-2020, 09:23 PM

I just have time to write literally a few words, and they are: "I agree with Curious".

I think reading books like "The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse" is a great place to start. Metaphorically, a book like that can help the chains come off (that honestly you may not even realize are there!). Once you start to become aware of the chains, put names to the chains, be released from the chains.......then it's easier to listen to apologetics stuff, in my opinion. In other words, understanding spiritual abuse can, kind of, "remove the filters" making it easier to hear other things without it going through a residual filter from your childhood LC days.

I do have some apologetics recommendations -- videos on youtube really -- but I'll get back to you on that and your other posts when I have more time.

I second Curious's point about just reading a paragraph or two at a time of that book as you have the time. Or, listen to the two interviews of the authors of that book from those youtube links I posted a few posts back in this thread. You can also listen to that a chunk at a time, rather than the whole 2 hours at once.

Your thoughts and concerns and everything you've written are totally normal. And don't worry about not having much time to respond here. Just relax and post here when you have the time and desire. I had to nap most of last weekend just to shore up my energy to make it through this week, even though I would rather have been responding to numerous things on this site, so we're all on a chill timeline here. This forum isn't going anywhere (I don't think!)

10-13-2020, 09:23 PM	#20
Trapped Member Join Date: Mar 2018 Posts: 1,523	Re: Did you also have a difficult childhood in the LC? I just have time to write literally a few words, and they are: "I agree with Curious". I think reading books like "The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse" is a great place to start. Metaphorically, a book like that can help the chains come off (that honestly you may not even realize are there!). Once you start to become aware of the chains, put names to the chains, be released from the chains.......then it's easier to listen to apologetics stuff, in my opinion. In other words, understanding spiritual abuse can, kind of, "remove the filters" making it easier to hear other things without it going through a residual filter from your childhood LC days. I do have some apologetics recommendations -- videos on youtube really -- but I'll get back to you on that and your other posts when I have more time. I second Curious's point about just reading a paragraph or two at a time of that book as you have the time. Or, listen to the two interviews of the authors of that book from those youtube links I posted a few posts back in this thread. You can also listen to that a chunk at a time, rather than the whole 2 hours at once. Your thoughts and concerns and everything you've written are totally normal. And don't worry about not having much time to respond here. Just relax and post here when you have the time and desire. I had to nap most of last weekend just to shore up my energy to make it through this week, even though I would rather have been responding to numerous things on this site, so we're all on a chill timeline here. This forum isn't going anywhere (I don't think!)