Dare to Doubt

[close] Have you ever found yourself wondering if it's okay to feel traumatized after leaving an expression of faith you found harmful? Author Jamie Lee Finch helps to legitimize the trauma - yes, trauma - many people experience within religious communities. No, you don't have to be in a cult to be spiritually abused. No, you don't have to be physically hurt to experience trauma. Yes, you have the right to say you suffer after-effects from harmful religious teachings (PTSD, sexual dysfunction, panic and anxiety disorders, and more.). While Finch writes from her own experience growing up in the Christian faith, the universal themes of suppressing emotion, stifling sexuality, and facing the life-shattering awakening of realizing what you once thought was good for you may actually have been bad apply to everyone who has dared to question their belief system.