Childhood Indoctrination Articles
Religious Upbringing, attachment wounds & Abusive or neglectful Parenting practices
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The Trauma of Growing Up as a Black Sheep in a Religious Family
This article is for all the children who were labeled “black sheep” because of the inability to conform to the demands of their high-control religious upbringing. This article explores how receiving this label in childhood impacts identity, relationships, and mental health.
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The Lingering Impact of Emotional Neglect in Religious Homes
In my last post, I talked about how parents influenced by religious indoctrination often lean towards authoritarian parenting styles, which can lead their children to develop insecure attachment patterns. Read it here: How Authoritarian Parenting Creates an Insecure Attachment Style…
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How Your Authoritarian Religious Upbringing Led to an Insecure Attachment Style
Folks raised in a high-control religion are more like to develop an insecure attachment style due to the prevalence of authoritarian parenting practices. This article explores specific ways an anxious, avoidant, or disorganized attachment style from an authoritarian religious upbringing may look in adulthood.
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Why Your Religious Upbringing Left You Feeling Starved For Love
I definitely entered my teen and young adult years feeling “starved for love,” but I didn’t come to understand this about myself until recently. As someone who prided myself on being fiercely independent, even as a teenager, the idea that…
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4 Ways Children are Wounded by Authoritarian Parenting
I was raised in fundamentalist evangelical christianity, which is a religious cult. And a big part of the indoctrination and control process of most religious cults is to influence parenting practices. This is strategic. You see, if the cult can…