Millions of LGBTQ Americans have religious trauma. Psychiatrists want to help
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Religious trauma absolutely should be considered a disorder. And not just for queer people. There are people who grew up in incredibly crazy churches and are plagued with recurring nightmares of burning eternally in hell because they were told that’s what would happen to them if they made the slightest misstep. They aren’t daily or anything like that for my wife, but she grew up in an Assembly of God (crazy speaking in tongues people) church and she does still get nightmares about being in hell. I’ve talked to people for whom it’s pretty much a weekly occurrence.