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b'Content Warning: Sexual abuse, spiritual abuse, severe mental health disorders

Kyler\\u2019s story is one of \\u201cbeauty from ashes\\u201d. He lives with dissociative identity disorder, a category of CPTSD. Kyler is one distinct personality in the \\u201csystem\\u201d. The adults in his life abused him as a child\\u2014would not keep him safe\\u2014and so his brain stepped in and made a way to survive.

Kyler watched the church fail him and his family over and over, refusing to help or even acknowledge the abuse and trauma.

\\u201cThis person who has PTSD has no clue where it\\u2019s from, has all this trauma, pain, and hurt\\u2026and the church just wants to throw Bible verses and actually doesn\\u2019t want to help you.\\u201d

Today, Kyler is a completely different person than when he was young. He\\u2019s free to embrace his whole self without shame and fear, and the future is radiant.

Links

988
https://988lifeline.org/

Recovering From Religion
https://www.recoveringfromreligion.org/

Secular Therapy Project
https://www.seculartherapy.org/

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Deconstruction
https://gracefulatheist.com/2017/12/03/deconversion-how-to/#deconstruction/

Attribution

"Waves" track written and produced by Makaih Beats
https://makaihbeats.net/
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