Content note: self-harm I realized something the other day. My anxiety has always been really bad. It used to make me throw up when I was a kid. Or get really dizzy. I often couldn’t put it into words. But it’s only just now that I could start expressing it in a way that myContinueContinue reading “Being really honest about my daily life with anxiety”
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Dear Church
This was originally posted by my friend Travis last year on his Instagram. It’s a moving letter, explaining how a lot of people in the LGBT community feel about the church, loving it and just wanting to be loved and embraced in return. // // // dear church, there are millions of us. millions whoContinueContinue reading “Dear Church”
I’m not the little matchstick girl anymore
Christmas is hard when you don’t feel loved by the people who should love and accept you. Many of us ex-cult and isolated homeschool escapees feel this. We were taught to be focused on our family and only our family and when we figure out our family is broken, sometimes really broken, well. Some ofContinueContinue reading “I’m not the little matchstick girl anymore”
My escape from fundamentalist Christianity: 4 years after I left
Earlier this week, I said I’d be posting memories from my escape from the fundamentalist Christian cult that I grew up in. Today I’m telling it in pictures. May 20, 2012: I’ve just finished three years of college, and this is my last family vacation. We’re in Maine, around Kennebunkport and Camden. I’m not allowed toContinueContinue reading “My escape from fundamentalist Christianity: 4 years after I left”
Embracing Sobriety in Spiritual Practice: Interview with Elizabeth Esther
Photo: Elizabeth Esther Another blogger friend, Sirius Heart, introduced me to Elizabeth Esther’s blog back in 2014. Recently I ran across her top ten signs of a spiritually abusive church YouTube video and I was so, so glad someone finally mentioned the dangers of “independent fundamental” churches like the ones I attended when I was aContinueContinue reading “Embracing Sobriety in Spiritual Practice: Interview with Elizabeth Esther”
Eleanor Skelton 