There was nothing wrong with me.
Yes, I was emotionally disregulated. That's what religious abuse did to me.
But there was nothing wrong with me.
My emotional disregulation was caused by the pressu...
Religious abuse taught me to hate myself before I even knew who I was.
We are all evil since birth, said the church leaders. The job of parents is to punish the evil out of their children, they said.
I was so young, so innocent, & so desperate to please & to be loved. So I absorbed it all. I believed it all. I suffered it all.
The more patience I exhibited, the more was asked of me. I was always pushed beyond my limits, always straining so hard only to miss the mark anyway.
We are all evil since birth, said the church leaders. The job of parents is to punish the evil out of their children, they said.
I was so young, so innocent, & so desperate to please & to be loved. So I absorbed it all. I believed it all. I suffered it all.
The more patience I exhibited, the more was asked of me. I was always pushed beyond my limits, always straining so hard only to miss the mark anyway.
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