Fire Island Pines
Psychotherapy Blog
Musings on Queerness, Mental Health, and Healing.
Healing from Religious Trauma
The idea that we must follow what our family reaches us in terms of religious expectations can leave us feeling damned, hurt, confused, and even in denial of who we are. These feelings can cause very real complications in self-actualization, where even in our efforts to act in ways that are authentic to our sense of self we can still feel like we’re doing something “wrong,” all because it goes against what our religious upbringing has taught us. By radically accepting the hurt we experienced growing up, these memories can be reinvented and reframed to consider our intersecting identities, rather than the version of ourselves that our religious trauma can accept.
The Difficulties of Family Planning for LGBTQIA+ Folks
Whatever works for you, it is essential to know that you are not alone in this struggle of building a family and as a community we need to radically accept the idea that for us it is just that much more difficult.