Many of those who are in the process of recovering from a fundamentalist background feel alone in their struggle. By sharing your story, you may be able to provide encouragement through commonality.
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Here are some quick suggestions to help you communicate your story:
- First, please introduce yourself and tell us about the religious group you were involved with. What is your understanding about why you were involved as you were, and why you left?
- What is better about your life now? Why are you glad you are no longer a part of your religion as it was? (If you have stayed religious or spiritual, that’s fine, just address why you are glad to be out of the damaging form of the religion).
- What were the things that helped you make the transition? If you got professional help, how was that?
- What would you like to say to convey hope and courage? If it was your child or your best friend making that first baby step toward getting free, what would you say? And please keep it personal by using your own experience as an example.
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If you want to be able to edit your story after it has been published, please use Facebook to log in before submitting your story. You’ll then be able to revisit this page to make changes to your story. You can do this while still protecting your privacy. Just select “no” in the “Allow Members of the Facebook Community” field.