(RNS) — Raised by evangelical Christian missionaries, Kara Erickson struggled for years with anxiety, depression and eating disorders that two decades ago landed her in inpatient treatment. It wasn't until three years ago, however, that she stumbled onto the term 'religious trauma' in Jamie Lee Finch's 2019 book 'You Are Your Own: A Reckoning With the Religious Trauma of Evangelical Christianity.' That's when she connected the dots between her religious upbringing and her physical symptoms. 'I had been approaching my depression and eating disorder from this place of ‘You are broken and need to be fixed.

https://religionnews.com/2023/01/12/religious-trauma-conference-beyond-the-wound-equips-survivors-for-recovery/

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