Religious trauma syndrome
Lingering symptoms of controlling belief systems
Religious trauma syndrome
Religious trauma syndrome (RTS) is classified as a set of symptoms, ranging in severity, experienced by those who have participated in or left behind authoritarian, dogmatic, and controlling religious groups and belief systems. It is not present in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) or the ICD-10 as a diagnosable condition, but is included in Other Conditions That May Be a Focus of Clinical Attention. Symptoms include cognitive, affective, functional, and social/cultural issues as well as developmental delays. RTS occurs in response to two-fold trauma: first the prolonged abuse of indoctrination by a controlling religious community, and second the act of leaving the controlling religious community. RTS has developed its own heuristic collection of symptoms informed by psychological theories of trauma originating in PTSD, C-PTSD and betrayal trauma theory (which highlight shattered trust and worldview loss) taking relational and social context into account...
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