Spiritual Trauma, as an SRA survivor may view it, is a wound to the persons sense of God, Sense of Self and the Sense of Meaning. It occurs when the abuse is intertwined with spiritual symbols, beliefs or authority and what should feel holy becomes terrifying or confusing. A lot of time after the event, survivors feel torn within themselves between faith and fear, trust and suspicion.
They might find themselves having intrusive thoughts, or experiencing a sense of presence or feeling distanced from God. It can’t just be psychological, it’s like it rattles your soul, it’s actually jumbled. The outcome of that is a long battle over the truth, safety, and the possibility of healing or restoration.
Holding both truths
Two things can be held together website
There are spiritual realities; Scripture teaches that they are real.
The human being can be deeply wounded, divided and overpowered in various ways, which impact their experience of these realities.
What a survivor feels is no trivia to him/her. It’s a fear, it’s a sense of presence, it’s an internal split—it’s real for experience.
Savor the feeling of sleep and night-time care ahead of sleep and night-time survivors.
Part 1: Trauma Through the Lens of the Dream: Collective and Cultural Trauma, and Waking into the Body, Dissociation and Fragmented Awareness
Work, families, intimacy, are all aspects of daily life in the life of a trauma survivor.
What about function in relation, but not in reaction? Managing invisible strain while functioning in relationships?
In family life, relationship-making can be a desired and challenging process. Survivors may have incredible interest in loved ones and yet have issues with trust, closeness or vulnerability in regards to others. They may sometimes express the need for support and sometimes require space. Some emotional triggers can unexpectedly show up, particularly during conflict, criticism or occurrences that remind you of past powerlessness.
The reverse:
Left brain will be active–talking, reasoning, looking “normal”.
At the same time, the right brain contains the overwhelming experiences, which are unprocessed and outside awareness.
This leads to a spiritual split within themselves.
Today, let’s better how YOU say these words, not I feel afraid Oops, but
“Not ‘I’m remembering,’” but
“Someone/something is pointing this out.
Humanizing the experience
There’s something evil at the heart of all this: it’s a nervous system that’s been taken over and victim of extreme dominance.
They’re carrying:
unprocessed terror
fragmented memory
absorbed connotations that had been vital in their lives
When the most terrifying happenings occur on the inside, they have a purpose — underneath. For example:
James 1: 7-8 says: For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. Beware of the unstable man in all his ways.
A path to healing as a Christian
In a healthy, biblically-informed approach, restoration should emphasize:
Truth over fear
Compassion – towards yourself as a person who suffered. Refrain from using criticism against them as they were the victim.
Renewal of the Soul— as it is for passages such as Romans 12:2 renewal in the mind by Jesus; or Romans 12:2 renewal of the mind— which is synonymous with the word soul.The word soul refers to the words for renewal in the mind by Jesus, as in Romans 12:2, and renewal of the mind as in Romans 12:2.
Restoration of the Spirit.
A re-constructing of the body and flesh.
A grounded conclusion
Where I’m coming from is the Christian perspective where I see spiritual struggle, but I also see human psychology and suffering. The SRA survivor. Was a. Victim. Not by choice.
