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Yes the last thing you need is for a churcto put pressure on you about attendance! I find it hard to fit in too. I also like to know the basis for psychological theory! A lot of it seems to me to be built on very questionable foundations. But your therapist should be willing to explain to you...

God wants you protected and nurtured where you can relax, feel secure and grow and heal. Financial stuff is a worry but I do hope things will turn out so you don't have to live with anyone who has abused you. I very much doubt God would want that as he wants the best for us. I wonder if you...

I have parts of self tucked away from previous times. I count every part as being part of a whole me although some seem a bit distorted (like bitter or angry or full of shame) and don't seem much like the personality I feel is mine. In prayer I found younger ones I didn't know were there. My...

I overthink things too. And I also think with me it's a defence mechanism! It's not a great way of getting to know God. I do best if I try and take his love as my baseline and relate to him from there as honestly as I can. For me the most helpful sort of church is Anglican in the UK, this is...

Thank you! It's hard not to go down the same rabbit holes every time. Will try your suggestions.

Burning feelings can be trauma memories and emotions trying to surface. I don't now if it's the same but I get a sort of burning pain on my skin and just under my skin. I think it's neurological, like an inner pressure in our souls making itself felt in physical ways. You could have been...

Sometimes you can get like smell memories coming back like flashbacks if you have trauma stuff going on . Or your sensory functions can go a bit haywire when you're under stress. Or there is a chemical or set of chemicals you're sensitive to and notice more strongly than other people.

Does anyone else find it hard to approach God in a relational way when they have cptsd ? I'm not officially diagnosed, but am sure it's what I struggle with. I just find when I try and sit before God or meditate on scripture, parts of self just get triggered and I'm suddenly feeling defensive or...

Cptsd messes up your foundations and ways of relating to people. It comes from long-term abuse where there was a strong element of powerlessness. It fundamentally restructures the sense of self and not in a good way. Ptsd seems to me to be more about a single event which although it can still be...

I think it depends what sort of person you are, what language God speaks in. Some people 'get it' using reason and head-knowledge and believing comes naturally. For others it may be more a question of understanding at gut level .I wouldn't put too much pressure on yourself . if there's something...