The Resurrection of the Silenced Soul: Reclaiming Sovereignty After Spiritual Abuse
Many religious parents who don’t have that close of a relationship with their children beyond surface-level appearances, those relationships are often that way because the parent operated as a tyrannical control freak within the home as they were raising their children—refusing to psychospiritually develop themselves as a soul, while embodying everything but Christ in their parenting style. This means that their version of “faith” became a weapon of control rather than a genuine path of personal development in their own lives—where it became a weapon that they used to suppress their children’s individuality, emotional expression, and the authentic connection that could have blossomed between parent and child had they chosen to grow in humility, self-awareness, and emotional maturity during the time that they were raising their children. So, instead of nurturing their children’s spirits (even if that meant allowing their children to individuate on their own path of spiritua...