Understanding Spiritual Abuse (And 5 Healing Strategies)
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All forms of abuse are
All forms of abuse are destructive. However, spiritual abuse has far-reaching effects that stay with the one harmed for many, many years after the abuse has stopped… and some for their lifetime - impacting how they view God and themselves in relation to God.
Each month we provide these free workshops to take a deeper dive into various topics related to Emotional Abuse or Double Abuse.
You can sign up to be notified about these free trainings here on our website, https://themendproject.com/free-works...
Sadly, spiritual abuse happens in all religious and spiritual belief systems.
It can happen in the form of Original Abuse - which if you are new with MEND means spiritual abuse as the original form of abuse between two people (whether a partner, or parent/child, or between boss/employee, and so on…).
Or, Spiritual abuse can happen in the form of Double Abuse by a spiritual or faith leader, or religious institution. Spiritual abuse as Double Abuse happens when a person who is being abused in any form reaches out to a spiritual or faith leader for help, and rather than receiving support and care that spiritual or faith leader uses their beliefs or holy book to minimize, coerce, control, guilt, shame, or even punish victims. They can also use religious beliefs and texts to stop victims from taking appropriate legal action.
To learn more about Double Abuse, watch this video, Double Abuse- When Helping Actually H...
Spiritual Abuse as a form of Original Abuse can be seen when a relationship partner, family member, boss, coworker, or friend exploits theology or scripture to:
- Control your relationship, behavior, finances, parenting or family planning, clothing, hair, etc.
- Use theology of Scripture to instill fear, or to embarrass, silence, shame, belittle or in other ways emotionally harm you.
- Use it to prevent you from practicing your own religious beliefs. They may argue against your beliefs even if your religious practices are something you engage in during your own private space or time.
Or, force you to engage in spiritual practices or events that you do not believe in.
They may even use Scripture or theology to justify their bad behavior. It may look like:
- Claiming that their spiritual position in the relationship or church (for example, spiritual leader or head of household) gives them the authority over another or to place their intimate partner in a downgraded position by justifying controlling finances or depriving their partner of money for their and their children’s minimal needs.
- They may use Scripture as a means of justifying verbal abuse or physical abuse to correct issues regarding a lack of “godly submission.”
- Silencing you when you voice disagreement when the abuser misuses scripture to over power you.
- Defending child abuse as a form of “godly” discipline.
- Excusing sexual coercion or withholding affection on narrowly interpreted religious grounds.
- Blaming “the enemy” or demons as the cause for their abusive behavior.
- Exploiting doctrines of forgiveness to make the abused person required to repeatedly forgive the guilty or to shut down the one being harmed, expectations for change or to justify the abuser’s superficial or partial apologies while they never stop the abuse.
When Spiritual Abuse happens in the form of Double Abuse this added layer of harm is profound.
If you have any questions or need help in navigating confusing relationship dynamics, you can check out the abundant free resources as well as connect with us on our website at https://themendproject.com/
Each month we provide these free workshops to take a deeper dive into various topics related to Emotional Abuse or Double Abuse.
You can sign up to be notified about these free trainings here on our website, https://themendproject.com/free-works...
Sadly, spiritual abuse happens in all religious and spiritual belief systems.
It can happen in the form of Original Abuse - which if you are new with MEND means spiritual abuse as the original form of abuse between two people (whether a partner, or parent/child, or between boss/employee, and so on…).
Or, Spiritual abuse can happen in the form of Double Abuse by a spiritual or faith leader, or religious institution. Spiritual abuse as Double Abuse happens when a person who is being abused in any form reaches out to a spiritual or faith leader for help, and rather than receiving support and care that spiritual or faith leader uses their beliefs or holy book to minimize, coerce, control, guilt, shame, or even punish victims. They can also use religious beliefs and texts to stop victims from taking appropriate legal action.
To learn more about Double Abuse, watch this video, Double Abuse- When Helping Actually H...
Spiritual Abuse as a form of Original Abuse can be seen when a relationship partner, family member, boss, coworker, or friend exploits theology or scripture to:
- Control your relationship, behavior, finances, parenting or family planning, clothing, hair, etc.
- Use theology of Scripture to instill fear, or to embarrass, silence, shame, belittle or in other ways emotionally harm you.
- Use it to prevent you from practicing your own religious beliefs. They may argue against your beliefs even if your religious practices are something you engage in during your own private space or time.
Or, force you to engage in spiritual practices or events that you do not believe in.
They may even use Scripture or theology to justify their bad behavior. It may look like:
- Claiming that their spiritual position in the relationship or church (for example, spiritual leader or head of household) gives them the authority over another or to place their intimate partner in a downgraded position by justifying controlling finances or depriving their partner of money for their and their children’s minimal needs.
- They may use Scripture as a means of justifying verbal abuse or physical abuse to correct issues regarding a lack of “godly submission.”
- Silencing you when you voice disagreement when the abuser misuses scripture to over power you.
- Defending child abuse as a form of “godly” discipline.
- Excusing sexual coercion or withholding affection on narrowly interpreted religious grounds.
- Blaming “the enemy” or demons as the cause for their abusive behavior.
- Exploiting doctrines of forgiveness to make the abused person required to repeatedly forgive the guilty or to shut down the one being harmed, expectations for change or to justify the abuser’s superficial or partial apologies while they never stop the abuse.
When Spiritual Abuse happens in the form of Double Abuse this added layer of harm is profound.
If you have any questions or need help in navigating confusing relationship dynamics, you can check out the abundant free resources as well as connect with us on our website at https://themendproject.com/
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