Not all pain means progress. In religious trauma recovery, learning to choose the discomfort that leads to freedom is part of healing. Discover what productive discomfort looks like — and how to stop confusing suffering with growth.

When you grow up in high-control religion, even small mistakes can feel like proof that you’re bad or broken. This post explores how religious trauma warps your relationship with being human — and what it looks like to relearn the simple “oops.”