My experience of what happened when I reopened contact with my ex, and how it felt revisiting the most painful parts of our shared evangelical past.
How I continue to encounter, navigate, & heal from past relational trauma.
I expected my Christian friends to reject me when I said I didn’t know what I believed anymore.
A story of religious manipulation and personal awakening.
Empathy doesn’t mean disregarding or excusing someone’s actions. It’s just simply the will to say you don’t know that person’s full story.