Atheists & Agnostics
Related: About this forumBeware psychiatric dangers of religious indocrination
Psychologist Marlene Winell has done groundbreaking clinical studies of the psychiatric dangers of indoctrination and fundamental religion. See her case histories on her website. Makes you wonder why this isn't a bonafide psychiatic disorder (does the Amer Psychiat Assoc have a phobia about confronting organized religion?)
journeyfree.org/rts/
Religious Trauma Syndrome (RTS)
by Marlene Winell
For more detail, see the 3-part series published in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Today and here:
Part 1: RTS: Its Time to Recognize it
Part 2: Understanding RTS: The Trauma From Religion
Part 3: Understanding RTS: The Trauma of Leaving Religion
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Duppers
(28,275 posts)SusanCalvin
(6,592 posts)That seriously believing in an imaginary friend (not just lip service) *is* a psychiatric disorder.
Duppers
(28,275 posts)If you Google religion and narcissism, you'll find many studies on this.