How religion invalidated my anxiety as a child

A discussion about toxic religion.

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I grew up in a very religious (and arguably toxic) environment. When I was a child and until my young adult years, I had no idea that the things I was being taught were unhealthy. It is only now, as an adult, that I can look back and see how the things I was taught were damaging to me as a very anxious child.