How psilocybin therapy can help with religious trauma

What is religious trauma and how can psilocybin therapy help you work through it?

The concepts of God and of the human soul have inspired magnificent achievements in the arts and sciences, and few of us go through life without at some point contemplating both possibilities and what it means for us as mortals. Our relationship with the concept of God (or no God) and the human soul (or no soul) plays a big part in how we see ourselves, how we choose to interact with the world, and how we allow the world to interact with us. Unfortunately, many of us learnt about such existential matters through external sources, which imparted either incomplete, or distorted ideas about God and the soul.

Religious trauma occurs when a person’s experience of religion in childhood or adulthood causes them to feel ashamed, fearful, controlled, hypervigilant, and “not good enough”. Religion and spirituality exist in part to provide humans with moral guidance, along with comfort and reassurance in the face of life’s trials. However, authoritarian, dogmatic, or cult-like religious or spiritual groups and belief systems can have a negative effect on the human psyche.

The hallmark of authoritarian religions and groups is the overarching message “follow the rules and you’ll be rewarded, don’t, and you will suffer the…