Spiritual Abuse
Faith-based manipulation and healing.
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I Recognized Her Story Because I Almost Didn’t Make It Out of Mine
What Death of a Pastor’s Wife brought back to me about coercive control, financial abuse, emotional abuse, psychological abuse, spiritual abuse, survival—and the God who never stopped having a plan for my life. A note before reading: This post discusses sexual assault, coercive control, psychological and spiritual abuse, and fear for personal safety. Please take care of yourself while reading. I wasn’t prepared for what happened to me when I watched Death of a Pastor’s Wife. I knew it would be difficult to watch. What I didn’t expect was to recognize so much of it. Not because Mica’s story and mine are the same. They aren’t. I would never pretend…